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Ireland 'capital of digital world'

D1stant · 2013-10-30 18:25:28

Taoiseach Enda Kenny declared Ireland the new capital of the digital world today during a massive internet summit in Dublin where thousands of visitors struggled to get online. Innovators, investors and inventors from around the globe were left unable to showcase their businesses during the event at the RDS after the…

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny declared Ireland the new capital of the digital world today during a massive internet summit in Dublin where thousands of visitors struggled to get online.
Innovators, investors and inventors from around the globe were left unable to showcase their businesses during the event at the RDS after the system apparently collapsed under the weight of internet traffic.
Mr Kenny also shrugged off the embarrassment of international entrepreneurs being left without water during their stay in the capital because of a mystery problem with reservoir supplies.
"It's been raining in Ireland for thousands of years," he said.
"We've been well able to deal with shortages of water and surpluses of water.
"I hope this matter can be resolved quickly."

Ah Enda. You utter plonker. Its at times like this I miss Cowen

Have to say the German salute is coming on well though

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/thousands-gather-ideas-festival-024844285.html#Ib9KSac

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#2 30-10-2013 6:27pm

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Digital capital, assuming you don't use torrents

Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test

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#3 30-10-2013 6:29pm

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Poor Enda is still using Etch-a-Sketch.

He hasn't a clue what's going on.

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#4 30-10-2013 6:29pm

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Sharon Ní Bheoláin is lookin exceptionally hot this evening !

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#5 30-10-2013 6:29pm

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digital cringe

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#6 30-10-2013 6:30pm

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Embarrassment overload right there

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#7 30-10-2013 6:30pm

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Jesus ****ing Christ spot the Irish bloke in that picture!

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#8 30-10-2013 6:30pm

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Embarrassing.

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#9 30-10-2013 6:31pm

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Just switched off Six-one news. Ridiculous to have the main evening national news transform itself into an hour-long advertisement.

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#10 30-10-2013 6:32pm

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"It's been raining in Ireland for thousands of years," he said.
"We've been well able to deal with shortages of water and surpluses of water.
"I hope this matter can be resolved quickly."

Wow.

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#11 30-10-2013 6:32pm

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I don't get any of these conflab companies it's all gobbledygook who uses 'em? I don't

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#12 30-10-2013 6:33pm

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Irish politician knows nothing of technology. Did he give any reasons why we would be? Must be all those multinationals coming here, Asia is the clothes capital of the world!

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#13 30-10-2013 6:34pm

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Maybe they need more WiFi s.

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#14 30-10-2013 6:34pm

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If theres anything the non-functioning wi-fi on our trains has thought me its that we're the digital capital of the world.

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#15 30-10-2013 6:36pm

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If we truly were the capital of the "digital world" then surely we'd be able to generate our own employment in this sector - rather than send Kenny in grovelling for foreign investment.

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#16 30-10-2013 6:39pm

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Digitial capital that blocks websites on a whim if certain companies ask for it. Any chance Ireland had of being referred to as a "digital-friendly country" ended with Sean Sherlock's crusade.

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#17 30-10-2013 6:39pm

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Enda Kenny: We are the capital of the digital world.
Reporter: Do you know what digital means?
Enda Kenny: We have more fingers?

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#18 30-10-2013 6:41pm

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Lando Griffin wrote: »

Maybe they need more WiFi s.

Hahahahahahahah brilliant! :D:D

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#19 30-10-2013 6:42pm

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Lapin wrote: »

Sharon Ní Bheoláin is lookin exceptionally hot this evening !

I'd eat the arse off her.

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#20 30-10-2013 6:43pm

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Some digital capital when you can't even get proper broadband in the middle of the biggest city in the country,never mind in rural or provincial towns.Kenny is talking out of his arse,as usual.

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#21 30-10-2013 6:43pm

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It's the fuckin' Digitalis capital of the world the speed that folks are topping themselves.

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#22 31-10-2013 9:24am

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All our international Internet fibers route through either the UK or the US, who we now know are collaborating to tap and spy on all international internet traffic.

So I'd say, with the datacenters of so many large online companies operating from here, we're the digital spying capital of the world, and any company that takes it's data being spied on seriously, should get the fúck out of Ireland.

Not a word from Enda about any of this spying though - you'd think he'd be worried about this threat to our economy.

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#23 31-10-2013 9:33am

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We're the e-hub of Europe don't ya known :rolleyes:

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#24 31-10-2013 9:40am

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Digital jobs??

No thanks.

Sure we were better off when we were building houses.

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#25 31-10-2013 9:41am

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Digital Capital of the world ? He hasn't seen my poxy mobile signal.

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#26 31-10-2013 9:42am

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#27 31-10-2013 9:44am

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Pretty sure Enda means owners of Casio watches.

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#28 31-10-2013 9:46am

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What a funny man, big chance to sell Ireland as a capable IT country and it fails because people can't get online.... so he talks about the weather

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#29 31-10-2013 2:38pm

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Gombeen to the core..Ireland 'capital of digital world', He is a lying cúnt..

