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Irishships website

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  • 22-06-2012 4:58pm
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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    The irish ships website has been shut down.I dont know what was posted but it looks like it wont be back.http://irishships.com/


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    That's a pity, just because of some aholes potentially libellous comment?


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Can still get a previous version of it via The WayBackMachine archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20110717015443/http://www.irishships.com/

    or go to http://web.archive.org/ and type in www.irishships.com if the above link is unique to me only.

    Shame that it's gone though.


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    Jambo
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Jambo


    Its a real shame that one person can ruin a great site ! Hopefully it will be back online soon without the forum and guestbook feature to stop any more twats from ruining it


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Obviously it's hosted in Ireland, he should change the host to USA and then he can't be sued


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    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,544 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    That's a shame, a little drastic though.

    I'd prefer to see the site running and over moderated than not running at all.


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    ex_infantry man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    what happened that they shut it down??


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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Some genius posted up defamatory comments about a captain(dont know who),this resulted in legal threats being made against the site.


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    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    This be a real shame


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    ex_infantry man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    mp22 wrote: »
    Some genius posted up defamatory comments about a captain(dont know who),this resulted in legal threats being made against the site.
    what a fool eh


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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Update.irishships website back up and running.Some nice new pictures of the Irish larch in drydock.


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    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    mp22 wrote: »
    Update.irishships website back up and running.Some nice new pictures of the Irish larch in drydock.
    It seems to be gone again, anyone know the reason why?:(


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    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Often this time of year is when hosting companies look for money. Shutting down your website is their way of getting your attention.


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    xonet
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭xonet


    It has been down for a week or so.

    Domain has been registered via Australia for a long time. See the whois record for irishships.com with a privacy registrant address in California, USA. Nameservers come out of Bulgaria.

    To avoid Irish legal issues, site and owner need to be actually outside ireland and preferably EU. Suspect McCabe's problem is that he actually lives in Ireland and therefore the Irish Courts have nexus.


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    xonet
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭xonet


    irishships.com is gone again and this time it is explicitly excluded from waybackmachine. What is going on?


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    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    Same crap again, someone won't keep their mouth shut, more legal action being threatened. It's been gone now since about May IIRC, such a pity.


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    xonet
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭xonet


    irishships.com is back. Hooray!


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