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Data

# data - Thursday 21 March, 2013

CSO figures indicate economic growth of 0.9 per cent in 2012

The fourth quarter of last year showed almost no change in GDP compared with 2011 while GNP declined by 0.8 per cent in Q4.

# data - Monday 18 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Data Protection

Insurer ordered to pay costs in data breach case

A High Court judgement is being hailed as a landmark ruling which makes businesses legally liable for data protection breaches.

# data - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Money Money Money

Here’s how much disposable income the average person in Ireland has

The annual CSO study on income also found that the number of people unable to afford basic necessities has jumped significantly.

# data - Saturday 26 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Quality Of Life

How the best countries in the world have changed since 1988

Ireland isn’t doing too badly, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit…

# data - Wednesday 2 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Unhappy Face

Here’s when you reach the saddest point in your life

A behavioural economist has analysed data in 72 countries, coming up with an average for when people are least content with life in each.

# data - Tuesday 1 January, 2013

9 tech trends that will make someone billions this year

Mobile, social, cloud and big data technology were all big this year. They’ll get bigger next year and here’s how…

# data - Friday 21 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Benefit Claimants

UK: Jobseekers could be remotely monitored on compulsory website

The website allows unemployed users to upload a CV to be matched to suitable job openings.

# data - Wednesday 14 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Data

HIQA publishes data quality guide for healthcare staff

The authority said the guide is aimed at helping front line healthcare staff ensure patient information is of the highest quality possible.

# data - Sunday 11 November, 2012

Companies ‘fire their best workers during recessions’

High-skilled – but high wage-earners – are among those most likely to be let go, finds Columbia University research.

# data - Monday 24 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Censure

IMF says Argentina faces ‘red card’ over bad data

Christine Lagarde said Argentina has until December to produce data on growth and inflation – or else face censure.

# data - Monday 30 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Data Protection Commissioner

Data Protection Commissioner to make Facebook privacy decision by October

The watchdog is monitoring whether the social media giant is following recommendations made in a recent audit.

# data - Thursday 12 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Unencrypted

Hackers post pilfered Yahoo! passwords

Nearly half a million passwords and email addresses from a Yahoo! server were posted online.

# data - Friday 6 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie US Economy

Latest US jobs figures show unemployment sticking at 8.2 per cent

New data signals that the US economy is still struggling three years after the end of the recession.

# data - Thursday 5 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Vodafone

UPDATE: Vodafone confirms problems with voice and data services

The company says the issue has now been resolved.

# data - Sunday 1 July, 2012

Free WiFi for Grafton Street ahead of wider roll-out

WiFi will be available in 20-minute slots free of charge on Dublin city centre street. Bitbuzz says it’s expanding service to Galway and Cork this year.

# data - Sunday 10 June, 2012

LinkedIn says all accounts secure again after password hack

An FBI investigation is now under way after almost 6.5million passwords were breached last week.

# data - Friday 1 June, 2012

Oil

Oil price dips on poor US jobs and China economy reports

Purchasing manager survey data from India, China, the US and the eurozone also impacted on oil today.

# data - Thursday 31 May, 2012

EU moves to impose €315k-a-day fines on Germany

Germany has had “a considerable amount of time” to bring data retention directive into law but still hasn’t done so, says European Commission.

# data - Monday 28 November, 2011

Retail sales remain at lowest point since recession hit

Continued lag in domestic demand left retail sales barely changed from September to October, remaining well down on last year.

# data - Sunday 9 October, 2011

From The Daily Edge Vital Statistics This post contains images

When is Ireland’s favourite time to get married, born and… em, die?

A quick look at Ireland’s vital stats from the last decade…

# data - Monday 22 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Whistleblowers

Former Wikileaks spokesman claims he deleted thousands of files

Daniel Domscheit-Berg says he destroyed about 3,500 unpublished documents that had been forwarded to the whistleblowing website in order to protect sources.

# data - Monday 8 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things to know this morning…

# data - Wednesday 20 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Crime Mapping

Ireland’s first crime mapping interface launched

The tool aims to give users the option of viewing data of recorded crime incidents and offences in an interactive manner.

# data - Monday 11 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Data Fail

Scam texts pretend to be from… the Data Protection Commissioner

Office of DPC warns that phone messages purporting to be from them and asking for name, address and PPSN number are false.