Nokia is challenging Apple in the digital music market with a new online music store aimed at Irish customers. Tracks from the Nokia Music Store http://www.music.nokia.ie are compatible with any device that plays Windows Media Audio files (wma), which are embedded with Microsoft’s digital rights management technology. However, iPods and iPhones do not support the [...]
Residents in the village of Roundstone, Co Galway, say they are extremely concerned after an outbreak of the cryptosporidium parasite in the water supply.
Galway County Council has advised householders to boil all water before drinking it or using for food preparation.
Several hundred houses in the village and at two other places, Errisbeg and Inishnee, are [...]
For those of you who didn’t make the Paddy’s weekend skyfest at the Rock of Cashel, here is a quick glimpse of the fireworks in action:
Softer house prices and rising rents saw improved rental income for new buy-to-let investments during the 12 months to the end of January.
The outlook also looks good. At the year end, rental yields rose above 4pc in a number of areas including south Dublin city, west Co Dublin and Limerick. The best yields of 4.3pc [...]
Four of the largest record companies in Ireland are suing Eircom for failing to prevent illegal music downloads over its networks. The action is being brought by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI Records, Universal Music and Warner Music against Eircom under the Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000. The four labels want Eircom to take [...]
Dublin’s four local authorities have changed the rules governing household waste so that only the Councils, and a private company who secures a contract by tender, can collect bins. Currently companies like Panda are undercutting the local authorities in pricing for bin collections. And looking around many of dublin’s housing estates, it is evident that [...]
Inflation is too high for the European Central Bank to consider cutting interest rates yet, its president Jean-Claude Trichet signalled yesterday.
Borrowers are likely to have to wait until the summer, or even autumn, before they see the cost of their mortgages and other debts comes down, economists said. One believes there may be no cuts [...]
