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Limerick Blogger owner becomes millionaire

If you had told me twelve months ago I would be writing the above headline, I would have laughed at you. Nonetheless, here I am writing it.

Patrick Collison, who took ownership of limerickblogger.org earlier this month, along with his brother John, have become wealthy men following the acquisition of their start up venture Auctomatic by Canadian company, Live Current Media, for a reported €3m.

Auctomatic was started in June of 2007, and the company offers eBay account management services online.

More can be found here

Limerick Leader

The Irish Times

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  • Pat Johnston
    Well done
  • Delighted for ye lads. Caught the tail end of the Late Late Show. Thrilled to see some Limerick lads doing so well. Any tips for the rest of us?!
  • Squid
    Having looked at the whois info, it would seem that the details need to be changed.

    In order to satisfy godaddy's handover process, you had to fill out all the fields in the form. It looks like patrick created the Auctomatic godaddy account for the sole purpose of taking over the domain name. This will probably change to his own details when he gets the chance to do so.
  • Squid
    Actually, that is a fair point. I must ask about that.
  • Congratulations to Patrick and John, I hope the Vulture capitalists didn't take too big a chunk of your windfall.

    Squid,
    I notice that the limerick blogger whois record now says it's owned by Auctomatic which is now of course owned by Live Current. Hopefully the Limerick Blogger won't be too commercialised when Live Current integrates it into their portfolio.
  • Limerickfan
    Well done Patrick & John, delighted that you have exposed the idiocy of Enterprise Ireland in their funding policies - enablers they are not. Listened to you on the radio this morning Patrick and laughed at the 'one of us has to get the leaving cert' comment. It was really great to get a positive news story out of Limerick and I hope the fact that you have been successful will mean that more students will become interested in IT as a career and start the recovery in IT graduates this country needs. Casteltroy College must be very happy with 2008, first the win the double in the rugby and now they have produced the youngest millionaires in Limerick!
  • Fair play to you lads :) Congrats and hope you both have much more success in the future!
  • Turf
    Well done can I have money too :),
  • Squid
    hay I'm not the millionaire, as I don't own the site :) @hoof
  • Been hearing about you guys for some time now (especially after winning BT young sciencetist as far as I can remember) - very well done.
  • mitchell
    wow, congrats
  • far&away
    Congrats squid and co on a fantastic reward on all ur hard work.I have to say after moving to australia a year ago the limerick blogger has kept me some what connected with home.Best wishes for the future :)
  • Hoof
    Congratulations lads and continued success.
  • Builderfromhell
    Well done guys. You will be a great inspiration for the young people of Limerick.
    Limerick's very own Bill gates in the making.
  • arse_over_tits
    Well done lads, and 2 fingers to Enterprise Ireland!!
  • Trinity
    Very well deserved! Well done.
    They also got a mention on the front page of the Irish Examiner. A mention on RTE and the BBC, and Damien Mulley did a post.
  • Barry
    Well done to both Patrick and John. I am delighted for them both. This is a great achievement for them. Kudos!!
  • i need ..ah..some money for some ...stuff..
  • Squid
    Read the post. The owner of the Limerick Blogger sold a company and became a millionaire. how much enlightening do you need.

    But if you had come to me twelve months ago and said "Squid, a fiver says you will write the headline "Limerick Blogger owner becomes a millionaire" I would have laughed at you.
  • Angry Man
    eh? Tell me more about this.. did you sell limerickblogger for a million? I dont think so.. enlighten us... and if its true I tip my hat to you sir well done!!! Any chance of a loan to buy myself a donkey fords this evening?
  • congratulations guys
  • samo
    wankers! why cant i be a millionaire?
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