Tagged: Pat Rabbitte TD
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Public consultation opens for EirGrid’s €500m electricity grid link News
12.04.2012 Public consultation is starting today on EirGrid’s planned €500m Grid Link Project to upgrade the electricity grid. It is proposing the construction of a new power line linking...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Private Irish Business, Government, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Ireland takes one step closer to 4G wireless spectrum auctions News
16.03.2012 ComReg tonight revealed fresh new details about the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions for the 800Mhz, 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands. It is expected the auctions will take...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report News
27.02.2012 Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country...Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Investments, Project Management, R&D, Science -
New course taps into Ireland’s cloud innovation News
13.02.2012 A new diploma in cloud strategy is aiming to help people tap into Ireland’s cloud-based innovation. University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have...Categories: Virtualisation, Private Irish Business, Government, Global CIO, Financial, Enterprise, Education, CIO -
Every Irish secondary school to get 100Mbps broadband by 2014 News
06.02.2012 By 2014, every secondary school in Ireland will have 100Mbps broadband, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, and Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, TD, said today. The... -
New Commissioner appointed at ComReg News
12.10.2011 Alex Chisholm, the chairman of Ireland’s telecoms watchdog ComReg, has been re-appointed commissioner for the next four years and will remain chairman until October 2012. A new... -
The search begins for Ireland’s best Silver Surfers News
27.07.2011 Google and Age Action Ireland have banded together to call for people across Ireland to nominate the most prolific technology user over 50 who has made technology a part of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Upskilling, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Rabbitte appoints global group to probe North-South smart grid News
25.07.2011 Communications and Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte has set up an an international commission consisting of three seasoned energy experts to review and report, within six months, on... -
Home energy grant scheme wins ‘Stars of Energy Efficiency’ award News
25.07.2011 The Government’s grant scheme for home energy efficiency has received the prestigious Stars of Energy Efficiency award from the US-based energy coalition Alliance to Save Energy...Categories: Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Consumer Tech -
Govt invests €1.6m in providing digital skills to 30,000 people News
27.06.2011 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, is making €1.6m available to provide basic internet-related skills training to 30,000 people across Ireland who otherwise may not have...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Multimedia, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital 21 -
‘Data is the new oil’ News
23.06.2011 The Government’s new taskforce is focused on delivering 30Mbps broadband for all, and 100Mbps for half of Ireland’s citizens. But will it succeed?Categories: Telecommunications, Networks, Mobility, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Government, Economy, Digital 21, Communications -
Engineers are key to Ireland’s recovery – Rabbitte News
24.05.2011 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, said yesterday that Ireland needs to urgently address the shortfall in engineers if the country is to capitalise on opportunities in...Categories: Software & Web Development, R&D, Jobs, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Digital Media, Data Centre