Tagged: Department Of Communications, Energy And Natural Resources & News
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Irish Government to run cybersecurity planning exercise News
04.04.2013 The Irish Government is planning to run a structured exercise to test its response to simulated cyber security incidents. -
Metropolitan area network goes live in Kilrush, Co Clare News
12.09.2012 The town of Kilrush, Co Clare, now has advanced broadband and telecommunications infrastructure, thanks to a €1.93m metropolitan area network (MAN) that has gone live. -
More than half of population to have high-speed broadband by 2015 News
30.08.2012 Today at the Croke Park Conference Centre, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, launched Ireland’s National Broadband Plan, laying out targets to achieve at least 30Mbps... -
IIA launches digital inclusion campaign to Digitise the Nation News
17.07.2012 The Irish Internet Association (IIA) is sending a bright orange mobile training unit to a town near you as a new campaign to Digitise the Nation takes to the road to bring basic... -
ICS Skills offering €5 courses for Father’s Day News
13.06.2012 In its efforts to get Ireland online, ICS Skills will be offering special discounted courses in basic digital skills as part of the BenefIT 3 scheme. -
Tech beginners taught basic digital skills under BenefIT scheme News
20.01.2012 Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte gave certificates to one of the first groups of trainees to complete basic internet training as part of the latest phase of the... -
Removal of 25pc of red tape could save Ireland €500m News
07.10.2011 The ridiculous levels of red tape in Irish Government departments are finally about to be tackled with a cross-government project that aims to remove 25pc of administrative...Categories: Management, Leadership & Management, Government, Financial, Education, Economy, Administration -
Bringing Ireland’s education system into the 21st century News
14.09.2010 Ireland has a tradition of educational excellence. The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) has the task of ensuring that, through the integration of ICT,... -
The State’s largest investment in technology for schools News
14.09.2010 The €150m investment by the Irish Government in ICT equipment in schools will see every teacher equipped with a laptop and software and every classroom equipped with digital...Tags: Software, Smart Economy, Digital Schools, Microsoft, Paul Rellis, ICT Ireland, TIF, NCTE, Irish Software Association, Department of Education and Science, Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Jerome Morrissey, Graham Byrne, Promethean, Seamus McGuinness, Greg Tierney, Steljes, Paul Roche, Net Communications -
RTÉ at war with newspapers over online activities News
10.09.2010 Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ has bitterly dismissed as "flawed", "unrealistic" and "impractical" a call by National Newspapers of Ireland to call for its online services...Categories: Media, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications -
Move to IPv6 critical as internet reaches limits of growth News
19.05.2010 The existing internet based on Internet Protocol version 4 is running out of available addresses due to massive web growth, particularly mobile internet in developing nations... -
Educators and industry have key smart economy role News
21.04.2010 Ireland’s educators and industry both have a vital role to play in the development of the ICT infrastructure required for the smart economy, an inaugural workshop at the Royal... -
Work to begin on postcode and spatial information system News
01.02.2010 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...Categories: Comms, Government -
Govt outlines 2010 investment in broadband and ICT for schools News
10.12.2009 Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD said last night that €45 million will be spent on modernising Ireland’s telecoms infrastructure and that 100Mbps of high-speed broadband... -
Irish Govt to allow homes and farms to sell electricity back to utility firms News
26.02.2009 Homes and farms across Ireland will soon be able to generate electricity onsite and sell it back to the national grid, as a result of measures including R&D support introduced...Categories: Government, R&D -
Tech writer appointed to new RTÉ Authority News
25.02.2009 Technology journalist Karlin Lillington has been appointed to the new RTÉ Authority by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD.Categories: Digital Life, New Media -
Major cash injection for Ireland’s digital media future News
12.12.2008 Crucial decisions in terms of tax incentives and government funding will provide strong impetus to Ireland’s sound and vision industries as they aspire to take their place in...Categories: Business, Digital Life -
€3m invested in new digital innovation projects News
04.12.2008 Seven digital technology projects ranging from 3D urban planning to innovative childrens’ maths courses have been granted €7m in funding from the National Digital Research...Categories: R&D -
3 is named preferred tenderer for National Broadband Scheme News
25.11.2008 Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary 3 Ireland has been named the preferred tenderer for the government contract to complete the rollout of broadband in Ireland.Categories: Comms, Government -
Government launches geographic data portal News
16.10.2008 The Government has created an online portal that will allow the public to search multiple spatial databases for geographic mapping data held by a number of different departments.Categories: Government