Irish Network Bay Area Blog

St. Patrick's Day Shows, 3/15 - 3/22

Cliona Plunkett — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:21:59 GMT

Bell-X1 @ Rickshaw Shop on Nov 2nd, 11'

Gerard Sheridan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:07:31 GMT

Bell X1 have long been considered one of Ireland's finest music groups. Reminiscent of Broken Social Scene for their often changing collection of contributors, the band's line up over the years has included Damien Rice (when they were known as Juniper). After sold-out tours around the world and invitations to David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and the White House, the band returned home to a country deeply wounded by its self-inflicted economic troubles and they set out to create an album that searches for answers while touching upon the nature of relationships in a world where technology, religion and politics intersect. The result is an unflinching new album, appropriately titled "Bloodless Coup."

Wednesday, November 2

Smithwicks presents: BELL X1

Favourite Sons

Rickshaw Stop

155 Fell St

San Francisco CA

8 pm

$15

All Ages

http://www.rickshawstop.com/event/63099/

BELL X1

http://www.bellx1.com/

The Coronas @ Slims Feb 23rd

Gerard Sheridan — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:08:34 GMT

Ireland has been home to some of the most influential artists. Dublin rock band The Coronas are no exception. Their high energy live shows and hit albums have made them one of the country's most popular concert attractions where they've been a constant on the arena and theater circuit for years. Now The Coronas bring their signature rock show to America for their first headlining tour.

The Coronas are THE band to watch with a platinum -selling record and a prestigious Meteor Award (Irish Grammy) for album of the year beating out the likes of U2, The Script, and Snow Patrol. As one of the hottest live bands, they've headlined major UK festivals performing in front of tens of thousands of loyal fans. The Coronas have caught the attention of Sir Paul McCartney who personally asked them to open his Dublin show earlier this year and have opened for Pink and others in Europe.

Lead singer Danny O'Reilly credits the band's close friendship as a key element of what makes their live show so dynamic. "Graham, Conor and I are literally lifelong friends and when Dave joined a few years back he fit right in. When you have that close of a bond with your band mates you can anticipate their every move on stage and it shows a camaraderie that fans can relate to and everyone has a great time."

Slim's - 333 11th St. SF - all ages always
Wed. Feb. 23 doors doors 7:30pm/show 8pm
The Coronas
Jamestown Revival
Tickets are $13 advance/door - tickets are available via www.slimstickets.com & in person at Slim's/Great American Music Hall box offices (M-F from 10:30am - 6pm & also in the evening on nights of shows)

Lisa Hannigan @ The Independant Tuesday, Feb 17th

Gerard Sheridan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:50:45 GMT

Former backing singer with Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan playing at the Independent this Tuesday. http://www.myspace.com/lisahannigan

http://www.theindependentsf.com/february2009.htm

US Credit Card Charges in Ireland

Gerard Sheridan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:03:35 GMT

After spending the Christmas and New Year in Ireland I'm prompted to bring a practice I've increasingly encountered in Ireland and indeed other EU countries when paying for services with my US credit card over the last 5 years.

Sometimes the person charging your card will ask you if you wish to be charged in Euro or US dollars. In other cases you will not be asked and automatically billed in dollars.

You always want to be billed in the local currency. Why? Because the retailer and indeed I'm sure others get additional fees or forex commissions for doing so.

Twice over the holidays I insisted that the retailer and a hotel reverse the original $US charges and re-do them in Euro.

The difference can be significant and from what I can see from my online charges it's in the region of $5-6 for charges under E70.

So beware of this practice and don't let them tell you that the machine is programmed that way and they can't do anything about it! They can and they did in my case.

Web 2.0 Event!

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:10:21 GMT

We had a very successful Web 2.0 event! Read about it here:

http://enterprise-ireland.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-20-in-action.html

ITLG - Irish Technology & Leadership Group

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:17:15 GMT

The ITLG (www.itlg.org) is an independent organization comprised of a number of high-level technology leaders in Silicon Valley who are Irish or Irish-American. The Group includes senior executives from some of the Valley's leading corporations, each of whom are committed to helping Ireland address the challenges of embracing new technology opportunities. Here's a link to a Reuters article about their recent event: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS40398%2B28-Mar-2008%2BBW20080328.

Based in Palo Alto, it's members include John Hartnett, SVP of Palm, Inc. John Gilmore, COO of Sling Media, Rory McInerney, VP at Intel Corp, Barry O'Sullivan, SVP at Cisco, and Conrad Burke, President & CEO, Innovalight, Inc.