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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1096.1 | Still Telecom Eireann | MACNAS::JMAGUIRE | | Thu Jul 09 1992 11:50 | 5 |
| >>>Have they changed the name ???
No! But they've changed chairmen quite a bit in the last few months!!
Jimmy
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| 1096.2 | not the same ! | CTHQ3::COADY | | Thu Jul 09 1992 12:38 | 10 |
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Hmmm not sure. I too have heard of Telecomm Ireland and I think its a
spin off of Telecomm Eireann, working on International Business. I
read an article a few months ago where they had offices in USA and
Japan.
I may be wrong ...... but I know I say it somewhere.
gc
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| 1096.3 | | BONKIN::BOYLE | | Thu Jul 09 1992 20:12 | 8 |
| Is Eireann <> Ireland ?
Maybe they're just using the English (language) equivalent of their
name. Nothing terribly wrong with that in a country that speaks
English.
Tony.
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| 1096.4 | Eireann is Ireland. | MACNAS::JDOOLEY | Do not take anything for granted | Fri Jul 10 1992 05:45 | 6 |
| Irish uses declensions, like Latin , so that "�ireann" is the genetive
case of the word "�ire". The genetive case is used to denote posession,
so you have "Poblacht na h�ireann", "Republic of Ireland" etc.
�ire is some class of Celtic goddess, an earth-mother figure used to
denote the land, hence its use to denote the land of the Celts.
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| 1096.5 | Confusion Reigns | BONNET::HARVEY | millenia of genes - for this ? | Mon Jul 13 1992 10:07 | 10 |
| I also worked for Telecom Eireann for a while. I think that the use of
Telecom Ireland may be to avoid the confusion caused by "Eire" being
unknown to a large part of the world.
I remember we sent a request for information to a US company and
recieved a nice letter back regretting that they do not do business
with hostile countries. It was addressed to Telecom Iran in Dublin 2.
Regards
JH
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| 1096.6 | | BERN02::BYRNE | | Mon Jul 13 1992 12:06 | 6 |
| YEA, but if they don't use the name Eireann then noone will ever know
what it means!!
So much for their public relations office!
Therese
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| 1096.7 | International business | CODS::POCONNELL | Godot's been and gone! | Tue Jul 21 1992 07:05 | 8 |
| Some time ago it was decided that when Telecom Eireann engaged
in international activities that they should call themselves
Telecom Ireland. It is not a new or a subsidiary company.
In addition to getting mail addressed to Telecom Iran, Dublin,
there have also been cases of Telecom Eireann, Tehran.
Pat
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| 1096.8 | Int'l vs local | BONNET::HARVEY | millenia of genes - for this ? | Tue Jul 21 1992 10:52 | 8 |
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Pat O'Connell ! How are you this weather ?
Are you telling me that if you call me, you use Telecom Ireland's
network, but if you call Gerry you use Telecom Eireann's ? And they
said it was a monopoly !
John.
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