MODERN technology such as internet mapping, Google maps and iPhones should be part and parcel of the proposed postcode system, an Oireachtas Committee believes.

IRELAND’S new broadcasting authority must move quickly to ban all adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt, up to 9pm to protect children’s health, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The future of broadband in Ireland has been plunged into doubt because struggling Eircom cannot commit to rolling out the technology, it was warned today.