2004 saw the arrival of Liam O Callaghan to the team and so began the “Liam years”. Now to be fair Liam was the first new man to join the team in several years so immediately he was inundated for dating advice, I’d say within about 6 weeks he wished he hadn’t joined the team but luckily he was Dublin based so we only actually saw him every few weeks. Liam to be fair handled it all very well and fitted into the team perfectly from day 1 – whether that’s something to be proud of on his part or not is another story. We eventually lost Liam to Newsweaver, but they are our friends so we forgave them. As punishment for leaving we had to publish this picture.
2004 also saw the famous Pottery team building day, although it was described as “like a scene from Ghost”. Unfortunately we have no pictures. What had been hoped might spawn a new revenue stream for the business failed miserably when you saw what actually emerged from it. There clearly wasn’t a scrap of talent amongst us, and nobody will be threatening Stephen Pierce's business. We had a fun day though and the night out in Kinsale was even more memorable, I think we might still be barred from a few places.
In Marketing, 2004 was a very exciting year for us, we ventured into the world of television advertising. The former radio ads, Fairy and King were brought to life and shown across the networks for the next 18 months. See if you remember Fairy from the link below:
Also this year:
Gmail was launched on 1st April
Facebook was founded at Cambridge, Massachussetts.
Ireland banned smoking in enclosed workplaces.
Band Aid 20 had the Christmas no. 1 with "Do They Know It's Christmas?"