A new study seems to indicate the fact that, in the 19th century, Irish emigrants to England renounced baptizing their children with Catholic names such as Patrick and Bridget, our of fear that the English would discriminate against them. The research team, based at the Durham and Northumbria universities, says that ... |
20 October 2009
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Worldwide leading provider of telecommunications equipment ZTE Corporation announced recently that its mobile phones would become available in the UK, Ireland and Sweden on the airwaves of wireless service provider 3. At the same time, the company also stated that its agreement with 3 Scandinavia enabled it for the f... |
5 October 2009
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Conceiving believable optical illusions is never very easy, granted, but, through his work, German artist Edgar Mueller makes it seem all so simple that we get the feeling we can all pick up the brush and do it. However, upon realizing that his giant illusions are up to 250 square meters (820 square feet) in size, mo... |
24 February 2009
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The Green Party in Ireland has upset several technology bloggers after sending them unsolicited e-mail messages. In a twist of irony, one of its own members, the Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has recently passed the anti-spam legislation, under which the party might be fined. The ecologist party sent out the... |
21 January 2009
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Authorities in Ireland recalled all pork-related products from the market on Saturday, following reports that all of it had been infected with toxic dioxins, compounds that accumulate inside the body over time, and can cause severe medical conditions, including cancer. On Sunday, Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan ... |
8 December 2008
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While in India Ericsson is helping disadvantaged people, back in Europe, the Swedish telecommunications giant is taking care of more technical things. The company has announced a new deal with the Irish mobile operator Meteor, according to which it will be the exclusive supplier of the carrier's future nationwid... |
5 June 2008
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Dell announced yesterday its plan to lay off up to 250 jobs from its operations centers in Dublin and Limerick. The announcement raised a wave of protest from both the company's employees and the local Irish authorities, who labeled the decision as a "bitter blow".The Irish employees at the two locations have b... |
30 April 2008
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Nokia launched a brand new Nokia Music Store, this time for Ireland, providing Irish music fans with access to more than 2.5 million songs at any hour of the day and night. Including tracks from globally known artists, as well as from those who only got the chance to be heard in Ireland, the new Nokia Music Store of... |
3 April 2008
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O2 Ireland announced that it will officially bring Apple's iPhone for Ireland's mobile users, to offer them one of the best mobile Internet experiences, the famous Multi-touch interface and Apple's pioneering software. The handset will be available across Ireland exclusively via O2 and Carphone Wareho... |
29 February 2008
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Unlike most companies that are active in the computer hardware manufacturing business, the Japanese firm Fujitsu did not choose South or Central Asia as the preferred location to open a new facility but Europe, Northern Ireland to be more exact.Most computer hardware manufacturers are going in the Asian area because ... |
24 August 2007
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Sony's PSP (no matter what the world says) is a great piece of machinery (if we can call it that). The portable device allows tons of stuff to run on it and if you got yourself one of those fancy Giga Packs, you can consider yourself a winner. But get ready for even more stuff to happen on your PSP's enormo... |
28 July 2007
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