Tweeting as Gaeilge: Social networking and the Irish language

What place does Irish hold in the social media age? Is it being drowned out on Twitter or Facebook by…

13 years ago

What’s happening online for the 2011 St Patrick’s Festival

You would think that the Irish would have little reason to celebrate the son of a European tax collector but,…

13 years ago

Deregulation of Electric Ireland could mean lower energy bills for struggling Irish households

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) yesterday announced the decision to deregulate Electric Ireland, the re-branded energy supply business of…

13 years ago

How the Irish government will fund over €500,000 in smartphone app development in 2011

This year the Irish government will spend at least half a million Euro funding the development of Android and iOS…

13 years ago

International BBC iPlayer could cost less than €7 per month

Speaking at the Financial Times Digital Media Broadcasting Conference in London yesterday, the BBC’s Director General, Mark Thompson, revealed that…

13 years ago

Print media still influential within the technology industry

Ireland’s Digital Times published a great article yesterday about the ever-present influence that print media still holds over the technology…

13 years ago

How the 2011 Irish census works #infographic

With only a short time to go to the 2011 census night on April 10 the Central Statistics Office has…

13 years ago

World Book Night: Giving away one million free books in one night

Several of the UK and Ireland’s largest publishers will be giving away 1 million free books to members of the…

13 years ago

Image of the International Space Station as it orbits sky over Ireland

With clear skies forecast for this week across much of Ireland an excellent opportunity presents itself for amateur astronomers to…

13 years ago

Explore the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin with Google Street View

Last year Google made available 80,000 kilometres of panoramic imagery of Irish streets and roads to access freely in Google…

13 years ago

First submissions for crowdfunding organisation, Fund:it, opening soon

Fund:it, an Irish crowdfunding effort supported by The Department of Arts Sports and Tourism is calling for people in the…

13 years ago

Nintendo 3DS sells out within 24 hours of Japanese release

The Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming device has reportedly sold out within 24 hours of its release in Japan on February…

13 years ago

YouTube’s ‘Enda’s Earpiece’, an early satirical take on Taoiseach Enda Kenny

The election is over, the votes have been counted and the results are in – Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny will…

13 years ago

Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate security update hits Ireland

Microsoft is finishing rolling out its latest update to its Internet Explorer browser to millions of Windows Vista and 7…

13 years ago

The 2011 Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Awards launched

RTÉ and Filmbase are offering young Irish film makers the opportunity to win €20,000 in production funding and facilities to…

13 years ago

Blacks Ops First Strike DLC for PS3 coming this March 3

The first PS3 DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available to download this March 3.…

13 years ago

Fresh Irish imagery updates in Google Earth

Following on with their monthly imagery update cycles, the Google Earth and Google Maps Imagery team have released another high-resolution…

13 years ago

The last 24 hours of the 2011 Irish General Election campaign according to Twitter #ge11 [Infographic]

Last week we used the power of Google Search to predict the outcome of the 2011 Irish General Election. Now,…

13 years ago

UK Foreign Office creates Skype account, libyacharterflight, to aid citizens in Libya

The British Foreign Office has created a Skype account to handle enquiries from UK citizens looking to leave Libya.The account,…

13 years ago

Apple to debut iPad 2 on March 2

Apple is expected to debut the iPad’s successor, dubbed the iPad 2, next week, Wednesday March 2, at an event…

13 years ago