I was out of the country when the Quinn Group announced that they were taking over BUPA. Personally I'm delighted. I just hope that the government take action with respect to VHI's position, as it is untenable. As a sidenote, I had tried to contact Vivas to sort out the company's health insurance plans, but they proved themselves to be completely inept. … [Read more...] about Bupa Takeover – Light At The End of The Tunnel
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All Free Calls – Now In Ireland
I got an email from Pat Phelan a short time ago to let me know that their service is now available in Ireland. Pop over to his site to get all the details. … [Read more...] about All Free Calls – Now In Ireland
Blacknight Priceslash 2007
I don't post about the company as much here as I used to, but this is worth mentioning :) We've just slashed the pricing on domains for our current special offer: IE domains - €35 / year - €30 for transfers EU domains - €9.99 / year Co.uk domains €4 / year More info on the official company blog. And you can order directly via the website … [Read more...] about Blacknight Priceslash 2007
Irish Government To Kill IE ccTLD?
While I was in LA last week John sent me details of the Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007. While there are some potentially positive aspects in the Bill some of the Bill's contents are, for lack of better word, simply crazy. 32.—(5) The regulations shall provide that persons who have registered ‘.ie’ domain names before the regulations came into operation are … [Read more...] about Irish Government To Kill IE ccTLD?
Bizarre Questions
With my business partner we run a hosting company, as most regular readers know. We offer a range of internet related services including hosting, domain registration and the like. (This is not an advert - it's more of an explanation) Over the past few years we have taken (and made) a lot of phonecalls - 9 out of our 10 fulltime staff spend a good part of their day on the … [Read more...] about Bizarre Questions