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In July 2003 a number of
international publications featured CLUAS.com after
the CLUAS webmaster discovered a serious security vulnerability on the Irish government's
site www.netsecure.ie, more info here. |
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CLUAS was one of the 5 websites shortlisted
for the 'Dot.ie Readers Award' at the 2002 'Golden Spider' Internet Awards
ceremony. When the winners were announced CLUAS came second only to
Eircom.net, Ireland's largest ISP. To see the category CLUAS was
shortlisted in click
here
and scroll to bottom of the page). |
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Winner of the 'Best Personal Site' at the Golden Spider
Internet Awards 2000. |
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In the March 2002 edition of 'Internet Magazine'
(a respected UK publication for internet professionals) CLUAS was featured
in the 'Home
Improvement' section
of the magazine (where each month internet experts assess the quality of selected
'home-built' websites. The experts scored CLUAS a whopping 9 out of 10 stars
for design and content. |
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In September 2001 CLUAS was chosen as
'site of
the week' by Yendo, an Irish website consultancy. They awarded it
3
out of 3 stars. |
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An article talking about how CLUAS was filling
the gap left by
muse.ie was published on the IT webzine Electricnews.net (28 May
2001).
Read the full article here. |
| Chosen as an ElectricNews "hot site of the
week" (July 13, 1999) |
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CLUAS was showcased by Microsoft as a "killer
FrontPage developed website" in their August '99 'FrontPage Bulletin'.
This monthly email bulletin is sent by Microsoft to tens of thousands of subscribed
FrontPage users around the world. CLUAS was also chosen by Microsoft to feature
in their
1999 Gallery of the world's best FrontPage-developed websites. |
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The Irish student portal
www.oxygen.ie invited CLUAS
founder Eoghan O'Neill to be one of the judges at their first annual student
Media awards ('Smedias') in April 2001. Eoghan was the judge for the 'best
travel writing' category. Other judges on the panel included film-maker Thaddeus
O'Sullivan and television and radio presenter Ray D'Arcy. |
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Featured in the Irish Times' 'Web Watch' (January
5, 2001): "For the latest on the Irish music scene, including album and
gig reviews, and MP3 songs by unsigned acts to download, check out the award-winning
Cluas e-zine". Click
here for the article (note: subscription to ireland.com required to view
the article) |
| Featured in
'Best from the rest on the WWW' (October 3, 2000):
"(CLUAS is) an admirable
and well deserved success story... a site made up of good writing, good humour
and good ideas." |
| Featured in the paper's 'Computimes Monitor' section
(October 25, 1999):"CLUED IN CLUAS: The online arts magazine, www.CLUAS.com,
is playing host to original songs by unsigned Irish acts in MP3 and Windows
Media audio formats". Click
here for the article (note: subscription to ireland.com required to view
the article) |
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CLUAS was the focus of a full page feature in
the Sunday Busineess Post's "Computers in Business" magazine (June 2001).
