Monthly Archives: March 2012

AIB says 40 per cent of its customers will still qualify for free banking.

Which means  60% will no longer qualify for free banking.

Which (we assume) means most of its current account holders have less than €2,500 in credit to their names on any given month.

Is this a cause for concern?

And where should Ewok go or free banking now?

Meanwhile:

 

 AIB Changes ‘Free Banking’ Rules (Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times)

“Under this Government, Britain has moved into the top ten of the most competitive places in the world to do business.But we have to do more. Here’s how. Exports and investment First, exports. Over the last decade, our share of world exports shrank as Germany’s grew.

We sold more to Ireland than to Brazil, Russia, India and China – put together. That was the road to Britain’s economic irrelevance. We want to double our nation’s exports to one trillion pounds this decade.”

Oh.

UK Budget – Live (Telegraph

Rome Reborn is an international initiative to create a 3D digital model of the ancient city as it might have appeared in A.D. 320.

Rome Reborn: A Tour Of Ancient Rome As It Would Have Appeared in A.D 320 (Presurfer)

Update: It was IRISH-made!

Breffni O’Malley writes:

Did you know the Rome video you posted [above]was created by an Irish company?  We’re Noho and we specialise in video, motion graphics and 3D, particularly historical and cultural content. We worked with Bernie Frischer and the folks at Rome Reborn for several months to update and add animations to their original model of Rome; it was a lot of work, but we’re delighted with the results! The footage is now part of an exhibition touring around Europe. We’ve got an interactive DVD and iPad app in the works for later this year too.

Noho.ie