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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:24:37 +0000 30 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/section/10/government 144 18 Nationwide 1Gbps broadband, the creation of a 'European Accelerator' to attract the world's most innovative start-ups and a sea change in structures and attitudes to start-ups were among the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce revealed today. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15537/randd/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15537/randd/215-000-new-jobs-by-2020-if-ireland-becomes-a-global-innovation-hub Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0000 R&D From today, new legislation from the European Commission will oblige mobile phone operators to offer mobile broadband customers a cut-off facility to protect them from "bill shock" after roaming within EU countries. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15410/comms/eu-moves-to-eradicate-mobile-broadband-bill-shock http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15410/comms/eu-moves-to-eradicate-mobile-broadband-bill-shock Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:00 +0000 Comms The majority of people living in the UK do not support the Labour Government's plan to introduce a 50pc + VAT tax on all fixed lines to fund the rollout of super fast, next generation broadband. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15407/comms/fibre-tax-likely-to-be-opposed-in-the-uk http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15407/comms/fibre-tax-likely-to-be-opposed-in-the-uk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:17:00 +0000 Comms The European Commission is to mount a preliminary anti-trust investigation into Google's alleged dominant position in the online browsing and digital advertising business following complaints by three competing websites. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15359/business/eu-opens-anti-trust-investigation-into-google http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15359/business/eu-opens-anti-trust-investigation-into-google Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:14:00 +0000 Business The eighth annual eGovernment Awards, held in Dublin today in association with Eircom, saw the Local Government Management Agency's website for the Non Principal Private Residence Online Payments Service taking the award for Overall Ireland eGovernment Award. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15323/business/nppr-excels-at-egovernment-awards-2010 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15323/business/nppr-excels-at-egovernment-awards-2010 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:22:00 +0000 Business Broadband-based innovation has the potential to create up to 1 million new jobs and generate additional economic activity worth €849 billion, groups representing Europe's six million-strong ICT industry have told European governments. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15311/digital-21/europes-700bn-ict-industry-calls-on-govts-to-get-digital http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15311/digital-21/europes-700bn-ict-industry-calls-on-govts-to-get-digital Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:00 +0000 Digital 21 Forty-eight per cent of post-primary teachers of mathematics in Irish schools "did not have a mathematics teaching qualification", a survey carried out by the University of Limerick looking into the decline in mathematics in secondary schools has revealed. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15288/government/almost-half-of-post-primary-maths-teachers-not-qualified-for-job http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15288/government/almost-half-of-post-primary-maths-teachers-not-qualified-for-job Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:13:00 +0000 Government Pressure to right-size governments will contribute to a significant increase in hardware, software and IT services in 2013, IDC has forecast. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15168/business/it-spending-in-western-europe-to-reach-us-68-6-billion http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15168/business/it-spending-in-western-europe-to-reach-us-68-6-billion Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:23:00 +0000 Business Countries should look at the modernisation and reform of their crumbling health sectors as an opportunity to generate economic stimulus in regions and cities, group CEO of Accenture's Health & Public Services operating group Stephen Rohleder told Siliconrepublic.com. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15109/cio/countries-should-look-at-digital-healthcare-for-economic-stimulus http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15109/cio/countries-should-look-at-digital-healthcare-for-economic-stimulus Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 CIO Figures released by the Government reveal that the costs of running Irish Government websites can range from €60 to a whopping €523,000 per annum in the case of the www.motortax.ie website. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15078/cio/cost-of-running-government-websites-vary-considerably http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15078/cio/cost-of-running-government-websites-vary-considerably Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:20:00 +0000 CIO Ireland is the one country left in Europe without a national postcode system which is vital for e-commerce and location-services. The Government has issued a tender for the project and work will begin in March. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15077/comms/work-to-begin-on-postcode-and-spatial-information-system http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15077/comms/work-to-begin-on-postcode-and-spatial-information-system Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:52:00 +0000 Comms Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has appointed commissioner Alex Chisholm as the new chairman of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15069/comms/new-chairman-appointed-to-lead-comreg http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15069/comms/new-chairman-appointed-to-lead-comreg Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:25:00 +0000 Comms ComReg commissioner Mike Byrne is to become the first Irishman to lead the prestigious Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) which will guide the European Commission in terms of the opportunities for wireless. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15066/comms/comreg-commissioner-to-lead-eu-radio-spectrum-group http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15066/comms/comreg-commissioner-to-lead-eu-radio-spectrum-group Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:59:00 +0000 Comms Microsoft's multi-touch Surface technology was first announced in 2007 and used by US media organisation MSNBC as part of their coverage of the 2008 presidential elections and now is available for the Irish public to interact with as it debuts today in Dublin. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14929/digital-life/microsofts-surface-tech-gets-irish-debut http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14929/digital-life/microsofts-surface-tech-gets-irish-debut Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:21:00 +0000 Digital Life The Apple tablet device dubbed the iSlate or the iPad by the rumour mill is understood to be the subject of a fierce bidding war among mobile network operators in the UK, including Orange, Vodafone and O2 and retailer Carphone Warehouse. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14924/comms/apple-islate-to-be-in-talks-with-mobile-networks-over-ipad http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14924/comms/apple-islate-to-be-in-talks-with-mobile-networks-over-ipad Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:14:00 +0000 Comms One year on from the announcement of 1,900 redundancies at the Dell plant in Limerick, Alan Kelly, MEP, and honorary president of the Dell Workers Association, called on the Enterprise Minister for action on distribution of the €21-million Dell workers EU fund. