Enterprise Ireland has granted €400,000 to aid a project aimed at providing telephone users with low cost calls. Called Metakall, the project is being conducted by researchers at the Centre for Telecommunications Value Chain Research (CTVR), based in Trinity College Dublin.Metakall’s software uses public wireless hotspots and the internet as the network infrastructure. Using the [...]
The environmental levy on plastic bags will increase to 22 cent per bag from July 1.
The price increase, which was first announced at the beginning of this year, is the first since the charge was introduced in 2002.
Environment Minister Dick Roche said he was approving the increase so that the impact of the levy would [...]
Almost 84,000 new broadband subscriptions were added during the first quarter of 2007, to bring the total number of high-speed internet users in Ireland to 602,000, according to ComReg’s latest quarterly report.It also appears that for the first time narrowband subscriptions have been outnumbered by new broadband subscriptions. Broadband now accounts for 58 percent of [...]
Rents have increased by nearly 12% over the last year according to a study carried out by one of Irelands busiest property websites Daft.ie. With an increase of 11.9% rent inflation is now at its highest level since the Daft Report was started in 2002. The average rent nationwide now stands at €1,382, approximately €150 [...]
Eircom has announced that the cost of fixed line rental is to increase by EUR1.18 per month. The former incumbent announced the rise in line rental charges and several other price increases on Thursday evening. Under Eircom’s new pricing system line rental will cost EUR25.36 per month. The telecoms operator said the average phone bill [...]
Salaries in Dublin have traditionally been higher than the rest of the country in some sectors, but how much higher are they really and does it pay to live and work in our nation’s Capital?
CareerWise Recruitment has reviewed the spread of salaries across the country and compared the results against house prices. Based upon research [...]
