I will have to consider carefully over the next few days the benefit of maintaining my daily blogging habit. Blogging daily for as long as I have has almost certainly fulfilled the original purpose of the exercise. Now I fear I am no longer deriving the benefit sought and there may be an element of… Continue reading Continuing the daily blogging commitment
Buying property in Ireland-start to finish
Below you will find some videos I have made about buying a property in Ireland. I attempt to spell out the process in plain English and advise what you need to be careful about-for example, getting a survey for a second hand house. Buying a new property is a slightly different process.
High Court grants injunction preventing sale by Pepper appointed receiver
The High Court has granted an injunction to a couple in Cork preventing the sale by a Receiver of their property, a dairy farm and other property such as woodlands. There are a couple of points worth noting: This case is not authority for the proposition that there is any difficulty with a Receiver selling… Continue reading High Court grants injunction preventing sale by Pepper appointed receiver
Brands are belief systems
Brands are belief systems with 7 assets:
D’Olier Street Restaurant-a food experience
We enjoyed a fantastic food experience in D’Olier Street Restaurant yesterday evening. We had the 13 course taster menu with 5 wine pairings. And it was spectacular.
4 principles of advocacy
Four principles of advocacy worthy of consideration are: Don’t repeat arguments, use short sentences and plain language. Use chronologies of events as the timeline is a vital part of a case. Your chronology should have
Negotiating successfully-10 tips
Reading books give us tremendous advantages in life. The most important one is learning from the hard work and experiences of others. But when we cram more and more information into our head as we read new books and learn from the experiences of different individuals it is easy to forget much of what he… Continue reading Negotiating successfully-10 tips
The TikTok opportunity
It is clear to me as someone who frequently publishes videos on all the platforms that there is a significant difference between TikTok and YouTube in terms of what type of video performs best. The subject matter is the most important thing. But all else being equal, long form performs best on YouTube and short… Continue reading The TikTok opportunity
Certain criminal trials grab the public’s attention
There are certain trials, usually criminal, which grab the public’s attention and which I am asked to comment on or cover on my YouTube channel. The Richard Satchwell criminal trial, which has just started this week, is one such trial. However, I doubt very much that I will cover it as it is expected to… Continue reading Certain criminal trials grab the public’s attention
Keeping this blog going
I keep a 5-year diary and am on year 2 now. The diary allows you pen a few lines-probably 5 maximum, or thereabouts-and each page has the 5 years on it so that when you are writing in it this evening I can see, at a glance, what I did on the same day 1… Continue reading Keeping this blog going