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THEY GAVE YOU the world…now you can repay them with the web.
According to Google and Age Action Ireland, young people should get their parents using the Internet.
We hear you – easier said than done.
But Google and Age Action have teamed up to encourage younger people to become better teachers.
Without guidance, teenagers and young adults are generally reactive in helping their parents when it comes to online problems. Help is only given (or asked for) when the user is “stuck”, which leads to growing tensions and raised voices.
The good folk over at the search engine have developed an easy-as-you-like website to help turn that parent-child relationship around.
GetYourFolksOnline.ie aims to help younger people pass on their Internet skills to those of the previous generations – be it parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles.
And it’s not just about being able to send emails while away from home. Google’s Head of Social Action Sinéad Gibney says that it is often the case that older people know how to email but do not use other services the Internet offers such as online banking, photo sharing or social networking.
They are alien concepts.”
Making it fun
Lesson plans for beginners – such as “using the mouse” and improvers - “shopping online” – are provided.
The basics are all covered, including the keyboard, the mouse, search engines, browsing and email but more advanced lessons are also available.
The website provides lots of tips on how to keep the student motivated during those more intricate lessons.
“Fun stuff” such as looking up their house on street view or watching a video of Joe Dolan on YouTube should be used straight away to get them engaged, the site advises.
There is also a lesson on social networking, which Google describes as:
a way to keep in touch with people, share interests and make new friends on the Internet”.
An introduction to YouTube and the RTÉ Player also come as part of the improver lesson packs.
According to ComReg’s latest data, only about 35 per cent of people over the age of 50 use the Internet, while the majority of people under 50 are online.
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Well done to the Customs and Garda.
Great Job done by guards and customs again ..
Good work, cost me €1200 to get my injectors replaced because of washed fuel from a “reputable” filling station.
Report that station to the police. If you had to replace injectors your probably not alone. I wouldn’t let them off if they are making a quick buck which ends up costing customers costly repair work.
I already did Derek, so did alot of people in my area, they were shut down by customs about 2 months ago. 2 brothers from dundalk were running the station. Only found this out after they were shut down. All the staff were locals and hadn’t a clue what was going on
A certain supermarket chain of petrol stations are notoriously guilty of that
My husband’s family live near the border, in a rural area. They can point out the lorries, drive you past the laundering plants and name the people involved. They like most people in the area (and judge them how you like for this, but they have to live there) just say nothing and ignore it.
I’ve heard people say (and obviously this is no more than a feeling or hunch) that there is a certain ‘tolerance’ for this by the authorities. Plants that appear to operate openly, for months/years, are one day raided. Some people say (and this would be just hearsay) that on those days the stock is low, equipment has been moved and there are fewer lorries than normal.
I have heard people say they’ve seen customs vehicles regularly pass these lorries and farms in the time they operate, a long, long time before action is taken.
Of course I have no evidence of anything I’ve written above. It’s most likely just local gossip or an urban (or rural) legend.
Well Katie if there was no illegal fuel laundering there would be less Garda & customs overtime.
Same with the overall limerick gang situation. I guess the guards could shut them down in an instant…but why would they…the guards have the most to lose!!!!!!
that is serious bullshit!!!
Three people arrested-that’s hardly called tolerance!
Surely in this day and age we regulate this more effectively. Why can’t farmers keep all receipts for diesel and submit them with their monthly/annual returns to get a tax rebate. X amount of litres allowed per annum based on Y number of registered farm vehicles.
In a simple stroke, diesel laundering would stop, or am I missing something?
You need the North to stop too.
How do haulage contractors run their trailer units (refrigeration)
How do I prove I used a certain amount in my Generator…. etc etc….
Plus we are too damm lazy !
Public servant jobs and overtime.
Good system but i could give the farmer my receipts & split the money & theres the new fiddle. Not an easy fix this however if you target the buyers take vehicles & property where they knew what they were buying I think this would be better.
The problem is that the courts do not regard this as serious crime. A recent case saw a man covicted of laundery 6,000 litres PER DAY! When arrested he refused to say where he was taking the stuff or who his accomplices were. Sentence…two years, yes two years suspended. Where’s the deterrent.nnThe solution is to abolish agricultural deisel and repay the tax to farmers against receipts from the oil delivery company.
Just remember lads. If you’re driving back to Dundalk from Blaney, don’t go through Culaville or the siezed goods and plant will be taken off you AGAIN ! http://www.thejournal.ie/customs-truck-carrying-fuel-laundering-evidence-hijacked-and-set-alight-148712-Jun2011/
The reasons these operations are not just taken out immediately are as seen with this one! The authorities wait and ensure the plant is operating and that there are individuals present! I don’t think that you can say that three arrests are the result of the authorities having a low tolerance! I don’t think you can really criticise when on one hand you say the locals turn a blind eye and then say nothing is done! People need to take responsibly for what is going on on their own doorstep before blaming others for inaction!
O No! Not again……. (“,)
Fuel laundering in a border county?
Never!
Sorry but can someone explain how oil is laundered – do they mean diesel??
Agricultural diesel is sold at a lower price to farmers. It is marked with a red dye which can be detected by the Gardai if used in a private car.These smugglers buy or steal ag. diesel and use chemicals to wash out the red colour.These chemicals are very bad for modern diesels as they can affect the injectors and the mirror finish on their high efficiency fuel pumps.
What a lot of people don’t know is that there is a similar scam concerning petrol.Additives which are bad for the engine can be added to “stretch” the petrol.
Slippery !!!!!!!!!!!!
They should just advertise that this kind of fuel will damage your car costing you more in the end. Then people wouldn’t want it.
the people don’t know they are buying it most petrol stations are in on the scam there making a fortune selling it to unsuspecting drivers it ruins modern deisel engines you would be better off using the agriculture diesel before it was washed and take your chance st least it won’t ruin your engine
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