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‘Hands-free’ phone use legal, but still a bad habit

If there is one fool proof way to drive another motorist mad it is to use a mobile phone. It really is one of those behaviours that seems to get right under people’s skin. You can see it every day. Stand on a roundabout in any Irish town and in minutes you will see examples of the ‘one armed bandits’ – phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other.

GMIT students developing apps for Windows phone

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Software development students in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are fast gaining recognition for apps they are developing for the Windows Phone market such as Labyrinth Madness, Space Shooter, Translate the World, Funix and Xylofun, to name a few.

Be vigilant about the health risks of mobile phones says O’ Neill

Local Kilkenny Senator, Pat O’Neill this week introduced a motion in the Senate calling for mobile phone operators and suppliers to make all information in their possession available about the health risks of mobile phones.

Switch off before you drive off

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is warning motorists that using a mobile phone while driving is one of the most dangerous things they can do in a car.

Mayo motorists still using mobiles while driving

Up to 1,368 drivers in County Mayo have been issued with fixed charge notices for penalty point offences for using a hand held mobile phone while driving up to the end of March this year.

C&C Cellular offering free no obligation analysis of your landline or mobile phone bills

Newport native Brendan Chambers is in the communication business for more than 30 years. Now, along with his wife Julie, he runs C&C Cellular Ltd, the largest mobile phone company in the west. “We are proud to be one of the eight exclusive Vodafone agents in Ireland offering the same great deals, same great offers, and great value no matter where you shop,” Mr Chambers said. “We offer the same prices in Belmullet as in Blanchardstown or in Claremorris as in Cork.”

Athlone drivers stay off the phone

Athlone drivers have been revealed as the most law-abiding in the country when it comes to the use of mobile phones while driving, according to a leading safety body.

Technology is good but human contact is even better

The internet is over, declared pint-sized eighties pop star Prince recently, and in a fashion he may be right. Prince was refusing to hand over his latest music compilation to iTunes, which he claimed would not pay him anything for the privilege but would instead only leave his work open to piracy. If people want the newest album by Prince - and apparently many do - they will just have to buy it from source, he determined. Hurrah for Prince.

Ó Brolcháin pushes for world’s first mobile phone health warning system

A warning label of the possible health effects of using mobile phones could be placed on all handsets and packaging if legislation from Galway senator Niall Ó Brolcháin is successful.

Cost of text messaging abroad to be slashed - Calleary

EU measures to slash the cost of sending a text message when abroad will result in big savings for Irish people holidaying abroad, according to Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary.

 

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