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		<title>Bernie Goldbach, Tech Journo, Irish Examiner: Irish</title>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2003 Bernie Goldbach, Tech Journo, Irish Examiner</copyright>
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			<title>Band-aid patchwork of Irish social problems</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;BAWNTAMEENA E1 -- There are clusters of drunks along the river that runs through Thurles, where the local people know there are problems when you try to pass laws to remove problems.&lt;P&gt;Ireland fought marital breakdown by outlawing divorce.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2003 13:59:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Global piracy down but Irish rate appallaing</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/technology/2958502.stm</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;BBC -- Global piracy of business programs is down but the amount it costs software makers has gone up.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 15:19:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Spam growth in the &apos;hood</title>
			<link>http://www.tmtm.com/nothing/archives/000752.html#000752</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;TMTM -- &lt;A href=&quot;http://www.tmtm.com/nothing/&quot;&gt;Tony Bowden&lt;/A&gt; received more than 15,000 spams in May 2003.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Against software patents</title>
			<link>http://www.clipcode.biz/patent-ireland.htm</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- Eamon O&apos;Tuathail from Clipcode is circulating a letter that encourages readers to contact Irish MEP Brian Crowley and to impress on him that Irish software developers are against the idea of software patents.&lt;FONT class=small&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Irish bloggers meeting tomorrow</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- Providing I can compress an afternoon meeting into the morning, I am going to The Central Hotel in Dublin for an 8PM meeting on 3 June of Irish bloggers.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:18:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Travel expenses worth as much as salaries</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN ISDN -- Irish MEPs can make a huge profit on their airfare expenses, estimated at up to &amp;#8364;43,000 per year.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 04:54:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Quick Links to Irish Arts Sponsors</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN ISDN -- The Irish Arts sector needs a boost through corporate sponsorship, but only a few large companies appear to be willing to make the leap as major sponsors.&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Allianz Ireland, led by group marketing manager Damien O;Neill&lt;li&gt;Cois</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 04:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Underway in Ireland is moving to its own domain</title>
			<link>http://www.underwayinireland.com/blog/</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;KILKENNY ORMONDE HOTSPOT -- Time to reset your preferences to continue reading this weblog.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 15:03:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Extracting value from Irish capital investment</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;ORMONDE HOTSPOT -- A visitor at Kilkenny&apos;s Cat Laughs Festival pointed out that in the minds of Microsoft, IBM or Oracle, Ireland&apos;s cost factors aren&apos;t as important as the regulation and policy environment.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 14:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New media training in medieval Kilkenny location</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;ORMONDE HOTSPOT -- While sitting in the lobby of the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, I chatted with two couples who are interested in exploring how artistic Kilkenny can serve their educational needs.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 14:41:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Free broadband for Irish schools</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;SUNDAY TIMES -- Hundreds of thousands of Irish children will enjoy broadband access in the next school year at no cost to the taxpayer.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 14:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Linking third level institutions to e-learning companies</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN ISDN -- There are lessons to be learned from companies like PulseLearning in Tralee who look outwards for strategic interests from like-minded organisations.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Waiting offline for flat rate Internet access in Ireland</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN ISDN -- The frequency of my updates to my weblog might appear to stretch out from their normal interval because I have to cut back on my telephone sessions.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Setting the business case for digital creatives</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- Colleagues from Unlimited, an Irish e-learning company located in Dublin&apos;s Digital Hub, are out of work after Unlimited failed to merge with Educational Multimedia Group.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Goldbach moving to Underway in Ireland.com</title>
			<link>http://www.underwayinireland.com/blog/</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- I have decided to set up &lt;A href=&quot;http://www.underwayinireland.com&quot;&gt;UnderwayInIreland.com&lt;/A&gt; as the main domain for my Weblog, so if you&apos;re a regular visitor, it&apos;s time to reset your bookmarks to &lt;A href=&quot;http://www.underwayinir</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2003 21:52:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Offsets, airplanes and college computers</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- The Irish government is shopping around for a $50m government jet.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2003 18:56:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Work permits through Irish passport scam</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- The last time I had a cup of coffee in Dublin, I overheard a conversation about claiming social welfare benefits.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2003 08:43:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Audi A8 GPS technology has some gaps</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- There are two swish silver Audi A8 class act cars purring between Kilkenny and Clonmel that I see nearly every weekday.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2003 07:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Make Irish college fees part of a special savings programme</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- The clear winner when the Irish government repealed all college tuition fees was the private school sector.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2003 07:40:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Extortion and unbundling</title>
			<link>http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2003/0530/188744404BWEIRCNEWS.html</link>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;IRELAND -- Eircom is threatening to postpone up to &amp;#128;1 billion in much needed investment after being told to cut prices by the Irish Communications Regulator.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2003 11:52:50 GMT</pubDate>
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