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		<title>Online Shopping To Hit 250 Million Euro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Irish shoppers are voting with their mice and a report earlier this morning says that we&#8217;ll be spending upwards of 250 million euro online. Today might not be &#8220;Black Friday&#8221;, but it will be the biggest day of the year for online shopping according to research from Visa Europe. Most of the transactions with Visa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridge Cameras vs SLR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I got a digital SLR camera. I used it quite a bit, but now it&#8217;s gathering dust. Why? Because it&#8217;s bulky and carrying it around is awkward and it&#8217;s heavy. While a compact camera is a good option to have it lacks a lot of the &#8220;punch&#8221; of an SLR, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/bridge-cameras-vs-slr/</link>
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		<title>Heritage Sites Go Free To Boost Tourism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ireland has a lot of history, so it&#8217;s only natural that we would also have a large number of heritage sites dotted around the country. Many of them are managed by the Office of Public Works and are open to the public at no charge. Some sites, however, do come with a cover charge. As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/heritage-sites-go-free-to-boost-tourism/</link>
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		<title>Irish Government Reduces VAT Rate To Boost Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VAT on a range of leisure related products has been reduced from 13.5% to 9%. The tax reduction is designed to boost consumer spending and job creation and will have a tangible impact on prices of a wide range of leisure items such as newspapers, cinema tickets and more: •    the supply of food and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/irish-government-reduces-vat-rate-to-boost-business/</link>
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		<title>Get Business Online With Blacknight, Google, An Post and Enterprise Boards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week a new initiative to get Irish businesses online was launched in Google Ireland&#8217;s HQ by An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny. The initiative is backed by Google, Blacknight, An Post and the city and county Enterprise boards. Irish businesses can get a free domain name, hosting, an easy to use website builder and free [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/get-business-online-with-blacknight-google-an-post-and-enterprise-boards/</link>
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		<title>Map Your Listing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another new feature that is now available on all listings is a simple Google map. If you include your company&#8217;s physical address with your listing two things will happen: The address and contact details will appear beside your listing A little map will show up pinpointing where you are based on a map of Ireland [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/map-your-listing/</link>
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		<title>Add Your Twitter Stream To Your Listing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the new features available on Armchair.ie is basic integration with Twitter. Adding your Twitter account &#8211; just the username &#8211; no &#8220;@&#8221; sign or anything else &#8211; to your listing will display the last few tweets from your account. Want to see it in action? Check out the listing for PuddleDucks. Below the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/add-your-twitter-stream-to-your-listing/</link>
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		<title>Armchair.ie Back Online (Sort of) &#8211; Revamp Underway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So what happened? Due to a technical issue the main armchair.ie site has been offline since the November 2010. Basically the site&#8217;s backend wasn&#8217;t compatible with a newer version of PHP and simply ceased functioning. I had been hoping to get it back online quickly, but between my workload with other projects, Christmas etc., it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/armchair-ie-back-online-sort-of-revamp-underway/</link>
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		<title>Deliveries Affected by Volcano</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The volcanic eruptions in Iceland have been impacting flights throughout Europe for the last few days. Unfortunately airplanes are also used to transport goods, so An Post is reporting severe issues. Royal Mail doesn&#8217;t appear to be as badly affected, but they&#8217;re still reporting issues. So how long is this likely to continue? Will businesses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.armchair.ie/deliveries-affected-by-volcano/</link>
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		<title>How Important Is The Web For Shopping?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Econsultancy have a &#8220;teaser&#8221; article about a research paper on shopping. Some of the figures they&#8217;re citing are more than a little impressive!]]></description>
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