At a guess, Family Search will hold the Irish indexes back to the Who Do You Think You Are Live show in London at the end of February, as that is the main event of the year for British releases. However, that is just a
guess!
PRONI's eCATNI catalogue (currently about 60% complete) is due to go online in the next fortnight, and will be followed by Belfast and Ulster Street Directories. There are other projects in the wings at PRONI also, but I'll keep mum for those just now!
I think 2009 is going to be an excellent year for Irish genealogy. However, on the Ulster Historical Foundation and the Irish Family History Federation, it is worth pointing out that it is sadly now cheaper to buy Antrim and Down records from the UHF at £4 per entry, than for the same records at the IFHF, which charges 5 Euros per entry, tragically now exchanging at £4.80. This is a real pity, as the IFHF has made many excellent changes recently which were making it much better to use, including a seriously better search interface, and not so expensive costs, but it looks like the credit crunch is undoing a lot of their good work. Unfortunately the UHF site remains as unfriendly as ever with its next to useless search fields. I wish they would get into the spirit of things more and realise, like the rest of Ireland, that the market will respond favourably if they could bring their accesibility and costs into line with other British sites. I can't think of another site that charges me £30 just for the privilege of paying £2 per entry instead of £4. It's jurassic nonsense. Hopefully the IFHF can respond to the changing market conditions, and/or that the market conditions get back to normality as soon as possible.
But for the rest of Ireland - a big thumbs up and a big thank you!
Chris