LCEB seeking entrants to 2009 awards
Now in their 6th year, the Limerick City Enterprise Awards celebrate the achievements and successes of local entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial spirit that helps make Limerick such a vibrant business city.
Eamon Ryan, CEO of Limerick City Enterprise Board reminds us that Monday August 17 next is the closing date for entries and that “Limerick possesses a very strong and innovative entrepreneurial tradition and the Enterprise Awards give recognition to the outstanding achievements of our city based entrepreneurs”.
The award winners will be announced at the Limerick Business Awards lunch which will take place on Thursday September 17 with the overall Entrepreneur of the Year representing Limerick City at the National Enterprise Awards Final.
Contact 061 312611, email [email protected] or log onto www.limceb.ie for more info.
Mooney takes up role as director of operations
DUE to retire at the end of September, Pat Ryan, the current director of operations at the Irish Aviation Authority will be succeeded by Donie Mooney, GM of the IAA’s air traffic management operation at Shannon since 2002.
Previously, Donie served as General Manager of the North Atlantic Communications Division, as Head of Training, as Operations Manager Shannon Area Control Centre and also as a Team Leader and Instructor in the Authority’s Commercial and Training Directorate.
Donie spent 15 years as an air traffic controller and held tower and all radar ratings during that time.
With significant experience in international relations and activities having represented, at a high level, Ireland and the Irish Aviation Authority at several Eurocontrol, European Commission and ICAO fora, Donie is a member of the ICAO European Air Navigation Planning Group, ICAO NAT Systems Planning Group and the ICAO North Atlantic Air Traffic Management Group.
Eircom forced to cut line access rate
FOLLOWING an instruction from ComReg, the telephone industry regulator, Eircom has been told to charge its competitors just 77cents a month to access its phone lines rather than the 8.41 euro price it currently seeks.
BT Ireland have welcomed the move as a direct competitor and says it will contribute to the creation of competitive high speed broadband in the Irish market.
However, Eircom has a month to appeal the decision before it comes into force and a spokesperson for the company said they were reviewing the ComReg ruling.
The regulator’s decision is in relation to line sharing to enable a competitor to provide broadband on a line which continues to carry Eircom voice services.
ComReg’s involvement in the issue goes back several years, with an interim ruling by it withdrawn after a court challenge by Eircom.
It says it has arrived at its new monthly price through an analysis of Eircom’s costs in providing the service. BizWorld
Apple investigates “exploding” iPhones
Apple is investigating media reports that one or more of the company’s iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said this week.
The spokeswoman said that Apple had described the reported incidents as isolated.
Apple said it was aware of the media reports, which include a case in which a teenager in France said he was slightly injured when his iPhone made a hissing noise and shattered, but did not comment on any contacts with the Commission.
“Apple have said to us that they consider these as isolated incidents. They don’t consider that there’s a general problem,” Commission spokeswoman Helen Kearns stated.
Apple did not comment but a spokesman for Apple Europe Ltd said: “We are aware of these (media) reports and we are waiting to receive the iPhones from the customers. Until we have the full details, we don’t have anything further to add.” Reuters
