the other Robin
Unregistered User
(8/29/03 9:46 am)

2 ?'s...computers and handicap signs

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First the computer question...my husband is taking his laptop (he might have withdrawal if he can't check his email LOL ) so we are wondering about the phone jacks etc. Are they the same? I have already downloaded information about all the cyber cafes I could find.

Second question comes from my mom-in-love...my husbands dad has a hard time walking great distances and she was wondering about whether of not they have handicapped parking and do they recognize the handicap stickers from here. (the ones you hang on your mirror) If they do not....can we get one from there at the airport or something? Any ideas appreciated. 9 days left and counting!

Michele Erdvig
ezOP
Posts: 1803
(8/29/03 6:33 pm)

Re: 2 ?'s...computers and handicap signs

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Hi Robin,

Every phone jack that I have seen is the same as in the US. In fact I have an Irish phone in my office and it works great. Your husband should be okay with his laptop. Another alternative is to leave the laptop home and use the computers at the cyber cafes to check email.

There is handicapped parking in Ireland and your father-in-law's handicapped parking disk that has the internationaly recognized wheelchair symbol on it will be honored. Below is the official info:

Quote:

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Ireland

On roads and in car parks, parking places reserved for disabled people are marked with a wheelchair symbol.

Parking on roads

Do not park on roads where waiting is prohibited.
Fees and time limit concessions for vehicles displaying a disabled person's parking card vary. Check locally.
Do not drive or park in pedestrian zones.
Parking in car parks

In some car parks, payment concessions are given to vehicles displaying the disabled person's parking card. Drivers should check with the car park notices or ask an attendant for details.

Issuing Parking Permits

The Road Traffic Regulations, 1997, governs the issue of disabled persons' parking permits in Ireland. The permits are issued by Local Authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association. Permits are granted to all eligible disabled persons, irrespective of whether they are drivers or not, and they have National application. Any person who is suffering from a disability that prevents that person from walking or causes undue hardship in walking is eligible for a permit.

The permit complies fully with EU recommendation (98/376/EC) which allows for its recognition in other EU member States. The Irish legislation in this regard extends to all disabled persons' parking permits issued by any State provided the permit contains the recognized pictorial symbol of a person sitting in a wheelchair.

Contact person in relation to the reciprocal recognition of disabled persons' parking permits

Mr Declan HAYES
Road Traffic and Safety Section
Department of the Environment and Local Government
Findlater House, O'Connell Street
Dublin 1
Tel. +353-888-2332
Email: declan_hayes@environ.irlgov.ie

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You are getting close!

Michele

DarrenA
Registered User
Posts: 45
(8/30/03 9:03 am)

But...

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Bear in mind that if you're going to be in Northern Ireland, our phone jacks are different.

Allison
Unregistered User
(9/1/03 2:14 pm)
 
Email

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Before our last trip, we set up a yahoo mail account for checking/sending our email. Within the program you can set up an account to check another mail account as long as you know the numbers of the site (I am only a little technically inclined and had my office set this up so I could check my office mail - which I NEVER did!)

This is how I stayed in touch with the kid we left at home. It was pretty common to find internet cafes, especially in the bigger towns/cities, where there were usually at least a couple.

Allison

Michele Erdvig
ezOP
Posts: 1808
(9/2/03 10:08 pm)

Re: Email

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Thanks Darren and Allison for your added input!

Michele

Jen
Unregistered User
(9/4/03 8:07 pm)

Re: 2 ?'s...computers and handicap signs

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Hi Robin,

Any chance you could post where you found CyberCafe info? My husband and I will be going in mid-October and if I don't find a way for him to keep up with Fantasy Football, he won't go.

Thanks! Jen.

Michele Erdvig
ezOP
Posts: 1822
(9/4/03 9:25 pm)

Cyber Cafes

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Hi Jen,

Go to this web site: www.goldenpages.ie and fill in the blank with "Internet Cafes". You can search by location or just get a whole list. Most towns will have one or more. Ask in any tourist office, post office or pub. You can also access the Internet at many libraries. For more info:

www.cisl.ie/links.html
www.anyworkanywhere.com/cybercafes.html
www.ebookireland.com/cybercafes.htm
www.globalirish.com/compu...ybercafes/

Michele

Jen
Unregistered User
(9/5/03 7:44 am)

Cyber Cafes

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THANKS Michele!!! Great info for the Internet junkies of the world.

garyvol
Unregistered User
(9/5/03 8:08 am)
 
football

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Skipping Ireland because of Fantasy Football. Wow,

let's get him connected.

-gary