- Green economy could create 10,000 jobs in Ireland by 2015 The green economy has the potential to create 10,000 extra jobs in Ireland by 2015 according to a report published today by the country's jobs minister, Richard Bruton.
- Record companies want to control what we access online, Irish Government obliges Threatened by legal action from EMI Ireland, the Irish Government has agreed to publish an order next month, "plugging a gap" in Irish copyright law and effectively allowing record companies to restrict access to whole websites in Ireland as they please.