User:CGorman/Contributions
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This is list of the news articles i've either started or been particularly involved. I've created it because the majority of my edits are tiny changes here and there - this list however is of the solid work i've done.
Overall Total - 150
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[edit] 2006 (4)
[edit] March (2)
19th: David Carry and Euan Dale help Scotland to record a one two in the 400m I.M.
4th: Ian Thorpe starts to recover from chest pains
[edit] February (1)
3rd: Leisel Jones sets two new swimming world records at trials
[edit] January (1)
6th: Bill Sweetenham cleared of bullying allegations
[edit] 2005 (143)
[edit] December (1)
17th: Imitation gun pointed a Australia swimmers during training
[edit] November (2)
26th: China names its new head coach for swimming
12th: Canadian Mike Mintenko retires from swimming
[edit] October (3)
24th: 22.2% of secondary school students in Ireland drop out before the Leaving Cert
15th: Welsh swimming squad named for 2006 Commonwealth Games
1st: Junk food to be banned in English schools
[edit] September (0)
[edit] August (5)
29th: Little Caesars to open 8 stores in Ireland
27th: Irish CAO releases 2005 university offers to students
25th: RTE's Eddie Hobbs attracts massive audience
2nd: Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal
2nd: Atkins Nutritionals Inc. goes bankrupt
[edit] July (11)
19th: Plan Magazine sold for €300,000 to Commercial Media Group
17th: Gulf Air launches direct flights to the Middle East from Dublin
16th: Shell quits Irish fuel retail market
14th: Hurricane Emily hits Grenada Original Reporting
11th: Padraig Harrington withdraws from British Open
11th: BSkyB director joins Setanta
11th: Gas explosion in Russian shopping center
11th: Ryanair launches more Shannon Airport routes
7th: Bush crashs his bike into scottish police officer
7th: Transport and telecommunications struggle amid confusion in London
7th: Financial markets react to London blasts
[edit] June (25)
24th: Dublin gets ready to be rocked once again by U2
16th: World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide
13th: Airbus wins Qatar Airways order
13th: Ryanair exercises options on five Boeing 737s
12th: Fossett set to recreate first non-stop transatlantic flight
11th: BSkyB faces challenge in securing Premiership rights
11th: Irish inflation creeps upwards to 2.4% Original Reporting
11th: Glazer caps Manchester United's player transfer spending at £25m a year
10th: 600,000 new millionaires created in 2004
8th: Republic of Ireland top Group 4 by beating Faroe Islands
8th: California IT company to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
8th: 30 travellers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
8th: Google is now worth over $80bn
7th: Ireland will hold EU referendum
7th: World now spends over $1 trillion a year on arms
6th: Over 1.5m apply for British Live 8 tickets
5th: Coldplay's new album hits stores worldwide this week
5th: Israel upset Republic of Ireland again in World Cup Qualifiers
4th: Re-creation of 1919 cross-Atlantic flight is successful
4th: Big shoes to fill at eBay
4th: Online poker firm set for multibillion pound flotation
3rd: Ryanair passenger numbers up 34%
2nd: Elan shares plunge as another patient dies
1st: Samsung's 4Gb flash memory begins mass production
1st: Dutch exit poll: 63% say 'no' to EU constitution
[edit] May (15)
31st: Scottish Radio Holdings set to buy Highland Radio for €7m
31st: Ryanair profits jump 19% to €268.9m Original Reporting
29th: Mobile ringtone tops the UK singles chart
29th: Exit poll: 55% of French voters say no to EU constitution
29th: Lapp Plats becomes first firm to float on IEX
28th: Low fares airline, Ryanair celebrates twenty years in business
23rd: Five Irish schoolgirls die in bus crash
22nd: Venture capital investment in Ireland soars by 35%
20th: IDA Ireland opens Shanghai office
19th: Exclusive Interview: Piano Man is possibly a British actor Original Reporting & Interview
13th: Irish inflation back on the rise Original Reporting
3rd: UBS sees net income jump 15 percent
3rd: Major hunt on for pub robbers in Irish Midlands
3rd: UK clothing firm to list on Icelandic Stock Exchange
2nd: Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd sees net profits jump 67%
[edit] April (28)
24th: Barry Prime changes mind about Swim Ireland
23rd: Dermot Mannion becomes new Aer Lingus CEO
23rd: American who owns BenedictXVI.com wants "one of those hats"
22nd: Creative Technology sees profits drop 72%, but sales soar
