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Bord Gais Energy Launches Online Book Club

September 3, 2010 – 11:57 am

Bord Gais Energy is to launch an online book club Monday 6th September. The site is live now at www.bordgaisenergybookclub.ie.

The book club will feature a rotating panel of reviewers including Bert Wright who is the administrator of the Irish Book Awards, a celebrity author and a librarian from one of the 369 public libraries in Ireland.

The first month features Skippy Dies, the Man Booker nominated book by Irishman Paul Murray, which will be reviewed by Bishopstown librarian David O’Brien. Amanda Brunker will review Fogive And Forget by Patricia Scanlan and Bert Wright will review, bestseller, The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

This marks the fifth book related promotion by Bord Gais Energy who also support The Irish Book Awards, The Irish Book of The Decade, TV3′s Ireland AM Book Club and the Readiscover Your Local Library campaign.

The competition for book readers attention is heating up with the Irish Independent launching their own book club in August and The Irish Times launched an online book club earlier in 2010.

However there are some 500 private book clubs in the country and if the attendance at the Ennis Book Club Festival is anything to go by, there is no danger of readers falling out of love with book clubs anytime soon.

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Hughes & Hughes Reopens In Dundalk

September 3, 2010 – 10:35 am

Hughes & Hughes LogoThe Hughes & Hughes store in Dundalk, which was first opened in 2004, has reopened today creating eight jobs.

Derek Hughes, Managing Director, said, ‘To be re-opening our much acclaimed store in Dundalk is very gratifying and illustrates the long term confidence we have in Dundalk.  I am especially pleased for our Manager, Ellie Winters, and many of our staff, who will be rejoining us.’ He added that ‘Trading in our other five stores that have reopened has been very strong over the last three months and we are confident that Hughes & Hughes Dundalk will follow this trend.’

Ellie Winters, Hughes & Hughes Dundalk Manager said, ‘This is a great day for everyone in the Hughes & Hughes family and especially for people associated with the store here in Dundalk.  All eight of us are book enthusiasts and we are looking forward to sharing our knowledge and passion for books with our customers once again.’

The re-opened Dundalk store is still located at Clanbrassil Street, covers 3,200 sq ft and stocks 20,000 titles. The store offers a large young readers section including titles for pre-school age readers.

The new holding company that owns Hughes & Hughes, Sivota Limited, have now reopened six of the company’s former stores:
- Hughes & Hughes, St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Dublin 2
- Hughes & Hughes, Pavillions Shopping Centre, Swords, Co. Dublin
- Hughes & Hughes, Omnipark, Santry, Dublin 9
- Hughes & Hughes, Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin 14
- Hughes & Hughes, Ennis, Co. Clare
- Hughes & Hughes, Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

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