Oliver Griffin of Letterkenny is Ireland’s only specialist in a unique field. He works with people who have worked in the UK and may be entitled to claim their entitlement to a British pension. He works with people who have worked less than a year, through to full careers, and from any age from the 20s to those already over pension age.

With Olivers help, not only can you get the pension entitlements from time worked in the UK, you can also “buy-back” extra years to bring your pension up to the full scale.

The website is now online at http://www.britishpensionadvice.com

We’ve just pushed another new website live. This time, the site is for the Material Test Centre, based in Termon, Co Donegal.

The MTC is an independent testing facility that serves both public and private sectors of the construction industry in Donegal and the Northwest region. John Harkin works with construction businesses, contractors and state agencies across the North West, providing a variety of services including tests required for planning applications, and tests to ensure the safety of major construction projects.

We’ve recently launched the new website for the Letterkenny Post. It’s one of the most complex sites we’ve ever created, and his a few interesting items I’d like to talk about here as well.

This first thing that hits you is the heavy use of photographs. The Letterkenny Post is a very photo-heavy newspaper, with full-colour photographs forming a key part of the news, sport, social and entertainment sections of the paper. We’ve carried this through online as well.

We’ve built a simple system for adding new articles to the website. Each journalist adds the text of the story, and one photo of whatever size is available. The system then automatically resizes the photos for every use, as required.

Photos in the “out and about” section can all be ordered online, with quality prints despatched directly to the customers in a matter of days.

The site is tied closely to Facebook, where the paper has quickly earned over 500 “fans”, and Twitter, where people around the world follow instant updates directly from the site.

Here’s another few websites that we’ve launched recently:

First up, Coyle Building Contractors. Coyle’s build high quality, bespoke homes across the North West. They can handle the complete project, from design to completion, or work with your existing team. Check out the website for some great examples of their previous work, including the award winning Tuath Na Mara house  overlooking Lough Swilly in Co Donegal.

Second site is Assessors Donegal, for Cutliffe Property and Insurance Assessors. This new local company offer a range of services, including property claims assessment, commercial insurance quotations and building energy ratings.

Finally, there’s the new look site for Link 2 Gadget and Music Shop in the Courtyard.

We’ve just launched a new site for a new client. Dara Calleary is a TD from Mayo, and was recently appointed Minister of State with Responsibility for Labour Affairs.

The site is based on a Content Management System, allowing Dara and his team to update is as needed. The site features an interactive map with all Dara’s recent press releases and diary notes, a mailing list and an audio podcast. We have also linked the site with a twitter account and a facebook page.

We will be working with Dara and his team over the coming weeks and months to develop the site event further.

DaraCalleary.ie

We’re pleased to launch a number of new websites in the last few weeks, for candidates in the upcoming local elections on June 5th.

You can check the sites out below:
Níall McCullagh
Peter Ormond
Trish O’Dea
Eibhlin Byrne

We will continue to launch new sites for candidates over the coming weeks. For more information on the services we can provide, please get in touch with us.

Strawberry Media are pleased to organise an open seminar with Joe Rospars, founding partner of Blue State Digital and New Media Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign.

Click here for more details, and to register.

Another one just launched – Ocean FM in Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim.

This site is both a redesign and a completely new platform for the website. The complete site – including sub-sites for all the main shows – can be editted by the team down in Sligo.

We look forward to working with Ocean over the coming weeks and months to develop and extend the site, by adding new features including podcasting for a variety of their shows.

Pictured above are Seamus Harkin and Damien Blake of Strawberry Media, taking delivery of Seamus’ book “It Took A Lifetime”. The book details Seamus’ life around Creeslough and County Donegal, and will be for sale across the County in the run up to Christmas.

The book will be officially launched on Saturday December 6th at 8pm in The Corncutters Rest in Creeslough, Co Donegal.

The book was designed and printed by Strawberry Media, with a cover featuring a photo taken by Seamus himself.

Another new website launch:

George Doherty Construction is an innovative developer, with developments in Letterkenny and across Inishowen. With a long history in business, GDC’s developments are high quality homes in prime locations.

Their website includes details of all their current properties, information on the company, and a regularly-updated section with the latest news from the business.