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Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to create a pioneering new scheme allowing people on Facebook in the Republic of Ireland to get help for a friend they believe is struggling to cope or feeling suicidal.

Calling all creative 16 to 19-year-olds. Kilmore Triathlon Club is looking for a new logo and wants you to design one and be in with a chance of winning some great prizes, including a six months membership in Ealu Leisure Centre and a €100 voucher for Exposure Sport and Outdoor shop in Castlebar.

The Galway Advertiser’s online coverage of the twists and turns of both Galway constituencies this week was viewed more than a million times in three days, according to data published last evening by Facebook.

This election will be like no other for a number of reasons. But one of the major reasons has been the explosion of social media since we last went to the ballot boxes in a general election in 2007. While Facebook is something that has become part of the social fabric of communication world wide, it was only in its infancy as a world-wide communication tool four years ago. But even Facebook has been usurped as a instant communication tool by the evolution of Twitter.

Last week in this article series we explored how Facebook can be used as a marketing tool. This week we investigate how LinkedIn, now the world’s largest business social media network of 80 million members with almost 350,000 in Ireland, can be utilised effectively.

Here we will explore how to set up a business page, update your wall, how to integrate applications into your business page and how to use Facebook advertising as a cost effective tool.

This week sees the opening of “The Social Network” a film that portrays the Facebook success story. Facebook has 500 million users worldwide, 1.7 million of those are in Ireland, so how can business target the phenomenon that is Facebook.

This week sees the opening of The Social Network, a film that portrays the Facebook success story. Facebook has 500 million users worldwide; 1.7 million of those are in Ireland. So how can business target the phenomenon that is Facebook?

This week sees the opening of The Social Network, a film that portrays the Facebook success story. Facebook has 500 million users worldwide, 1.7 million of whom are in Ireland — so how can business target the phenomenon that is Facebook?