Government

Europe’s digital library open for culture vultures

20.11.2008 Europe’s internet users can now access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photos, documents, paintings and films from national libraries and cultural institutions at a single internet site. More »
Urgent need to re-think Irish public sector attitudes

10.11.2008 At a time when the country should be looking to steer clear of recession, Irish Government bodies and civil servants are by instinct bureaucratic rather than innovative, the president of Dublin City University, Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski warned last week. More »
The electronic medicine cabinet is nearer than you think

06.11.2008 An electronic barcode system could revolutionise drugs prescriptions and drive major savings on a nationwide basis, it emerged today. More »
CRM rollout is automatic for the people

05.11.2008 Microsoft and Calyx have deployed a new customer relationship management (CRM) system for Eurofound that enables the European foundation’s 15,000 users to edit their own details on the CRM database. More »
Taoiseach opens roundtable discussion

02.11.2008 The Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD last week opened the Economist Conference’s First Business Roundtable with the Government of Ireland on the topics of “real strengths and new challenges”. More »
Moving services online could save Irish Government millions

30.10.2008 The recent medical card debacle could easily have been avoided if the Irish Government had moved more services online in order to save money. More »
Digital X-ray a first for Irish hospitals

17.10.2008 A digital X-ray imaging system has been deployed at Tullamore and Mulllingar hospitals, and is achieving efficiencies by allowing doctors and consultants to work remotely instead of waiting on film. More »
Government launches geographic data portal

16.10.2008 The Government has created an online portal that will allow the public to search multiple spatial databases for geographic mapping data held by a number of different departments. More »
Asking what people want is the way to bridge the digital divide

02.10.2008 For e-government to succeed in Ireland, it must begin with social inclusion. More »
EU moves to bring down the price of IT products

16.09.2008 The European Commission has presented a plan to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that could see custom duties on certain IT products removed. More »