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Issue Eight - 19/05/05

Eircom adverts effective

Kathryn Thomas may be better known for her travel programme, but her adverts for Eircom broadband have led to a big increase in use of the internet; and in computer literacy in general.

"Yeah, Kathryn is great, I'd love to give her one", declared postal worker Keith McMurphy yesterday. "I spend most of my day trawling the net for pictures of her. I still haven't found any good nuddie ones, but I'll keep looking."

A big increase has also been observed in the number of people buying or downloading computer programs such as Photoshop.

"Yeah, those things are great. Like I said, I haven't found nuddie pictures yet, but seeing Kathryn's beautiful face on the body of a terrier gets the juices going."


The results of Keith McMurphy's Photoshop labours