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14808/business/high-time-dell-fund-is-administered-mep-says http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14808/business/high-time-dell-fund-is-administered-mep-says Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:40:00 +0000 Business Twenty graduates of technology or teacher training college courses are to get work placement positions in Microsoft Ireland to help develop digital material for the school curriculum as part of a deal signed by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14754/randd/microsoft-enlists-grads-to-create-irelands-digital-schools-curriculum http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14754/randd/microsoft-enlists-grads-to-create-irelands-digital-schools-curriculum Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:26:00 +0000 R&D If Ireland is to thrive in future export markets then it needs to urgently resolve crucial issues around broadband, taxation, costs and skills, the National Competitiveness Council has warned. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14686/business/broadband-tax-and-skills-core-to-irelands-economic-future http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14686/business/broadband-tax-and-skills-core-to-irelands-economic-future Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:11:00 +0000 Business Eamon Ryan's Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has been given €517 million in the Budget for 2010 to drive a green economy stimulus plan and increase broadband investment. So far 15,000 jobs have been created in the green economy. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14644/green-tech/green-economy-stimulus-plan-revealed http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14644/green-tech/green-economy-stimulus-plan-revealed Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:09:00 +0000 Green Tech In what has been described as the toughest Budget in the history of the State, the Government says it has recognised the need to continue to support entrepreneurs, maintain investment in science, technology and innovation and invest in the regions. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14642/start-ups/entrepreneurs-will-drive-engine-of-economic-recovery-tanaiste-says http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14642/start-ups/entrepreneurs-will-drive-engine-of-economic-recovery-tanaiste-says Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:02:00 +0000 Start-ups The Government has decided on a modest cut in science, technology and investment (STI) investment for 2010 rather than the €100m recommended by Bord Snip and will move to create a single stream of funding for all future STI investments. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14641/government/modest-cut-in-sti-investments-in-2010-budget http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14641/government/modest-cut-in-sti-investments-in-2010-budget Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:01:00 +0000 Government Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - one of the largest of its kind employing 20,000 staff - has deployed the first phase of its automated Emergency Response Management system using SpeechStorm technology to transform the way it handles and responds to urgent incidents. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14620/cio/belfast-trust-transforms-response-handling-of-emergencies http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14620/cio/belfast-trust-transforms-response-handling-of-emergencies Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:01:00 +0000 CIO An undersea fibre cable that will allow businesses in Ireland and Wales to win their share of the US$42-billion cloud-computing market has begun construction. The carrier-neutral telecoms gateway to Europe will go live in 2010. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14608/comms/construction-begins-on-15-million-ireland-wales-undersea-fibre-cable http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14608/comms/construction-begins-on-15-million-ireland-wales-undersea-fibre-cable Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:51:00 +0000 Comms Two Irish software companies have joined forces to create a technology that will slash the costs of government and financial bodies publishing information online. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14607/cio/software-firms-join-forces-to-target-govt-and-financial-markets http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14607/cio/software-firms-join-forces-to-target-govt-and-financial-markets Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:31:00 +0000 CIO A significant piece of history was made last night in a distinctly Irish way. As Irish rock band Snow Patrol played to a packed St James' Church in Dingle, the world's first demonstration of optical burst technology by Irish firm Intunes was broadcast on a fibre-optic ring. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14606/comms/states-exemplar-network-kicks-off-on-a-high-note http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14606/comms/states-exemplar-network-kicks-off-on-a-high-note Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:44:00 +0000 Comms The loss of a USB stick containing 'restricted' information on naval manoeuvres and staff across the UK may force the Government into implementing new security practices, predicts Credant Technologies. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14558/cio/royal-navy-usb-stick-loss-is-final-straw-for-uk-government http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14558/cio/royal-navy-usb-stick-loss-is-final-straw-for-uk-government Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:43:00 +0000 CIO Next weekend the scenic town of Dingle will be the backdrop for a world-first showing of the laser-based next-generation network (NGN) technology that Intune Technologies will roll out across the rest of the world. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14546/comms/intune-to-unveil-future-of-high-speed-networks-at-snow-patrol-gig http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14546/comms/intune-to-unveil-future-of-high-speed-networks-at-snow-patrol-gig Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000 Comms The heads of leading technology companies, the business world and the science elite in Ireland have welcomed the appointment of Máire Geoghegan-Quinn as EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14542/randd/industry-welcomes-appointment-of-irish-randd-commissioner-for-europe http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14542/randd/industry-welcomes-appointment-of-irish-randd-commissioner-for-europe Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:48:00 +0000 R&D Former Fianna Fail minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been named the new EU Commissioner responsible for research and innovation, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD said today at Intel in Leixlip, where he was attending an event to celebrate 20 years of Intel in Ireland. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14536/randd/maire-geoghegan-quinn-eus-new-randd-commissioner http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14536/randd/maire-geoghegan-quinn-eus-new-randd-commissioner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000 R&D Europe's cyber security agency ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has concluded that electronic ID (eID) cards offer the most secure and reliable method of authentication for internet services like online banking. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14533/cio/eu-cyber-security-agency-calls-for-electronic-id-cards http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14533/cio/eu-cyber-security-agency-calls-for-electronic-id-cards Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000 CIO