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# eir - Friday 25 January, 2019

Dubious Calls

Public warned of scam call from fraudsters claiming to be from Eir

Jan 25th 2019, 11:57 AM 47,290 Views 61 Comments

Eir has issued advice to the public on what to do if such a call is received.

# eir - Friday 7 December, 2018

Retail And Services

Eir has accused ComReg of breaking EU laws in its clampdown on costly helplines

Dec 7th 2018, 10:32 AM 902 Views 3 Comments

The watchdog is rolling out new rules relating to ‘non-geographic numbers’.

# eir - Tuesday 30 October, 2018

Fine Print

Watchdog upholds five complaints against Eir over misleading ads

Oct 30th 2018, 9:04 PM 30,116 Views 38 Comments

One of the ads failed to make clear that it extended the length of broadband contracts and increased the price.

# eir - Thursday 18 October, 2018

Up In The Eir

Eir announces 750 new jobs for Sligo, Limerick and Cork

Oct 18th 2018, 8:20 AM 15,117 Views 38 Comments

The new roles will mainly be in customer services.

# eir - Sunday 14 October, 2018

Back Online

Eir says full service has been restored following fault that led to phone and broadband outage

Oct 14th 2018, 8:22 AM 32,746 Views 78 Comments

The company has revealed that the issue was caused by a problem with an eir DNS server.

# eir - Saturday 13 October, 2018

Offline

Eir 'working to resolve issue' as mobile and broadband remains down for customers across the country

Updated Oct 13th 2018, 8:06 PM 86,219 Views 94 Comments

The company has acknowledged the problem but has not given a timeline for a return to full service.

# eir - Wednesday 12 September, 2018

No Calls Go

Mobile coverage on Eir back to normal after daytime outage

Updated Sep 12th 2018, 8:18 PM 32,592 Views 44 Comments

Customers had taken to social media to complain about the length of eir’s outage today.

# eir - Monday 27 August, 2018

Time's Up

The Speaking Clock has told callers the time for the final time today

Aug 27th 2018, 12:05 PM 38,271 Views 36 Comments

Eir shut down the nearly 50-year-old service, which still receives calls daily, today.

# eir - Wednesday 22 August, 2018

Unencrypted

37,000 Eir customers affected by data breach after laptop stolen

Aug 22nd 2018, 8:16 AM 24,751 Views 47 Comments

Gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner have been notified.

# eir - Monday 30 July, 2018

Explainer

The department claims it remains on track but what's happening with the National Broadband Plan?

Updated Jul 30th 2018, 9:10 PM 17,608 Views 44 Comments

SSE pulled out of the tendering process yesterday.

# eir - Sunday 29 July, 2018

Only Bidder

National Broadband Plan 'hanging on a thread' as SSE pulls out of National Broadband Plan

Jul 29th 2018, 12:31 PM 14,874 Views 76 Comments

It’s part of the consortium that was the only bidder to deliver the government’s plan.

# eir - Wednesday 18 July, 2018

Dubious Calls

Public warned of scam call claiming that their 'internet is compromised'

Jul 18th 2018, 6:10 AM 53,246 Views 25 Comments

A number of people have recently received dubious calls offering to fix their connection.

# eir - Monday 16 April, 2018

Sherkin Island

Cork island left without phone and broadband for six months after Storm Ophelia

Apr 16th 2018, 11:53 AM 19,213 Views 30 Comments

Work is scheduled to repair cables this week.

# eir - Thursday 12 April, 2018

Jobs Gone

Eir announces plans to cut 750 jobs

Apr 12th 2018, 2:27 PM 24,084 Views 78 Comments

In a statement, the company said it was being done “to deliver cost savings and create a leaner, more agile organisations”.

# eir - Tuesday 6 February, 2018

Computer Says No

Salvaging the broadband plan: 'State stepping in to provide rural internet should be considered'

Feb 6th 2018, 1:19 PM 7,976 Views 46 Comments

Fianna Fáil will tonight ask the government to stall the procurement process and review what has gone wrong in the roll-out of broadband.

Column

Broadband in rural Ireland: 'If I disconnect, I don't get paid - I fear for my job'

Feb 6th 2018, 7:00 AM 25,043 Views 72 Comments

“I feel like the people of rural Ireland have been let down, with broken promise after broken promise.”

# eir - Thursday 1 February, 2018

Connection Disrupted

Why did Eir quit the State's broadband plan, and what now for rural Ireland?

Feb 1st 2018, 9:34 AM 26,329 Views 83 Comments

“We couldn’t make a business case stack up,” Eir CEO Richard Moat said. “So regrettably, we had to pull out.”

# eir - Wednesday 31 January, 2018

Internet

The National Broadband Plan hangs in the balance as Eir 'reluctantly' quits the project

Jan 31st 2018, 6:46 PM 29,326 Views 94 Comments

Only one firm is left in the running to build the long-delayed network.

# eir - Wednesday 20 December, 2017

Xavier Niel

French billionaire buys majority stake in Eir

Dec 20th 2017, 9:02 AM 24,468 Views 83 Comments

The transaction is expected to be completed early next year.

# eir - Monday 18 December, 2017

ASAI

Slap on the wrist for Eir after it misleadingly advertised sports channel bundle for €1

Dec 18th 2017, 7:15 PM 31,973 Views 46 Comments

In order to avail of the €1 add-on deal, customers would have to purchase a broadband and TV bundle.

