Senator Dominic Hannigan raised the Vodafone/Blackberry Storm/Paddy Tax issue in the Seanad last week. Transcript here (click “Order of Business”, then click the plus sign beside Dominic Hannigan’s name where it appears for the first time – about four lines down. Apologies, but the Oireachtas site for debates is awful). (Hat tip to Damien – [...]
November 25th, 2008 at
08:03 in
Politics (Ireland),
Technology | tags:
blackberry storm,
dominic hannigan,
ireland,
irish,
paddy tax,
paddytax,
seanad,
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Delighted that Matt Cooper was able to cover my Vodafone/Blackberry Storm Paddy Tax story on The Last Word today. He was joined by Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post. Audio here:
November 18th, 2008 at
23:32 in
Technology | tags:
adrian weckler,
blackberry storm,
ireland,
matt cooper,
paddy tax,
paddytax,
sunday business post,
today fm,
vodafone,
vodafone ireland,
vodafone.ie |
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Well, that was some two weeks. The Obama campaign is over – ending in victory, of course – and I’m back to Ireland today. (…well, it was “today” when I started writing this last Sunday.) The Obama campaign was, overall, a masterclass in grassroots activism. The sheer numbers of people contributing to the campaign – [...]
November 17th, 2008 at
10:15 in
Politics (Outside Ireland) | tags:
alexandria,
autonomy,
barack obama,
cialdini,
congress,
data,
data protection,
decision making,
democratic committee,
expectations,
field office,
fundraising,
george w bush,
grassroots,
ireland,
john kerry,
john mccain,
obama campaign,
ownership,
senate,
staff,
training,
us election,
us elections,
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volunteers,
voter registration |
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Rip Off Ireland is at it again. It wasn’t enough for O2 to rip off Irish customers who wanted an iPhone, now Vodafone are ripping off those who want a Blackberry Storm. Back in March, Pat Phelan exposed the O2 Paddy Tax on the iPhone. Now, I’m exposing the Vodafone Paddy Tax on the Blackberry [...]
November 15th, 2008 at
11:00 in
Technology | tags:
apple,
blackberry,
blackberry storm,
cell phone,
consumer association of ireland,
contract,
dundalk,
iphone,
ireland,
james doorley,
mobile phone,
netherlands,
newry,
northern ireland,
paddy tax,
paddytax,
price plans,
rim,
rip off ireland,
rip off republic,
storm launch,
uk,
vodafone,
vodafone ireland,
vodafone netherlands,
vodafone uk |
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(Hat tip to Aidan) In the category of ‘Quality of Overall Infrastructure’ we rank 64th in the world. 64th! 64th out of 134 countries. Our infrastructural quality ranks behind Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Azerbaijan, Jordan and Jamaica. We are one of the richest countries in the world (as measured in GDP) and,yet we still trail behind [...]
Watching the debate live. John McCain just got the Irish Corporation Tax rate wrong – again. Back in the first debate, he said it is 11% – it’s not. It’s 12.5%. You’d think someone would have updated his speaking notes by now. Update: Video from C-Span, it’s 10 seconds in. MSNBC failed to note this, [...]
October 16th, 2008 at
02:16 in
Politics (Outside Ireland) | tags:
business tax,
corporate tax,
corporation tax,
debate,
fact check,
ireland,
irish,
john mccain,
presidential debates,
profit tax,
us election |
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