News Archive
16th May 2012:
Blulift have been providing access equipment to help in setting up this years EVA Exhibition.
eva International (formerly ev+a) is a biennial festival of visual art in Limerick City, Ireland. eva 2012 runs from 19th May – 12th August. Entrance is FREE –https://www.facebook.com/
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07th May 2012:
Blulifts U-Drive is proving very popular with Video production companies and Photographers due to its ease of use and ease of mobility. It was used in several locations recently for The Great Limerick Run and even makes a few on screen appearances in this Video
Click here to see Blulift U-Drive at The Great Limerick Run 2012
- Blulift providing Video and Photographer access at The Great Limerick Run
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02nd May 2012
This Spiderlift 120 is on hire to the ESB in Limerick. No other machine would access the site. It is in the centre of a completely overgrown area proving the versatility of this tracked machine in getting to where no other machine can.
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26th April 2012:
Congratulations to Helen Hanley from Pallaskenry who won our St. Patricks Day Competition with this photograph of the U-Drive in the parade
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24th April 2012:
- Pictured launching the Blulift Community Group competition are John Cusack and Pat Browne from Blulift joined by Spin Southwest’s Sadhbh Picilaidis, Alan Morrissey and Eilis Morrissey.
Help your community group reach new heights
A local club or organisation in [Limerick, Clare] has the opportunity to tackle one of the jobs they have putting off thanks to Blulift. The specialist access equipment provider has teamed up with Spin Southwest FM to provide one voluntary group or club the use of their equipment for one week. The prize is designed to help local organisations from sports clubs, Tidy Towns, public buildings committees or community groups to safely undertake jobs at height ranging from painting buildings, hanging flags, pruning trees, fixing roofs or tidying gutters, internal church repairs or event filming a major local event.
Speaking at the launch of the promotion John Cusack of Blulift outlined ‘the idea came about when we were contacted by a number of local organisations who use our equipment to maintain sports grounds from fixing floodlights to painting clubhouses. We felt that many local organisations could address a lot of jobs that they have been putting off due to perceived cost or lack of knowledge of where to source specialist equipment to tackle these jobs safely. The range of applications is very broad so everyone from a group of local residents looking to tidy up their estate to a club looking to give the clubhouse a facelift can benefit from the prize’. Currently Blulift is used to maintenance national heritage buildings, stadium repairs, buildings maintenance to specialist filming assignments.
The joint Blulift and Spin FM runs on the week beginning Monday 30th April and community groups and local club can enter by listening to Spin Talk each day. Interested organisations submit the local project they feel would benefit the most by having the use of access equipment to work safely at height. The winners can select from the Blulift range of UDrive, Trailerlift or Spiderlifts based on the height requirement and whether the job is indoors or outdoors. The access equipment will be delivered to the winning organisation with full training provided.
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22nd March 2012:
Blulift supporting the Great Limerick Run – Sports Event Access Hire Specialists
Blulift are delighted to announce their involvement with one of Ireland’s leading sports events, The Great Limerick Run, which takes place on the May Bank Holiday weekend. Blulift will supply the event with a range of equipment to support the operation of the event. Blulift currently supplies ‘UDrive’, Trailer Lifts and Spider Lifts to a range of sporting facilities and events and are delighted to support the Great Limerick Run in its continued development as one of the leading Marathons in Ireland.
The Blulift range of equipment will be used in event preparation in addition to being positioned at a number of key sites on the running routes throughout the city. From announcers, photographers to erecting signage, The Blulift Brand will be very visible as over 8,000 runners take to the streets of Limerick.
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16th March 2012:
Blulift goes Green for St Patrick’s Day
Blulift will be a major player in the organisation and operation of the Limerick St Patrick’s Day Parade for 2012. The parade will be the biggest parade hosted in Ireland this year and Blulift are delighted to support the Great Limerick Run in their parade presence. In addition to taking part in the parade, Blulift would also supply a range of equipment to support the photography crew commissioned to cover the event. Munster Images in association with the Limerick Institute of Technology photography students avail of a range of spider lifts and trailers at key vantage points to secure some of the best photography for the event.
Visit our Facebook page for a great St Patrick’s Day Parade where prizes can be won if you spot the Blulift ‘You Drive Truck’ in the St Patrick’s Day Parade and share it with your friends through Facebook (terms and conditions apply).
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9th March 2012:
Congratulations to Sophie Cycle Tour of Munster
The team at Blulift would like to extend their heartiest congratulations to all that participated in the recent Sophie Mulcahy Cycle organised through our partner Cycle 4 Sick Children. The three day event took in all six counties of Munster and now looks set to become an annual fixture on the cycling and fundraising calendar. Blulift are proud to be associated with such a great event and great group in Cycle 4 Sick Children.
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4th February 2012:
Film & TV Media sign up to Blulift
Blulift’s reputation as the leading supplier of access equipment to the Irish film and TV industry was further enhanced with the signing up of a number of the region’s largest film companies for training in the use of the UDrive in a dedicated media training day.
The UDrive is one of the pieces of access equipment most frequently used in TV and film production due to its ease of use, single person operation and ability to move from location to location without any major time lags. The UDrive is currently starring with the production teams of the new TV series based around the Titanic currently being filmed in Dublin and just finished a number of productions in Ardmore Studios. Blulift will also be helping to bring the outdoor broadcast pictures of the GAA’s club championships over the next few weeks.
For more information on the UDrive and its flexibility of use on TV, Film and outdoor broadcast media assignments visit our UDrive page.
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1st February 2012:
Blulift select Cycle 4 Sick Children as 2012 Charity Partner for 2012
Blulift are proud to support Cycle 4 Sick Children as their Charity Partner for 2012. In addition to supporting the work of the club Blulift is also a supporter of the Mini Munster Tour for Sophie Mulcahy.
About Cycle 4 Sick Children:
Founded by Liam & Stacey Mulcahy whose daughter suffers from a life threatening heart condition the club has offered hope for seriously ill children throughout Ireland. Cycle 4 Sick Children since setting up as a cycling club, has taken on a unique roll, not only are they encouraging people to join them cycling but also have a great cause while cycling. Every time they get on the bike Cycle 4 Sick Children team create awareness for children’s disability and serious illness in Ireland. They do this by educating the public and raising funds for children’s services in Limerick and Tipperary. They have also supported The Jack and Jill Foundation, Enable Ireland, and Crumlin Hospital. They have also highlighted the lack of services in Ireland for disabled and seriously ill children and advocating for more services. This Cycling Club is an outstanding sports club that has heart, sincerity, passion and love driving them forward to help improve the lives of disabled and sick children in Ireland. Cycle 4 Sick Children will continue the outstanding work in the service of disabled and sick children, the most vulnerable group needing help.
Our aim is to help to raise funds and promote awareness in helping kids with severe neuro disabilities, promote learning and education and improve children’s abilities and giving care to severely ill children while also helping parents of these children by providing nursing and respite care and also providing a home away from home environment near the hospital where all the family can stay as a unit.
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30th January 2012:
Blulift goes Green in aid of Cliona Ring Foundation
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