Author: brian greene

The former government minister, Jim McDaid, has been convicted of dangerous driving and drunken driving at Naas District Court in Co Kildare and given a two year driving ban. Driving up the wrong side of a dual carrageway McDaid was more than 3 times over the limit with 267 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres…

RT� reports A retired US Navy officer with expertise in explosives has told a hearing into the safety of the onshore pipeline from the Corrib Gas field that if the pipeline were to rupture, the ensuing explosion would kill anyone within a mile radius. public consultation is happening today & tomorrow, long after the decision…

Portal Launch Speech for Minister5 May 2004 18:00(Photocall : Minister, Developers, IBM 17:50) Fellow Ministers, Ladies and GentlemenIntroduction…Like many other Member States, Ireland has developed many eHealth applications. I now have the pleasure of introducing you to one of our latest developments the National Health Services Portal.…It gives me great pleasure today to launch the…

what a day; recorded the second install of the emigrant podcast; watched out to see more4 start at 8pm, only to find it was a subz4$ky channel, saw yahoo’s bash at beta launching http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ im underwhelmed – hear the interview; what else happened today that I missed; Maggie Maggie Maggie Merkel Merkel Merkel (2 P’s…

doopdesign in association with Irish Emigrant Publications has launched an audio version of the long running (17 years) internet publication ‘Irish Emigrant News’. Each Sunday/Monday a ten minute audio version covers a selection of this weeks news stories from Ireland. The free news service for the global Irish community in a podcast is available at…

Overpriced land for new prison – €30 millionMIT Europe Fiasco – €40 millionAn electronic voting system that can’t be used – €52 millionA payroll system that pays staff 1 million a month – €160 million Having a government that blows our cash – Priceless There are some things money can’t buy – for everything else…

I used to podcatch on a XDAii, then the screen cracked 🙁 Never owning an iPod (never even used one) I got a 1GB usb stick with MP3 player, DVR 2 .wav and FM radio (76-108Mhz). (Great buy BTW) Now my problem was, I’m so mobile, laptop wifi car home work linux XP etc. I…

Why has this place name changed? You wont save language by force. Like they couldn’t force me to learn Irish. Cromwell forced many changes and many we have tried to roll back. But whether its forcing a motorway through heritage or a mobile mast beside a school or redeveloping Dun Laoghaire Baths or re naming…

Are you fed up getting calls to switch your telco provider? if so call your telephone provider (ie. 1901 for eircom) and ask them to block third party providers calls, its a free service. If third parties still call, ring the data protection commision on (01) 874 85 44 and report the third party. I…