Click
here to read the article. |
| CLUAS.com featured in the Sunday Business Post's
'Who's who on the Silicon Isle' (Jan. 2000). |
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One of RTE Radio 1's more entertaining
programmes - the music quiz 'The Vinyl Curtain' hosted by John Kelly -
invited CLUAS founder Eoghan O'Neill to be one of its guest contestants in
May 2001. Click
here to listen
to a recording of the show (real audio format). |
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CLUAS founder Eoghan O'Neill was interviewed
about CLUAS.com and its success on Michael Comyn's Saturday morning chat
show on Dublin's Lite FM
(March 24th 2001). After the interview Eoghan was invited by Lite FM to
make regular contributions to the chat show about upcoming concerts that
would be of interest to Lite FM listeners. He did so for several months in
2001. |
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CLUAS was the focus of
a full page feature in Brussels weekly
English language magazine 'The Bulletin' (Feb 8, 2001) |
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Focus of a feature article in the Metro supplement
to Ireland's largest selling Sunday newspaper the 'Sunday World' (January
28th, 2001) |
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CLUAS was the focus of a half page feature entitled
"CLUAS.com is giving Irish Pop music a platform to the world" (in the
Irish Independent's "City Life" supplement, June 12 2001). |
| Featured as "Pick of the web" in the Irish
Independent (Ireland's biggest selling daily newspaper), July 12 '99. |
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CLUAS was featured in the
'Wonderful World of the web' section
of the Sunday Tribune newspaper on Nov 26th 2000. |
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The Irish listings magazine 'thelist.ie' used
CLUAS album reviews in each fortnightly issue. Also CLUAS Editor Eoghan O'Neill
was invited by 'the list' to write a 'Hot tickets of the fortnight' column
for 'the list' readers. (thelist is no longer published since late 2001). |
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CLUAS was featured in Ireland's leading IT magazine
'Business Plus' in their December 2000
cover story 'Year of the web: the dot com winners and losers in 2000'
(in case there is any doubt may we confirm that CLUAS was featured as one
of the 'winners' of 2000!) |
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Featured in the 'Connect' supplement of the Irish
Examiner newspaper (July 2000). |
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In March 2000 the online encyclopedia
Britannica.com selected CLUAS.com as one of the
'World's Best Sites' and awarded it 3 stars. |
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Featured in the Evening Herald's 'Arts Report'
(December 20th, 1999) - "Cluas is a unique, Irish-based site that
brings together punters' reviews of films, concerts and anything else that
takes their fancy... Cluas.com is also launching a monthly series of gigs
featuring unsigned Irish bands... Cluas provides a resource for
information on local bands and the chance to download MP3 versions of (new
unsigned bands) songs". |
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Featured in the
'Net
Results' section
of Ireland's premier business weekly 'Business & Finance' (July 22-28, '99)
- "Cluas is a new on-line music magazine with a lot of promise". |
| In the article 'Internet Cherishes Community Values'
(Sep 2-9, '99) Cluas was cited by John O'Connor (Andersen
Consulting) as a
"good-example of a community building website". |
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Selected as one of the web's top leisure sites
in the Nov '00 issue of "Get Connected" (the Irish Indo's consumer technology
magazine): "Cluas has been winning awards and plaudits aplenty in recent
times and is certainly worth checking out if you're interested in music or
cinema. It also features one of the liveliest discussion forums that we've
seen in a long time". |
| Also featured in the news section of the Oct.
'99 issue of "Get Connected": "CLUAS is an independent Irish on-line magazine,
which keeps an eye on the entertainment scene in Ireland, and an excellent
one at that". |
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Selected by Ireland's largest ISP 'Ireland
On-Line' as one of the country's top ten websites for the month of July
'99. |
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Featured in prominent Irish Internet magazine
dot.ie's 'Best of Web' section, September '99 (and accompanying CD
ROM!). "Don't look here for sanitised reportage from the composed atmosphere
of the press box. Music reports are filed direct from the heaving, sweating
crowds; film critiques are transmitted from the lines of popcorn-munching
cinema-goers. CLUAS is the magazine and it has its finger firmly on the pulse
of life and culture in Ireland by drawing its writers from the country's eager
constituency of music lovers and film enthusiasts." |
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Selected as a 'Top Ten Irish Site' in the March
2000 issue of PC Live (Ireland's No. 1 PC and internet magazine) |
| CLUAS was the focus of the
'Me and my website' feature in the
June 2001 edition of PC Live magazine. |
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Selected as a "Recommended Local Ireland"
website. "A very cool and fresh website with sound design and good graphics.
Cluas provides high quality information on what is going on in the entertainment
scene around Ireland" (click
here for the relevant page on local.ie). |
| Chosen as Local.ie's 'Site of the Week' (June
9-16th 2000). |
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Awarded three Shamrocks by Eircom's (now
defunct)
'DORAS' directory of Irish websites. "Cluas has a good range
of high quality and entertaining articles. The design is good and the colours
are very attractive. A good site that is going to get better with time." |