22nd: Third concert date for U2 in Dublin
22nd: Motorola to launch iTunes mobile phone
22nd: Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund gains 2.4% in first quarter
22nd: Work begins on world's longest underwater pipeline
20th: Norwegian whaling season starts with highest quota in a decade
19th: Barry Prime becomes Swim Ireland's new National Performance Director
17th: Papal conclave attracting more bets than the Oscars
17th: Croke Park opens to soccer and Rugby
17th: Littlewoods plans to axe 3,200 jobs
16th: Over a quarter of a billion camera phones sold in 2004
14th: Israeli soldiers stop 15 year old Palestinian from detonating himself
13th: Unions ballot to "shut down the BBC"
13th: Microsoft releases low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition in Brazil
13th: Sit-in at Washington University, St. Louis enters ninth day
12th: Eritrea plans to vaccinate 500,000 children
12th: Irish Enterprise Exchange Launched in Dublin
12th: Cloned cattle's milk and meat seem safe, according to new study
12th: New top level domain names created
4th: Music promoter Mean Fiddler sold for almost £38m
3rd: Annual rich list shows Ireland now has six billionaires
3rd: Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for African Pope
3rd: Mobile phone firm 3 losses almost double
1st: Rural African school goes to Sweden for environment award
[edit] March (36)
30th: School dinner costs just 49p in Wales
28th: Ireland's smoking ban a success after first year Original Reporting
27th: Cricket: Sehwag dominates, but India trails
27th: Five wounded, two killed in Lebanon blast
25th: Expo 2005 opens in Aichi, Japan
24th: Sony's Playstation Portable is launched in North America
24th: New figures released on Irish income distribution
22nd: US interest rates rise to 2.75%
21st: Bank of Ireland to axe 2,000 jobs
19th: Wales win Grand Slam, RBS Six Nations and the Triple Crown
18th: English Wikipedia passes 500 thousand article milestone
18th: Irish mobile penetration rate hits 94%
17th: McCartney campaign changing minds about IRA
14th: Padraig Harrington wins first PGA Tour event; The Honda Classic
13th: Pope John Paul II leaves hospital
13th: France beat Ireland in RBS Six Nations
13th: GAA: Dublin too strong for Westmeath Original Reporting
12th: Canadian airline Jetsgo ceases operations; 17,000 stranded
12th: 3 dead as man on trial for rape escapes
12th: Comedian Dave Allen dies aged 68
11th: Meath/Kildare by-election turnout between 20-30%
11th: UK "terror bill" passed after standoff
10th: United Nations passes Declaration on human cloning
9th: Dead Chechen rebel Maskhadov's son promises to continue father's work
8th: British Airways announces new CEO
7th: British Airways CEO set to step down in the summer
6th: Freed hostage Sgrena, says shooting "no accident"
6th: GAA: Westmeath beat Donegal by narrowest of margins Original Reporting
5th: David Blunkett is not the father of Kimberly Quinn's son
5th: Irish unemployment rate steady at 4.2%
5th: Bill Gates receives honourary knighthood
4th: Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena freed
4th: Former Ukrainian minister found dead
3rd: Take-Two Interactive profits surge 74%
3rd: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo, non-stop around the world
1st: Elan; Biogen withdraw multiple sclerosis drug after death
[edit] February (16)
28th: Lebanese Government resigns amid protests
27th: Ireland beat England 19-13 in the RBS Six Nations
26th: Founder of Amnesty International dies, aged 83
23rd: Illegal dye found in British food
22nd: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
21st: Spain says Yes to EU constitution
19th: PSNI confirms Northern Bank notes are from Northern Bank Robbery
18th: Millions found by Irish police in raids
17th: United Iraqi Alliance win slight majority
17th: Greenspan's testimony suggests "more of the same"
16th: NHL season canceled amid player pay cap dispute
16th: Thorpe to miss 2005 World Swimming Championships
15th: Yahoo chooses Dublin as location of new European Headquarters
8th: India tops list of top offshoring locations
7th: EasyJet passenger figures rise almost 24%
4th: ConocoPhillips announces $1bn share repurchase
[edit] 2004 (3)
[edit] November (3)
18th: New Band Aid music video is launched
18th: Sainsbury's posts first ever loss
17th: Kmart to buy Sears for US$11 billion
[edit] Triva
- In March 2005, over 10% of articles were started by me, thats 1 in 10
- Overall 1 in 20 wikinews stories, or 5% of the total were started by me or I worked on extensively!
