The technology newswire for Ireland, publishing updated technology and e-business news in areas including e-commerce, advertising and marketing, investment, and wireless technologies. http://www.enn.ie/section/85.html sheila@enn.ie careilly@enn.ie Copyright 2005, ElectricNews.Net Ltd http://www.enn.ie/imgs/logo/logo01.gif http://www.enn.ie The first cabinet announced by Brian Cowen delivered few surprises from an ICT perspective as Eamon Ryan held on to his Communications, Energy and Natural Resources portfolio.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124337.html Tetra Ireland has finalised a deal to provide the State's new emergency services digital radio system. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124318.html European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124286.html Work on a new intranet for the Health Service Executive (HSE), which provides information and services for more than 100,000 employees, has been completed.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124268.html Manchester Police try social networking | EU makes connectivity progresshttp://www.enn.ie/article/10124267.html IT could free up police time | Sri Lanka funds rural ICT projects http://www.enn.ie/article/10123988.html Bord Gais and Cork City Council were the two big winners at the 2008 Irish eGovernment awards, which were held on Thursday night.http://www.enn.ie/article/10123947.html Every school in Northern Ireland will receive new laptops before June as part of a scheme that will see 20,000 laptops delivered in total.http://www.enn.ie/article/10123918.html TeachNet, the initiative aimed at helping teachers implement web resources into their everyday work, is to receive support from Citi for the next two years.http://www.enn.ie/article/10123909.html The Irish branch of the US Democratic Party expects the introduction of online voting to result in record turnout at its Presidential primary.http://www.enn.ie/article/10123834.html