On Tuesday morning, the nation awoke to the news that killer spiders were on the rampage in Leixlip. Mike Carter, a tourist from Australia staying in the town, identified the deadly arachnid as an immigrant from the antipodes. ‘It could …
Tag Archive: snafu
Jul
07
Eircom’s Net Loss
By all accounts, Eircom has been hacked. The telco has confirmed that there was a domain name server (DNS) outage on its website last night. Internet users throughout Ireland complained they were being redirected to bogus sites. Eircom customers have …
Jul
14
Re-boot
What happened to Dublin airport? Flights were disrupted for days, but information about exactly what went wrong is puzzlingly vague. AP explained that ‘the radar system failed to display the call signs that normally identify each incoming aircraft’. Bloomberg simply …