Media Coverage - Octobe 19th

Our "reunion and Ball" received some fantastic media coverage this week. The City Tribune ran a 2 page feature on Nortel in Galway and our celebration of 35 years in Galway this year.
The article featured interviews with Liam Bluett, Dave Quane, and Pete Kelly. I have attached a copy of the piece for any of you that missed the piece this week.

I'm battling with my conscious at the moment. I have a fantastic story to share but I made a promise that I wouldn't post the details on the blog or in this e-mail. So, I'm going to keep the specific details secret but share a flavour of the story.
I was traveling (in the UK) last week and was checking into a hotel at 8pm last Monday evening. As I approached the reception, the wonderful receptionist smiled immediately after I had given her my name. "I know you" she said. I wondered... How...

for a moment before she explained.

I was dumbstruck when she told me that she was a former employee of Nortel in Galway. She's on our former employee distribution list and has been getting all of the updates. A collegue of her's had been in touch about coming to the Ball and she had been undecided.
Over the past couple of days she has heard Liam's interview and then John Kavanagh's. She then heard some of the old names from her former "factory floor day"….AND…. So, on Sunday of last week, she bought 2 Ryan Air tickets to Shannon, arranged a babysitter, and herself and her husband are coming to the Ball.

That is just fantastic - and it will be fantastic to meet so many of you again in 2 weeks time - I've had so many e-mails and texts and it promises to be a very special occasion.

We now expect to hit (and exceed) the 450 attendee mark at the Ball. Please note that tickets must be bought by next Friday, October 24th. We need to keep this deadline to provide final numbers to the hotel and to complete the table plans. Details on purchasing tickets are below.
For tickets to the charity Ball: E-mail: charity@nortel.com
Phone: +353-91-733888.
Thanks to all
Dave