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Irish companies queried on software supplies to US military
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Wednesday April 02, 2003 15:57 by kokomero
In the papers 31 March By Sylvia Leatham Iona, SkillSoft (NASDAQ: SKIL - news) , ParthusCeva (NASDAQ: PCVA - news) face government questions on software supplied to US military The Irish Independent reports that SkillSoft, Iona Technologies (Dublin: IONA.I - news) and ParthusCeva have each received letters from the government seeking clarification as to which export licences they are using to supply software to the US military. Companies are required by law to have military or "dual use" licences from the government for the supply of military products. A spokeswoman for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed that correspondence between it and the three companies is "ongoing".
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3I remember hearing that the NMRC (National Microelectronics Reseach Centre) at University College Cork were supplying bits and pieces (I'm guessing siomething to do with lasers). Anyone know anything about it?
and apparently UCD is listed by the pentagon as a defence contactor and a related company in kildare makes armoured cars for third world military dictatorships..and dont forget Hewlett packard in Galway making chips for the war machine.. isnt it nice to know we live in nice safe Neutral independent Ireland ....?
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