Tagged: Fine Gael & News
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Strategy 2011 - the year of high-profile hacker attacks News
28.12.2011 The year 2011 was the year of Anonymous and LulzSec, and of course WikiLeaks, in terms of how the established order of things were shook to the very core by the internet world.... -
Budget reactions of the moment on Twitter News
07.12.2011 And so the two-day Budget has passed ... leaving a trail of impacts for the population living in Ireland. But what has the reaction from the Irish internet populus been like?... -
Two teens arrested for hacking Fine Gael website News
02.09.2011 UPDATE: The two teenagers arrested by Gardai yesterday in connection with the hack on Fine Gael’s website earlier this year were released at lunchtime today without charge. -
Kenny’s cabinet: Bruton for enterprise, Rabbitte for comms News
09.03.2011 Ireland’s new Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD named his new cabinet after returning from Aras An Aras an Uachtarain. But will it be a cabinet that will deliver the digital economy and...Categories: Science, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Communications -
New Govt plans to make Ireland a global leader in cloud computing News
07.03.2011 In their Programme for Government, Fine Gael and Labour said they planned to make Ireland a leader in the emerging IT market for cloud computing by promoting greater use of...Categories: IT Management, Government, Enterprise Applications, Digital 21, Cloud, Networking & Telecoms -
Govt to press ahead with plans to bring fibre broadband to 90pc News
07.03.2011 In their Programme for Government, Fine Gael and Labour have said they intend to co-invest with the private sector and semi-State sector to bring fibre to the kerb to 90pc of...Categories: Government, Energy, Digital Business, Digital 21, Communications, Green, Networking & Telecoms -
The elections are over, it's time to put things right News
28.02.2011 Much has been said and written of Ireland’s ‘Democratic Revolution’ of recent days. However, warns Siliconrepublic.com editor John Kennedy in his look back on the week, the... -
Fine Gael accused of Facebook censorship News
23.02.2011 Fine Gael has been accused of censoring its Facebook page after people’s comments were said to have been deleted when questioning the party's stance on gay marriage. -
Northern Ireland will have most advanced fibre network in Europe News
22.02.2011 A pioneering stg£2.5bn investment by BT in Northern Ireland’s fibre infrastructure will result in the region having one of the most advanced broadband networks in Europe by next... -
Fine Gael plans R&D tax relief to boost digital games industry News
22.02.2011 Ireland’s high-tech sector will lead the Irish economy out of recession, Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny said yesterday as he outlined new proposals to boost games firms by allowing...Tags: PopCap Games, Job Creation, Investment, R&D, Gaming, Broadband, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Election 2011, Digital 21 -
The digital jobs plans News
10.02.2011 The digital economy is one sure route out of recession for SMEs. But how do the political parties in the run up to General Election 2011 aim to create the digital jobs? -
Fine Gael plans €6bn-€7bn investment in ‘next-gen’ infrastructure News
03.12.2010 In its pre-Budget plan, Fine Gael said today that if in power it would invest an additional €6bn-€7bn in "next-generation" infrastructure in energy, broadband, forestry and...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Government, Energy, Economy, Digital Business, Digital 21, Cloud -
Ireland’s industrial landscape in interesting times News
24.01.2011 In his look back on the week, Siliconrepublic.com editor John Kennedy urges politicians and future leaders to put Ireland’s digital, innovation and green economies and job...Categories: Jobs, Investments, Internet, Green, Graduate, Government, Energy, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Digital 21, DevelopmentTags: Labour, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Science, Innovation, Eamon Ryan TD, Green Party, Government -
New iPhone app celebrates the inanities of Irish politics News
14.01.2011 Some of the peculiar creatures that inhabit the Irish political landscape – and their strange way of stringing words together – have been captured in a new iPhone app, aptly... -
Thousands of users’ data stolen in Fine Gael site hack News
10.01.2011 The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the attack on the Fine Gael website yesterday, after an Evening Herald journalist claimed he was sent data of 2,000 users of... -
Hackers deface Fine Gael website News
09.01.2011 Political party Fine Gael has had its website hacked by a mysterious group calling itself ‘Anonymous’ and appears to be from individuals rankled by alleged censorship issues. -
Job creation will be party's ‘No 1 policy’ News
27.09.2010 Fine Gael enterprise and jobs spokesman Richard Bruton TD, has said job creation will be the party’s “No 1 priority” should it come into power. -
Up to 4,000 jobs to be cut across Eircom, banks - reports News
05.07.2010 As many as 4,000 jobs could be up for the chop in telecoms company Eircom and across Ireland’s two biggest banks. -
Cost of running Government websites vary considerably News
01.02.2010 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...