The biscuit votes are in and the winners have been chosen!

It seems that the vast majority of you DoneDealers prefer Chocolate Digestives and Rich Tea biscuits with your cuppa as they were the biscuits that were mentioned the most.

We put all entries names into a virtual hat and the winner of our €100 donation to the Alzheimers Society of Ireland, the Tea for Two at Queen of Tarts in Dublin and a Kingfisher Tea & DoneDeal goodie bag is:

Michael Breen, Dublin 14

Kingfisher Tea have also given us 25 runner up goodie bags that we’ve added some DoneDeal goodies to and the winners of these are:

1. Claire Lynch, Dublin 15
2. Killian Prendeville, fedamore, Co Limerick
3. Brian Kernaghan, Monaghan
4. Ana Moreira, Co.Meath
5. Paul Byrne, Swords
6. Maria Moore, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
7. Gerard McNamee, Co Galway
8. Joe Duffe, Templemore, Co. Tipperary
9. Cathal Shanahan, Athlone, Co. Roscommon
10. Neil Robinson, Loughbrickland, Co Down
11. Caroline Dunne, Wicklow
12. Fiona Devitt, Kinsale, Co Cork
13. Lorna Fahey, Sligo
14. Lorraine Ni Bhealatuin, Laois
15. Martina Conroy, Cong, Co Mayo
16. Nicola mc GroganDoyle, Newbridge, Co Kildare
17. Gerard Williams, Limerick
18. Sean Murray, skibbereen, Co Cork
19. Glen Carney, D24
20. Peadar O h-Eidhin, O Callaghans Mills, Co. Clare
21. Rowena Hastings, Co. Laois
22. Spruce Lynch, Roscrea, Co Tipperary
23. Tommy Feeney, Donegal
24. Grace Glennon, D15
25. Graeme Mulvey, Wicklow

A huge thank you to everyone that entered, and congratulations to all our winners.  All prizes will be sent by post this week.

Make sure to keep an eye on our blog, facebook, twitter and newsletter for all upcoming DoneDealer competitions!

Say Hi to Ray!

Well Ray isn’t technically new to the DoneDeal family! He’s been working with us part time since 2009 but we’re delighted to announce that we’ve converted him into a full time DoneDealer!

Ray will be looking after all the finances for DoneDeal as our Chief Financial Officer, keeping us all on our toes!

Some random interesting facts about Ray:

• He’s from Waterford.
• He likes Rally driving, whenever he gets the chance.
• He’s big into running and has just completed the Great Limerick Run and this years Run-a-muck!

Why not take a moment to welcome him to your DoneDeal family by leaving a comment below to say Hi to Ray!

I’m too excited to keep it in anymore so I’ve gotta share this with you DoneDealers!  We’re just about to run our very first TV ad campaign and we’re just so excited about being on the telly!

Ok, so we actually won’t be on the telly, but you get the idea!

So to thank all you loyal, funny, friendly and super supportive DoneDealers for sticking with us all these years and helping us to grow into Ireland’s largest classifieds website, we wanted to give you a sneak preview of our ad before it hits your TV screens this Monday, 14th of May.

Watch it very closely and see if you can spot something familiar in the ad.

Don’t forget to keep an ear out for our Radio Ad as well!

The Alzheimers Society of Ireland runs a Tea for Alzheimer’s Day every year to help raise funds for the important work they do to help people with Alzheimer’s and their families.

To celebrate their Tea Day, we’d like to give you the chance to win a donation for the Alzheimers Society and win some yummy treats for yourself while you’re at it.

We have afternoon tea for two at the Queen of Tarts, one of Dublin’s finest cake shops and a lovely tea-themed goody pack with Irish Kingfisher tea and DoneDeal goodies.

25 runners up will also get a tea goody pack thanks to Irish Kingfisher tea.

To enter, just tell us:

• what is your favourite biscuit to go with your cup of tea
• email your answer along with your full name and postal address and contact telephone number to competitions@donedeal.ie 
• entries before Sunday 13th May to be in with a chance to win.

Pet overpopulation is the most significant factor leading to euthanasia of healthy homeless animals.  The DoneDeal Foundation and PetAware Project are delighted to be a partner of SpayWeek 2012 running from May 27th until June 3rd 2012.

The purpose of Spay Week is to promote responsible pet ownership in Ireland and the importance and value of spaying or neutering your pet. As animal lovers who value our pets, it is important to understand the impact of making this very important decision.

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