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Michael Moynihan
FIANNA Fáil Spokesperson on Communications, Michael Moynihan TD, has expressed his concern that rural Ireland may be again left behind as the new 4G wireless licences are awarded.
The rights for the use of Ireland’s new wireless spectrum was auctioned with the four telecom providers in Ireland paying for the use of the new 4G service.
Donal Cahalane, Next Big Thing; Conor O’Neill, LouderVoice and David Tuohy, WCDP at the Offsite event. Pic: Clare Keogh
NEW funding opportunities for technology start-ups and businesses were announced recently at the Offsite conference held in Rosscarbery.
West Cork Development Partnership (WCDP) are actively supporting the development of a cluster of tech entrepreneurs and business starts ups in the West Cork region. [Read more...]
PEOPLE across West Cork who have yet to make the switch to digital television are being urged to do so urgently.
WITH only a few weeks to go, one in four viewers just don’t believe the TV switchover will happen.
In spite of over 90 per cent awareness that the analogue switchover is due to happen, some viewers have lingering doubts that the service will be switched off, as planned, on 24 October.
The plan promises high-speed broadband across West Cork by 2015.
NEW plans to launched by the Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte will see every home and business in the State have access to high speed broadband at speeds much faster than what are generally available today.
A NEW green PC app could save Irish households over €96.8m annually in electricity bills according to its makers.
The Green Button SOLO cuts power waste for home PC users and will help Ireland meet its 2015 Kyoto emissions targets. [Read more...]
Pictured celebrating the news are Mike Palmer, SVP Operations; David Gosling SVP, Sales; June McCarthy, SVP Marketing & Product; John Stone, EVP-M; Carol Hilliard, SVP Partner Channel; Kay O’Mahony, SVP Human Resources; Dominic Fairtlough, SVP Finance and Brendan Ryan SVP, Customer Services.
Pic: Denis Boyle
PGi, the global leader in cloud based virtual meetings who this year celebrated 10 years based in the West Cork Technology Park, have been named as a multiple award winner at the recent International Best in Biz Awards.
PGi’s newest and most innovative product yet, iMeet was awarded “Best New Service of the Year” and “Enterprise Service of the Year” [Read more...]
COMMUNITY organisations in West Cork are gearing up to assist older and more isolated people to make the switch to digital television.
As the analogue signal for receiving TV will be switched off on October 24th, viewers who use an aerial will need to take action so they will continue to receive a TV signal after that date.
Jerome Hughes, Foróige
WOULD you believe it? Two entrepreneurial teens from Leap Foróige Club have developed an iPhone App that translates Cork English into mainstream English.
Sixteen-year-olds Austin Keane and Liam Horgan are also members of Foróige’s democratically elected Reference Panel.
The idea sprang from hearing locals in West Cork using phrases that the lads had never heard outside of their native county.
Richard Bruton made the announcement
PHARMACEUTICAL giant Eli Lilly have announced a new €330m investment in Kinsale that will create 200 full-time jobs and another 300 in the construction phase.
The announcement was made today at the Carlton Hotel, Kinsale by Jobs Minister Richard Bruton.
The company is to begin work immediately on the new manufacturing plant at its existing facility at Dunderrow near Kinsale.
SONG writing legend Jimmy Crowley will share some of his secrets and tricks of the trade as he presents a key workshop at the 2013 West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry this July. A central figure … [More...]
by Marie Cahalane Presented as part of the Cultural Programme for Ireland’s current presidency of the European Union, The Poetry Project pays homage to Ireland’s artistic ingenuity … [More...]
by Brian Moore A PLAN to re-establish a community co-op in Durrus is taking … [Read More...]
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THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
THE U16 footballers were on top from the start against Drimoleague in an away league game last Thursday evening. Despite squandering an amount of chances, Skibb ran out winners 4-9 to 2-7 … [Read More...]
by Striker Now that the relegation battle is finally over, it makes interesting reading to work out just what it means, in financial terms of course, to the three teams that finally bit … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
