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There are not as many Christmas cards coming through the door this year. I presume that email and Facebook messages are taking over from the old card writing tradition. One card that did stand out this year had the following message:

With the busiest shopping period of the year upon us, especially online, the public and retailers alike are being advised to take steps to protect themselves from fraud by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.

Sixty-three percent of employers predict that employees will spend three hours or more shopping online during company time over the next two months, according to a Pan-European survey conducted among members of the global IT consultancy association, ISACA.

Connell’s Jewellery & Gift Centre, a family business since 1924, are delighted to now offer online shopping to cater for all your jewellery and gift occasions from anniversaries, birthdays, christenings, corporate, engagements, golf prizes, weddings, and all other occasions. Stockists of Newbridge Silverware, Galway Crystal, Galway Living, Genesis, Willow Tree, Newgrange Living, and Lir.

The downside of the economic boom of the past 20 years is the loss of much of our direct human contact, the launch of COPE Galway’s development strategy was told earlier this week.

Labour Party candidate for Kilkenny City Sean Butler has called on the government to do yet another u-turn on their recent budget and follow many other EU member states in reducing VAT rates to help get the economy through the current economic crisis.

The best little record store in the south-east, Rollercoaster Music on Kieran Street, has signed up for international Record Store Day, which takes place this Saturday, April 18. Established in 2008, Record Store Day celebrates the culture and unique place that the independently-owned music store occupies in its local and national community.

In recent years online shopping has become something of a phenomenon with any retailers worth their salt offering customers the chance to sit in the luxury of their own home and buy what they want at the click of a button.

Shopping online is yet another craze which is sweeping the Irish nation and Kilkenny shoppers are not being left behind.

A Castlebar based Mayo company is becoming a major player on the web. 21st Century Web Design has developed a sports software platform called eSports Manager. The software is used by 28 GAA County Boards, Leinster and Connaught Rugby, Ladies Gaelic and a few FAI leagues to manage their competitions, fixtures, results and communications. In 2009 Sports Manager will manage 1,800 competitions and over 33,000 fixtures in GAA alone. London GAA has just recently signed up.