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# Eircom

This year
2023
# Eircom
Eir fined €2.45 million by regulator for overcharging an estimated 76,000 customers
The refunds have an estimated price-tag of approximately €6.7 million according to the regulator.
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May 17th 2023, 1:10 PM
Last year
2022
# the eirror of my ways
Emails of some eircom.net users have been permanently deleted in error, company says
Eir apologised to those affected for the loss of their emails, and said they will be given compensation.
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Dec 20th 2022, 2:08 PM
All time
# phone box
Almost 90% of remaining public payphones removed in last six months
There are now just 51 public payphone locations in the State.
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Dec 31st 2020, 1:25 PM
# eir
Eir to charge €5.99 a month for anyone with an eircom.net email to continue using service
The new monthly charge will come into effect from the end of March.
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Feb 4th 2020, 9:54 AM
# ComReg
Eircom fined €23,500 for continually over-charging customers
Five people went to industry watchdog Comreg after Eir’s customer service teams failed to resolve their problems.
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Jun 26th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Courts
Eir fined over €10,500 after it admitted overcharging customers
The case was heard in Dublin District Court.
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Oct 9th 2017, 6:30 PM
# cutting the cord
Should public payphones be hung up, permanently?
If a payphone is not being used then Eir is allowed to take it away.
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May 31st 2016, 3:01 PM
# eir
11 things Ireland thinks Eircom's new logo looks like
Eir, what even is that…?
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Sep 16th 2015, 12:01 PM
# is it a bird
Eircom has been replaced with this squiggle
The company is spending €16 million on a rebrand, including a new name and logo.
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Sep 16th 2015, 11:28 AM
# error
Eircom says services are returning to normal today
The loss of service yesterday impacted customers south of the country and in Dublin.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 3:57 PM
# Meltdown
Eircom says services are now stable after nationwide outage
The company said the problem impacted 5% of its daily call volume.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 5:30 PM
# say my name
First UPC, now Eircom's unloved brand could be on the way out
It’s all change in the phone and internet biz.
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Sep 1st 2015, 11:39 AM
# the internets
We finally have a timeline for when all Ireland will get decent broadband
Sure, it’ll be grand when it happens.
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Jul 15th 2015, 6:10 PM
# shady
Eircom, Meteor, Three and UPC all made one big mistake when signing up customers
Consumers had not been given enough information before they entered into contracts.
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Jun 22nd 2015, 5:20 PM
# The briefcase
Here's everything you need to know about business this week
Everyone was talking about Denis O’Brien and SiteServ, broadband wars and jobs for the grads.
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Jun 7th 2015, 10:15 AM
# ears burning
We asked Eircom why people dislike the company so much
And what they’re planning to do about it.
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Jun 6th 2015, 9:00 PM
# Yesssss
Is your area FINALLY going to get super-fast broadband?
Eircom plans to be the biggest fibre provider in the land.
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Jun 4th 2015, 5:50 PM
# fibre to the rescue
High-speed broadband could be Eircom's saviour
The company has slowed the long-term slide in its revenues.
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May 18th 2015, 11:45 AM
# fast and furious
Good news - super, incredibly fast broadband is on its way to 350 towns in Ireland
However, it will be predominantly rural towns and villages that get to use it first – with Dublin omitted entirely.
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Apr 14th 2015, 11:00 AM
# Out of service
Eircom has refunded thousands of customers for phone outages
The telecoms company struck a deal with the industry watchdog.
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Apr 7th 2015, 2:15 PM
# Prime Numbers
TV licences, Tayto sandwiches and Operation Transformation: The week in numbers
Plus: How many staff work at Eircom now?
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Feb 28th 2015, 7:00 PM
# Off the hook
Eircom has found a way to make money - take the razor to its workforce
The company has cut about one-third of its staff in the past two years.
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Feb 27th 2015, 11:54 AM
# pretty scary
This phone socket exploded into bits during Monday night's lightning storms
“There was a lot of electricity flying around the room,” Ronan Kelly said… Somehow, his one-year-old managed to sleep through the whole thing.
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Feb 25th 2015, 6:15 AM
# Ouch
Eircom slammed for 'excessive' and 'opportunistic' price rises
Fees will be nearly €100 a year higher for some residential customers.
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Jan 14th 2015, 5:25 PM
# Review 2014
A year in red and black ink: 2014's biggest winners and losers from world of business
There was no escaping Michael O’Leary, Irish Water or Apple’s world domination.
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Dec 27th 2014, 4:00 PM
# Sky High
Sky has joined the fibre broadband wars. And it's undercutting its main rivals
All the big telecoms players are offering high-speed broadband in Ireland from today.
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Dec 11th 2014, 6:30 AM
# broadband wars
Eircom has the biggest fibre network in Ireland - but customers are slow to get on board
The company’s revenue is still going down, although not as fast as before.
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Nov 28th 2014, 9:42 AM
# switching over
Lots of Irish mobile phone users have been ditching Vodafone
But it’s not all bad news here for the global telecoms company.
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Nov 11th 2014, 9:30 AM
# Game on
Ireland's super-fast broadband war has begun and it's coming to a town near you
Every county town in Ireland will have access to the same broadband technology as Tokyo within a few years.
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Oct 28th 2014, 9:37 AM
# Cowabunga
Irish startups can ride the wave of a 'real tech boom'
Venture capitalists are throwing more money at local tech entrepreneurs looking to go global.
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Oct 9th 2014, 10:54 AM
# snapshot
On-demand services grow in popularity, but Irish adults are still glued to the TV
Nine out of ten Irish adults still watch shows on their TV with live coverage being the most popular reason.
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Sep 29th 2014, 1:43 PM
# job going
Herbie goes to the US: Eircom boss stands down after company float shelved
The company’s CEO is headed home less that two weeks after plans to go public (again) are put off.
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Sep 29th 2014, 10:03 AM
# Mad Men
Newbridge ad deemed too sexy (not the Ronan O'Gara one)
The advertisement was deemed ‘overtly sexual in nature’ and ‘provocative’ by the ASAI.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 2:34 PM
# eirflix?
Eircom is the newest arrival at the very-crowded movie download party
Troubled telecoms company joins Netflix, Sky Movies and many others in the video-on-demand biz.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 1:14 PM
# Oireachtas TV
Nothing on telly? You can now flick over and watch the Oireachtas
Only if you’re into that sort of thing, of course, and have UPC or Sky.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 7:12 PM
# ComReg
Watchdog investigates Yourtel over Eircom complaints confusion
Many customers were blaming Eircom for problems experienced with Yourtel’s service.
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Sep 10th 2014, 10:20 PM
# hold the line
How much? It costs €5.58 to call 11850 for just 1 second
The prices of directory enquiries were checked from Eircom lines.
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Sep 9th 2014, 8:41 AM
# In Numbers
Trinity College, cannabis, and going to the dentist : The week in numbers
Plus: How many Irish people have travelled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide?
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Aug 23rd 2014, 7:30 PM
# dont be caught out
Be careful, scammers are still targeting Irish home phone users
Two mammies of TheJournal.ie staffers have been targeted in the last two weeks alone. Have you received one of these calls?
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Aug 23rd 2014, 5:00 PM
# stop thieves
More than 8,000 metres of eircom cable stolen in 2014
Irish Rail and the Luas have also reported a number of cable thefts this year, as gardaí warn numbers are on the rise.
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Aug 18th 2014, 7:00 AM
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