Minor glitches but no major problems reported worldwide as the millennium bug seems to have been squashed.
There was some apprehension when for the first time in the new millennium millions of workers logged onto their computers, but the feared technology meltdown did not happen.
Companies were well prepared, says Pat Delaney from the Small Firms Association who describes today as,
A great success story for Irish business.
Technology journalist Barry Fox questions the hype surrounding the Y2K bug and the advice that companies received. He wonders if heads of business were advised by,
People who had a vested interest to generate work for themselves.
Technology consultant Peter de Jager believes the issue has not gone away, it is still early days,
The bulk of the activity has not yet taken place.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 4 January 2000. The reporter is Sharon Ní Bheoláin.
