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1st - Euro currency comes into circulation in Ireland. | 1st - Euro currency comes into circulation in Ireland. | ||
==February== | |||
9th - Irish currency no longer legal tender. | 9th - Irish currency no longer legal tender. | ||
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28th - CSD grants Redbrick permission to keep existing accounts which had been used by people who, ordinarily, would not be entitled to redbrick accounts. | 28th - CSD grants Redbrick permission to keep existing accounts which had been used by people who, ordinarily, would not be entitled to redbrick accounts. | ||
==March== | |||
13th/14th - Students Union elections. | 13th/14th - Students Union elections. | ||
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29th - Redbrick is taken offline over Easter weekend for admin work. | 29th - Redbrick is taken offline over Easter weekend for admin work. | ||
==April== | |||
DCU plans to let go part-time lecturers in the School of Communications because of the budget cuts. However these lecturers taught 90% of the Multimedia course, thus DCU has massively restructured the course ("butchered" was a word used). | DCU plans to let go part-time lecturers in the School of Communications because of the budget cuts. However these lecturers taught 90% of the Multimedia course, thus DCU has massively restructured the course ("butchered" was a word used). | ||
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The post AGM bash was held in Pravda. | The post AGM bash was held in Pravda. | ||
==May== | |||
2nd - Colmmacc coins the phrase "Onionisms" to describe emperor's use of phrases which read like headlines from theonion.com | 2nd - Colmmacc coins the phrase "Onionisms" to describe emperor's use of phrases which read like headlines from theonion.com | ||
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31st - World Cup in Japan and South Korea begins. Brazil won. | 31st - World Cup in Japan and South Korea begins. Brazil won. | ||
==June== | |||
6th - Ireland.com becomes a subscription service immediately reducing the number of posts to .news | 6th - Ireland.com becomes a subscription service immediately reducing the number of posts to .news | ||
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16th - An official web interface for reading some of the boards is put up on the website. However some members object to their posts being readable by anyone on the web. | 16th - An official web interface for reading some of the boards is put up on the website. However some members object to their posts being readable by anyone on the web. | ||
==July== | |||
5th - colmmacc writes the Tardis which is designed to make long urls which are sometimes posted to the boards more presentable. | 5th - colmmacc writes the Tardis which is designed to make long urls which are sometimes posted to the boards more presentable. | ||
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30th - USI organises a capitation march in the city centre in protest at the 69% rise in capitation fees. | 30th - USI organises a capitation march in the city centre in protest at the 69% rise in capitation fees. | ||
==August== | |||
1st - Due to communication problems and a 3 month old "at" job, ents.dcu.ie is deleted. | 1st - Due to communication problems and a 3 month old "at" job, ents.dcu.ie is deleted. | ||
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31st - Google automatically redirects users to google.ie now. | 31st - Google automatically redirects users to google.ie now. | ||
==September== | |||
3rd - Cns sets up Redbrick fortune. The first quotes in it are from Pixies' Laws. | 3rd - Cns sets up Redbrick fortune. The first quotes in it are from Pixies' Laws. | ||
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26th - lists.bugtraq made read-only so ppl can't post to it and end up spamming the list. | 26th - lists.bugtraq made read-only so ppl can't post to it and end up spamming the list. | ||
==October== | |||
1st - Redbrick EGM in CG12 to elect a new treasurer. Dimples was elected treasurer. | 1st - Redbrick EGM in CG12 to elect a new treasurer. Dimples was elected treasurer. | ||
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22nd - First Redbrick tutorial of the year in LG25 about the basics of using Redbrick. | 22nd - First Redbrick tutorial of the year in LG25 about the basics of using Redbrick. | ||
==November== | |||
6th - intersocs.news, intersocs.suggestions, and intersocs.help created by Colmmacc. | 6th - intersocs.news, intersocs.suggestions, and intersocs.help created by Colmmacc. | ||
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27th - Intersocs event between Trinity and Redbrick in Da2. The Chalets, Capratone and Skylight play. | 27th - Intersocs event between Trinity and Redbrick in Da2. The Chalets, Capratone and Skylight play. | ||
==December== | |||
2nd - Consumer boycott about price rises since the introduction of the Euro. | 2nd - Consumer boycott about price rises since the introduction of the Euro. | ||