For one reason or another,  I often get the opportunity to help people solve their business problems, so I’m formalising this and registering as a sole trader and declaring myself open for business!

One project arranged involves coming up with the cheapest way to distribute two hundred thousand free sample packets of the new Trebor chewing [...]

(at the outset I should say that I work for an NGO that sends volunteers overseas)

Volunteering is not a waste of time, as long as you choose a high-quality organisation (which I would define as a signatory of the Comhlamh Volunteer Charter). As well as the short term benefits to the community overseas, and [...]

In July 2007, some friends of mine were playing at a small festival in Wicklow.  We went down for the weekend and were stunned to find this tiny vibrant festival split between a small field for camping and a marquee in a pub car park down the road.

No-one was checking wristbands, in fact no-one seemed [...]