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#30 31-10-2013 2:42pm

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NiallSparky wrote: »

Digitial capital that blocks websites on a whim if certain companies ask for it. Any chance Ireland had of being referred to as a "digital-friendly country" ended with Sean Sherlock's crusade.

hilarious. Now when I want to use piratebay, I now have to type in "piratebay mirror" into youtube and click on the first link. Makes me want to buy CDs again.

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#31 31-10-2013 2:44pm

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"Digital Capital of the World"?? The closest this feckin' island gets to being any sort of "Digital Capital" is the fact that it's full of yahoos and tricksters. And IndaKinny() is a five-star ocean-going clodhopper.

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#32 31-10-2013 2:47pm

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jimgoose wrote: »

"Digital Capital of the World"?? The closes this feckin' island gets to being any sort of "Digital Capital" is the fact that it's full of yahoos and tricksters. And IndaKinny() is a five-star ocean-going clodhopper.

agreed. He's embarrassing.

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#33 31-10-2013 2:58pm

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He doesn't half get carried away with himself at these things. Maybe if every home in the country had fibre optic broadband, then he can talk.

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#34 31-10-2013 3:02pm

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RikkFlair wrote: »

He doesn't half get carried away with himself at these things. Maybe if every home in the country had fibre optic broadband, then he can talk.

IRELAND ... CAPITAL OF THE DIGITAL WORLD ..... of warcraft

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#35 31-10-2013 3:02pm

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Edna The Overlord of the Digital World

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#36 31-10-2013 3:03pm

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Lapin wrote: »

Sharon Ní Bheoláin is lookin exceptionally hot this evening !

Wouldnt mind giving her a few digits!

Wahhhhhhhhhhheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

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#37 31-10-2013 3:04pm

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Seedy Arling wrote: »

Wouldnt mind giving her a few digits!

Wahhhhhhhhhhheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Show her the latest advances in technology courtesy of your 3.5" floppy.

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#38 31-10-2013 3:07pm

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Well, when we spawn a home-grown Google, Microsoft, Apple or even a Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel, Siemens.. get back to me on the digital capital thing.

Until then, we're a digital medium sized town with a couple of Starbucks and a Tesco extra.

We could be *a* digital capital, but we need some big ideas and entrepreneurial attitudes to start thinking global rather than local. Access to finance is a big deal too and I think that's genuinely being worked on with access to bigger markets and investment pools.

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#39 31-10-2013 3:13pm

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Savoir.Faire wrote: »

Show her the latest advances in technology courtesy of your 3.5" floppy.

Please stop fantasising about my equipment. It is very unbecoming.

I'll have you know my RAM is more than adequate.

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#40 31-10-2013 3:41pm

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diograis wrote: »

hilarious. Now when I want to use piratebay, I now have to type in "piratebay mirror" into youtube and click on the first link. Makes me want to buy CDs again.

Google 'pirate proxy' ... first result

You're welcome

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#41 31-10-2013 3:43pm

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Fix the fecking water Enda and we can be the capital of Waterworld as well.

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RikkFlair wrote: »

He doesn't half get carried away with himself at these things. Maybe if every home in the country had fibre optic broadband, then he can talk.

Guy at work was giving out about lack of broadband in his new house. It's way out the sticks, he knew the place had none when buying yet still it's the government's fault. The mind boggles.

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#43 31-10-2013 3:51pm

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Remember this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIL3luthofU

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87278785#post87278785

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#44 31-10-2013 3:53pm

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There are some rural houses here that are pretty much "off grid". I think we tend to forget that the development pattern in Ireland doesn't really help when it comes to rolling out utilities like broadband and even basic services like sewage and mains water.

Most continental European countries tend to have housing in clusters known as 'villages' and 'towns'. They're an interesting concept alien to most Irish planners.
You can then put things like running water and fast broadband in rather than having to depend on a well and your own radio link!

There was a lot of slow movement on rolling out services though here and I think the lack of broadband services in some genuinely urban areas until very recently really was unforgivable.
Eircom only started to react to demand when UPC really ate into their customer base. If it wasn't for that, I doubt we'd have had any movement on FTTC technology.

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#45 31-10-2013 4:42pm

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Politician in exaggerating shocker. I think people are very negative, this has been reported in America and across Europe. It's a good advertisement and might help encourage companies to set up here.

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#46 31-10-2013 4:47pm

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Shout Dust wrote: »

Politician in exaggerating shocker. I think people are very negative, this has been reported in America and across Europe. It's a good advertisement and might help encourage companies to set up here.

The point is we have no home grown companies all our bright young minds are trapped in scambridge or currently doing a degree in something out date to relate to I.T or Leaving and taking there skills to other countries

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#47 31-10-2013 5:13pm

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Shout Dust wrote: »

Politician in exaggerating shocker. I think people are very negative, this has been reported in America and across Europe. It's a good advertisement and might help encourage companies to set up here.

Another "Come to Ireland" type campaign huh?

Come to Ireland, it's great.
That's it.
Thank you.

Oh, and we have a chancer here who won a €100k who would like to talk to you about creaming off a little off the top from your IP rights. Thanks. Door on the left there.

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