The Church Of Ireland
News Briefing

General Synod ends

18th May 2000

The General Synod of the Church of Ireland for the year 2000 ended yesterday (Thursday 17th May).

During the three days of the Synod, the Synod web site (http://synod.ireland.anglican.org) received 1990 visitors, recording 5392 page views and 66,925 hits on the server.

Live broadcasts were made of the Synod proceedings during the time of its deliberations. These were available on the Internet using a RealAudio feed provided through the good offices of Multimedia Solutions Ltd., Dublin (http://www.multimedia.ie) using RealAudio servers provided by Servecast, Dublin (http://www.servecast.com).

The Synod web site will be left open for reference purposes. It contains copies of the reports presented at Synod, a selection of the speeches made, press releases, news items and a gallery of photographs of Synod attendees and support staff.

RealAudio recordings of the Presidential address and the proposer's address for the Standing Committee Report can also be found on the website at http://synod.ireland.anglican.org/live/live.htm.