Did Neil Francis really mean it?
It’s so easy to say the wrong thing – and for it to go
viral. And when it does, some of the
people criticising you the loudest won’t even have heard or seen or read what
you actually did say. I heard some of Neil
Francis’ original interview on Newstalk when he talked about gay people not
liking sport and that rugby changing rooms are homophobic - and I think he
meant what he said at the time – because he made a point of stating he always
says what he thinks. But in his
subsequent apology, he says when he listened back he didn’t like what he heard
and it wasn’t him. So would he have apologised if there hadn’t been such a
furore? http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/neil-francis-sorry-for-saying-gay-people-not-interested-in-sports-1.1695229?page=1
Irish men built like “a block with two legs”!
Speaking of honesty, you certainly can’t accuse Paul
Costelloe of being anything but! He says
Irish men are not built like Italians – “they’re more like a block with two
legs”!! Considering he was doing the
interview to promote the fact that he’s launching a menswear range for Dunnes
Stores, it was an interesting comment to make!
I wonder will Irish men take umbrage the way we Irish women did when he
said some years ago that we had no sense of style? However, he did redeem the reputation of
Irish men a bit by saying that they “can charm the girls off the trees”. All in all, I think he gets away with it –
mainly because you get the impression he doesn’t care what people think! Another interesting dimension to the Paul
Costelloe story is to note the importance of deciding where your market is – if
you decide to partner with Dunnes Stores, Brown Thomas will no longer stock
you.
SMEs encouraged to use Facebook as their web presence
SMEs don’t have to build expensive websites, according
to Facebook – instead we can build our online presence with a business page and
promote the page with ads, sponsored posts etc. I think the really great thing about Facebook
ads is how targeted you can make them.
