Jimbo attracts interest
10 YEARS AGO
Wednesday March 10 2010
IT was reported that well-known singer Jimbo Reilly was on the brink of signing a major record deal with Universal.
He had been spotted by a sales executive from the company while playing a gig in Benson's and was hoping that something would come of the meeting.
'I got a call from my manager and he said that Universal had been on,' he stated.
However, he was deeply critical of the national radio stations for not playing his latest single 'Victim'.
30 new jobs were created as a result of Boyne Valley Foods Ltd's appointment as Walkers Snacks Ltd's sales and distribution partner in the Republic.
Two Drogheda people were working in the middle of the worst natural disaster to hit southern Africa in living memory.
Mornington man Colin Lee (28), an official with GOAL, flew out to Mozambique to co-ordinate the agency's relief effort after a severe cyclone hit the country.
Lorraine Corrigan, a charity worker in Africa, and from Matson Lodge, was working with GOAL on the ground there when the cyclone hit.
