Tagged: Government & News
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Mobhaile is Hanafin’s eWeek highlight News
29.04.2004 On time, in budget and described by Mary Hanafin as “the most exciting project taking place during eWeek”, Mobhaile, an umbrella term for a range of e-citizen services, launched...Categories: New MediaTags: Government, E-government -
Novell in productivity deal with Dept of Environment News
28.04.2004 Network software vendor Novell has signed a major deal with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government to replace the department’s entire email and calendaring... -
Multinational telcos to converge on Dundalk News
15.04.2004 Ten telecom companies with a market cap of €200bn will attend a summit next week in Dundalk with communications ministers from throughout the EU as well as the accession states.Categories: Comms -
How much is that ebody in the window? News
06.04.2004 In an unashamed publicity stunt for the upcoming eWeek initiative, a former Mr Ireland is to spend a week in the window of Clerys department store in O’Connell Street surrounded... -
Comment: Special case for IT civil servants? News
31.03.2004 One of the great advantages of the civil service is that generalists staff it, by and large. This means that most civil servants can be switched around within and between...Categories: GovernmentTags: Government, Decentralisation -
Oireachtas report: Broadband market needs restructuring News
24.03.2004 The broadband market in Ireland in its present structure is not competitive and the pure market-driven approach has failed to deliver universally available broadband at... -
Buswell’s abuzz with wireless News
23.03.2004 Buswell’s Hotel in Dublin, frequented by politicians because of its proximity to Leinster House, is to offer wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) access to guests and visitors. The service is...Categories: Comms -
Government prepares to launch IT in schools plan News
23.03.2004 Education Minister Noel Dempsey TD is understood to be finalising details of a four-year strategy for the integration of ICT into the country’s 4,100 primary and secondary schools.Categories: R&D -
Council levies could add 20pc to broadband rollout costs News
22.03.2004 A decision by Dublin City Council in May to charge a levy to telecom companies laying broadband fibre beneath the city streets could potentially add 20pc to the cost of rolling...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband, Government -
Oireachtas committee to address broadband failure News
15.03.2004 A major report on broadband rollout from the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources due out next week is likely to address the failure of broadband...Categories: Comms, Government -
Research agenda pushed but patent fudge condemned News
12.03.2004 European enterprise ministers have issued a strong recommendation to the forthcoming European Summit that a higher proportion of the EU budget be invested in scientific research...Categories: R&D -
Aussie firm wins hospital digital-imaging contract News
11.03.2004 Australian medical devices developer Polartechnics has won a contract worth approximately AUS$500k (€300k) to provide six Irish hospitals with digital-imaging patient management...Categories: Business -
Cork MAN not enough to satisfy entire county News
04.03.2004 If the €12m Government metropolitan area network (MAN) in Cork to is to have a serious commercial impact on the city, Cork City Council will have to encourage the creation of a...Categories: Comms -
E-vote tester sets record straight over code review News
04.03.2004 Nathean Technologies, the Irish software consultancy which reviewed the source code to be used in the Government’s e-voting system, has spoken out publicly over the nature of...Categories: Government -
Independent commission can make or break e-voting News
03.03.2004 The panel established yesterday to check the Government’s proposed electronic voting system will have the power to recommend the system be postponed or abandoned.Categories: Government -
“Impossible to stand over system” claims voting expert News
02.03.2004 An independent computer professional has strongly questioned the testing methods used to check the Government’s electronic voting system which is due to be rolled out nationwide...Categories: Government -
NCC backs cluster theory News
25.02.2004 “Support for industry from Government and its development agencies should increasingly be organised around clusters and networks of related business activities.” This was said...Categories: -
Government may offer tax incentives to broadband users News
24.02.2004 As early as the next Budget, it may be possible that individuals that choose to work remotely or from home using the latest computers, mobile phones and high speed broadband...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband, Government -
Technology to be shared with EU accession states News
23.02.2004 A number of Irish Government bodies are working with a number of EU accession states to share technology and systems that will help make the countries’ entry into the EU as...Categories: Business, GovernmentTags: Government, EU -
Irish Computer Society backs Government's e-voting plans News
20.02.2004 The Irish Computer Society, the national representative body for IT professionals, has come out in support of the Government’s plan to introduce electronic voting, stressing the...Categories: GovernmentTags: Government, E-government