The Irish government will release the budget for the next 12 months shortly, so the journos are dedicating plenty of column inches to the preliminary figures. … [Read more...] about Are We Really Price Sensitive?
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Infrastructure politics and Ireland
Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister (Taoiseach), has announced a €34 billion scheme to upgrade transport infrastructure in Ireland. The term "upgrade" is probably a misnomer if you consider that in many instances there is no infrastructure to upgrade. Problems: - the figure of 34 billion although high will probably end up being a lot higher. The Irish government has a … [Read more...] about Infrastructure politics and Ireland
More Hosting Stats + A gauntlet is thrown down
I've always been more than a little sceptical about industry statistics and the methodology employed to gauge companies. I'm also very aware that the current methods are about the only ones available to us, so I have to take the information as being at least indicative of trends and patterns. … [Read more...] about More Hosting Stats + A gauntlet is thrown down
Rip Off Ireland – Jumping on the Bandwagon
It's been quite amusing to follow some of the "backlash" from Eddie Hobbs' TV series. Hobbs raised some very valid points and has generated a lot of public and media attention in the "aftermath" of his series' airing on RTE … [Read more...] about Rip Off Ireland – Jumping on the Bandwagon
E-voting Back on the Agenda
Electronic voting has been mentioned a few times in the media over the last few weeks. The Irish government has awarded a tender, with an estimated value of EUR119k, to UK company QinetiQ Limited … [Read more...] about E-voting Back on the Agenda