Tag: IRELAND

In the same way that 'Mafia Wars' has drawn attention to Jersey, and 'FarmVille' has drawn attention to... uh... Iowa (or something), Zynga's newest Facebook gaming sensation 'Ireland Town' is advertising the Emerald Isle to Facebook users enthralled by such virtual activities as brewing beer and thatching roofs. Developed by Tourism Ireland, a joint enterprise between Ireland and Northern ...

A Dublin, Ireland man has recovered his stolen car with help from his Facebook friends. According to The Daily Edge, Warren Coakley posted a status update asking his friends to watch for a silver 2005 Audi A4, which was stolen as he loaded his car to take his kids to school last week. Prior to his Facebook plea, Coakley posted pictures of the car and his contact information on several message ...

Here's something you don't hear everyday ever: an Irish air traffic controller helped guide a seriously malfunctioning plane to a safe landing via text message. In a story that's admittedly tough to fathom, a pilot with four passengers aboard his twin-engined Piper plane lost all on board electrical power, communications and weather functions soon after he lifted off. In an effort to establish ...

In a recent report, Ireland's Department Of Education expressed concern that text messaging is beating the smarts out of its students' heads. The report, which observed 37,000 students aged 15 and 16, states that, "Text messaging, with its use of phonetic spelling and little or no punctuation, seems to pose a threat to traditional conventions in writing." The report not ...