Beamish Back the Peoples Republic Campaign

7th Sep 2007

Best Cork Window Display Competition

After making our enquiries/demands to stores on Patrick Street earlier this week to suppport the Cork footballers we received the following press release from the Cork Business Association:

The Cork Business Association and PeoplesRepublicOfCork.com are calling on all city businesses to support our three All Ireland Final Teams by dressing up your windows with flags, bunting, jerseys, hurleys, footballs, trophies etc etc. Let us get behind our boys and girls who have trained hard all year to get to the final.

Beamish Stout have kindly agreed to sponsor a hospitality night in The Beamish Hospitality Suite, South Main Street, Cork for the Best Window Display Competition. Beamish Stout are proud of their ongoing sponsorship of Cork events throughout the year, and in particular the month of September when The Beamish Cork Folk Festival and The Beamish Experience Festival are held.

Cork will have three teams in Croke Park over the next three weekends. The Ladies Camogie Final will take place Sunday 9th against Wexford. The Mens Senior Footballers take to Croke Park on Sunday 16th against our Munster rivals Kerry and on Sunday 24th our Ladies Senior Football team will do battle against Mayo. The ladies in both codes are going for a unique trible of titles.

PANA UPDATE - Bringing the Horse to the Water
Today we sent packages free of charge to the business listed underneath containing flags and bunting:

Blacktie, Zerep, Pair Shoes, Prime Shoes, Schuh, Car Phone Warehouse, Japan, Laura Ashley, Phelans Pharmacy, Debenhams, Easons, The Travel Shop, A-Wear, The Bag Shop, Quills, Kylemore Café, Marks and Spencer, O2 Experience, Waterstones.

You can watch the enthusiasm or apathy unfold with a stroll down Pana early next week.

*Mango, ladies clothes shop, are currently the only business refusing to support the campaign (see email below).

WHERE TO GET FLAGS AND STUFF
Supersavers at 58 Patrick Street (opposite Boots/Waterstones) sell large red and white chequered flags for EUR3.50 and 7 metre lengths of indoor/outdoor bunting for just 2euro. Similar stores on Oliver Plunkett Street and Castle Street are selling very cheap red flags, car flags and bunting.

Cummins on North Main Street have Cork crested flags for 4 euro and large ones for 8 euro.

For businesses wishing to purchase durable bunting Help Industries, Vicars Road, Togher do 10 metres lengths (with a metre either side for tying) for 10 euro. Bernie O'Brien is the woman to talk to. Lots of petrol stations are selling the car flags if you're prepared to shell out a bit more for durable material.

Dear Sir,

We have received your e-mail and we would like to thank you for choosing MANGO to participate in your project.

I am afraid to inform you that MANGO will not be able to offer its collaboration. As our store manager in Cork has already explained to you, MANGO will not be able to put some flags in the window of our store in Cork. We appreciate your understanding and are sorry that we are unable to take part in your event.

Yours sincerely,
Julia Vogt
Customer Service Department
Mango