The ideal base for a golfing breakIn Focus/Golf in Scotland It's not unusual nowadays to spend anything up to an hour or two getting from one side of Dublin to…Tue Jun 15 2004 - 01:00
Keep your feet on the ground, old man!Road Manners: Pity Mr Pathetic Middle-Aged PedestrianWed Jun 04 2003 - 01:00
Testing times for drivers Issues Driving TestsEven the eternal optimist needs to take a "glass is half empty" approach to passing the driving test. Only 55Wed May 01 2002 - 01:00
Caught in glare of exam headlightsIn yet another sadistic turn, the MBA (Masters in Business Administration) programme managed to lull us into a false sense of…Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Starting an MBA not without its momentsFor years I believed anyone with an MBA qualification was generally afforded something akin to Master of the Universe status, …Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Technology firm puts a high price on friendshipIf money can't buy you friends, it seems friends can buy you money.Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Duolog gets £2 million in seed capitalAn Irish chip design company, born out of the Dublin-based S3 (Silicon & Software Systems), has received just over £2 million…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Businesses combine to form major new Web shopping siteTraditional retailers Superquinn, Heiton Holdings and Eircom have together taken a 41 per cent stake, valued at €4Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore scores in AustraliaBaltimore Technologies has won a significant contract with telecommunications giant, Telstra, to secure Australia's first government…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
New mobile phone product lifts Parthus's share priceIrish silicon chip design company Parthus's share price rose sharply yesterday after it announced a new product that would allow…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Record second quarter revenues boost TrintechRecord second quarter revenues of $10Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore denies takeover rumoursBaltimore Technologies' chief executive, Mr Fran Rooney, last night flatly denied speculation the publicly-quoted Irish Internet…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Tensions increase between domain name groupsA serious row is brewing between two organisations responsible for the allocation of addresses, or domain names, on the World…Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Riverdeep announces €39m in annual lossesRIVERDEEP, the Irish educational software firm, has announced annual losses of $35.2 million (€38.92 million).Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Digital district planned for LibertiesThe Government is in discussions with Guinness Brewery to acquire a large portion of its 64-acre premises in the Thomas Street…Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Irish HQ for US Internet groupThe former senior management team of Oracle Ireland's sales operation has seen off stiff competition from the UK and Holland …Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore boosts Q2 revenuesBaltimore Technologies, the Irish based Internet security software specialist, is on course for profitability within two years…Thu Aug 03 2000 - 01:00
Founder's holding now worth $270mRiverdeep founder and former schoolteacher Mr Pat McDonagh's shareholding in Riverdeep is now valued at around $270 million (€…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Riverdeep's educational hand boosted by IBM's 14% stakeIrish educational software firm, Riverdeep, has significantly strengthened its position in the lucrative US children's education…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
1,080 new jobs for Arklow and DublinArklow is to receive a major employment boost through the creation of 880 new jobs by a new joint venture between Bank of Ireland…Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Study says rethink finance modelsCompany chief financial officers (CFOs) need to rethink their corporate finance models to meet the challenges posed by e-commerce…Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Dublin firm gets $10m boostThe Dublin-based customer relationship management software company, eWare, in which telecoms entrepreneur, Mr Sean Melly, holds…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
ED-Vantage acquired by Riverdeep in €21.5m dealRiverdeep, the Irish-founded developer of interactive learning software has acquired US language software company, ED-Vantage…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
$18m buy-out turns Zartis's founders into millionairesAn Internet design and development company based in Dublin, and founded a year ago by a group of Irish twentysomethings, has …Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
Nortel reported to be in talks with Corning about unit saleDespite the announcement of a massive $1.2 billion (€1Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
IBM $100m e-commerce investment for DublinIBM has announced a $100 million (€93 million) investment in the Republic which will place the company's Mulhuddart, Co Dublin…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
E-commerce Act first step - reportA new report says any attempts by individual countries to legislate on e-commerce will lead to fragmentation across national …Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Flexicom in trade sale talksDublin-based payment software company Flexicom has opened discussions with a number of companies with a view to a trade sale, …Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Apple's products fail to lift shareFollowing strong third-quarter results this week showing a 43 per cent rise in profits, US PC maker Apple Computer also addressed…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Enba in talks with Eircom on proposed online banking serviceIrish-based Internet holding bank, Enba, is in discussions with Irish Life & Permanent and Eircom to introduce an online …Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Iona revenues soar to $34.7mIONA Technologies has announced record second quarter revenues of $34.7 million (€37.2 million)Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Eircell withdraws flagship mobileEircell has withdrawn its flagship WAP mobile phone, the Nokia 7110, from the retail market as a result of hardware and software…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
WAP on earth was all that techno fuss about?The latest joke doing the rounds in tech industry circles is that the three letter acronym, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Conference pays tribute to State's early adoption of e-learningIreland was thrust to the fore of the global electronic learning industry this week when 300 international industry delegates…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
WBT Systems charts course for stock exchange listingsWBT Systems, the Irish-founded e-learning infrastructure company, is on target to take a listing on the US Nasdaq and Dublin …Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Report on mobile use in futureMore people will access the Internet via their mobile phones than via their personal computers within three years, according …Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Delegates told look hard at localising all coursesAddressing the assembled delegates at this week's European e-learning seminar in Dublin, industry expert Mr Elliott Masie said…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Ganley raises $35m for new Net ventureGalway-based entrepreneur Mr Declan Ganley is finalising a $35 million (€37 million) fundraising for his latest Internet venture…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Trintech unveils new mobile commerce policyInvestors in Irish payments software specialist, Trintech, responded favourably to news yesterday of its new strategy for mobile…Thu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
Xilinx buys young design services firmXilinx, the programmable logic design company which employs 250 people at Citywest, Dublin, has acquired Integral Design, a Dublin…Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Microcellular's 40 workers in Tralee get $10m windfallForty employees of Tralee based Microcellular Systems are in for a windfall of around $10 million (€8Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Irish company close to $10m funding dealInteractive Enterprise, a two-year-old Irish company, is close to finalising a $10 million (€10Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Bid.com plans Dublin headquartersOnline auction technology company Bid.com is establishing its European headquarters in DublinFri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Entrust profit warning lowers Baltimore sharesShares in Baltimore Technologies fell sharply yesterday on foot of a profit warning from its US peer company, Entrust.Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Microsoft to locate facility in DublinMicrosoft Ireland is planning to locate all of its electronic commerce hosting facilities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Gates unveils Internet-based programmeMicrosoft chairman and chief software architect, Mr Bill Gates, got back to the software giant's bread and butter business yesterday…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
`Anti-techs' form nearly a third of population - surveyNearly a third of the population has no interest in new technology, and there is little indication these people - described in…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Deciding factor was record of completing schedules on timeIntel Ireland's proven ability in completing facility construction schedules ahead of time was the key deciding factor for locating…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Intel's $2bn move biggest multinational investmentIn the biggest single multinational investment in the Republic to date, computer chip giant Intel has made a commitment to invest…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
