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Return of Inishowen League website
14.10.10
by Caoimhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent
THE Inishowen League website is back up and running
after disappearing last month but its long-term
future remains in doubt.
League PRO Terence Hegarty said he was happy to have
the site back online but he didn't know how long it
would remain. The popular portal disappeared last
month with the loss of a huge amount of content
built up over the last three years.
“We are still not sure about the future of the site
or how long it will stay up; hopefully it has been
secured for the next year but it is hard to say
because no one has been able to get in contact with
the company which put the website online in the
first place,” he said.
“When the site went down I contacted register365.com
because our domain name is registered to them but
they told me that they were unable to send me the
Inishowen League content because it was owned by
another company, A-Z.” |
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The website –
www.inishowenfl.com – was set up following a
high profile launch in November 2007 that included
representatives from the Football Association of
Ireland (FAI).
It contained comprehensive information on the
League’s 18 clubs including match reports,
photographs, club histories and archives.
It is understood that A-Z is no longer trading. The
company paid for the Inishowenfl.com name for an
initial period of three years but failed to extend
the contract after it lapsed last September.
After keeping the site up-to-date for the past three
years, Hegarty was dismayed to discover that it was
not owned by the Inishowen League.
The site went live again last week after an FAI
request to domain name provider, register365.com but
the content remains under the control of A-Z.
Terence Hegarty said the league now wants to take
full ownership of the site to ensure it is not lost
again.
PRO Hegarty said the website was an important link
between all the clubs and a great source of
information on fixtures and match reports. It was
also a reference point for club and FAI rules.
Terence said the website had become particularly
important for former players who had been forced to
emigrate in recent times.
“I was inundated with phone-calls and emails from
people wondering why the website had disappeared
last month. We will continue to chase this issue up
until the site is fully owned by the Inishowen
League,” he added. |
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