# eir - Monday 9 October, 2017

Courts

Eir fined over €10,500 after it admitted overcharging customers

Oct 9th 2017, 6:30 PM 19,602 Views 42 Comments

The case was heard in Dublin District Court.

# eir - Tuesday 26 September, 2017

DOWN THE LINE

Rural broadband: Big blow for competition as ESB-Vodafone pull out of bid

Sep 26th 2017, 6:11 PM 36,055 Views 71 Comments

A number of telecoms companies are bidding for a State contract to bring broadband to 542,000 customers.

# eir - Friday 22 September, 2017

From The42

Club Call

Dublin club quarter-finals featuring O'Sullivan, Kilkenny and Connolly will be live on TV next weekend

Sep 22nd 2017, 7:17 PM 12,281 Views 6 Comments

Members of the three-in-a-row All-Ireland winning Dublin squad are back in action with their clubs shortly.

# eir - Monday 24 July, 2017

Rebranding

Meteor will be called Eir from September

Jul 24th 2017, 1:19 PM 20,801 Views 53 Comments

There will be no change to contracts or mobile plans for customers.

# eir - Monday 10 July, 2017

From The42

Two For The Price Of One

Good news for Cork City supporters as eir Sport will show BOTH legs of your Europa League qualifier

Jul 10th 2017, 12:21 PM 4,845 Views 18 Comments

City welcome Cypriot side AEK Larnaca to Turners Cross this Thursday.

# eir - Friday 14 April, 2017

Poor Service

Here's what you need to know about Eir's record fine from the telecoms watchdog

Apr 14th 2017, 8:07 AM 26,023 Views 37 Comments

The company blamed the weather for delivering poor phone services in 2015.

# eir - Tuesday 4 April, 2017

Irish broadband speed is going to be as fast as it is in South Korea - Naughten

Apr 4th 2017, 7:31 PM 17,397 Views 80 Comments

Minister Denis Naughten said an additional 300,000 premises will get high speed broadband within 90 weeks.

# eir - Thursday 2 March, 2017

Jobs

Eir is looking for people who passed their Leaving Cert to become apprentices

Mar 2nd 2017, 10:43 AM 33,190 Views 56 Comments

The telecommunications company has 50 positions.

# eir - Monday 19 December, 2016

Denis Naughten

Loophole allows Eircode to run adverts which falsely imply codes save lives

Dec 19th 2016, 11:47 PM 17,642 Views 56 Comments

The advert, which ran on both television and radio stations, claimed an Eircode would help emergency services “find you faster”.

# eir - Saturday 10 December, 2016

Privacy By Design

When should you be told you're at risk of a cyber attack?

Dec 10th 2016, 7:00 AM 3,727 Views 2 Comments

A new EU regulation enshrines in law the reaction companies should take if a security risk is found – to be applied by 2018.

# eir - Tuesday 6 December, 2016

Cyber Attack

Eir only became aware of potential security breach after reading about it online

Dec 6th 2016, 9:51 AM 21,574 Views 38 Comments

The company will contact 130,000 customers after at least 2,000 modems were breached.

# eir - Saturday 3 December, 2016

Security Risk

30% of Eir broadband customers exposed to cyber attack

Dec 3rd 2016, 7:00 AM 22,280 Views 29 Comments

There are apparently hundreds of thousands of security attacks every week, but few are ever reported.

# eir - Sunday 6 November, 2016

Technical Difficulties

Some Eir Sport customers couldn't watch Ireland's historic victory live last night

Nov 6th 2016, 11:02 AM 50,944 Views 73 Comments

A problem with the Eir Sport app meant that some customers couldn’t watch the game.

# eir - Thursday 22 September, 2016

Rural Broadband

Eir is hiring 100 new people to work on the rollout of rural broadband

Sep 22nd 2016, 8:48 AM 15,648 Views 32 Comments

Separately, BioPharma Engineering is creating 70 new jobs at its Dublin and Cork offices over the next three years.

# eir - Monday 6 June, 2016

Make A Connection

For eir, 300k homes will be a major turning point for Ireland's broadband woes

Jun 6th 2016, 7:15 AM 21,848 Views 48 Comments

The road to broadband has been paved with broken promises but eir believe this time could be different.

# eir - Tuesday 31 May, 2016

Cutting The Cord

Should public payphones be hung up, permanently?

May 31st 2016, 3:01 PM 15,089 Views 40 Comments

If a payphone is not being used then Eir is allowed to take it away.

# eir - Thursday 3 March, 2016

Breakdown

Eir reveals locations of 100,000 homes and businesses where new broadband to be rolled out

Mar 3rd 2016, 9:11 PM 40,706 Views 100 Comments

Is your area included?

# eir - Tuesday 22 September, 2015

From The Daily Edge

Fionnghuala

Here's the story with that banging tune from the Eir ad

Sep 22nd 2015, 9:39 AM 76,639 Views 20 Comments

Play it in Coppers, tbh.

# eir - Wednesday 16 September, 2015

From The Daily Edge

Eir

11 things Ireland thinks Eircom's new logo looks like

Sep 16th 2015, 12:01 PM 8,793 Views 9 Comments

Eir, what even is that…?

Is It A Bird

Eircom has been replaced with this squiggle

Sep 16th 2015, 11:28 AM 22,892 Views 78 Comments

The company is spending €16 million on a rebrand, including a new name and logo.

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