About 5 minutes after the taxi dropped me off, I was still searching my accommodation for my bag when the sickening realisation dawned. I’d left my bag, laptop, camera and microphones in the boot of the car. Almost as suddenly, I realised that I had the drivers details, as I had used Hailo to call […]
Archive | January, 2016
Chaotic Rosslare Traffic Video Goes Viral on Facebook
This video is hilarious – or rather it would be if it wasn’t also rather scary. Bizarre directions at a junction at Rosslare Harbour result in consistent chaos: almost every car that comes into view has to swerve dangerously or reverse – and that’s not counting the ones who opt to drive the wrong way, or the […]
Donald Trump As A Cockney
Sure we don’t get to vote in the US presidential elections, but we do get to watch the entire drama unfold. Some people have been having a bit of fun playing with Donald Trump videos So how about Donald Trump as a rather tough Cockney? If you prefer a more sophisticated Trump there’s also this […]
Feargal Quinn Introduces Drone Regulation Bill in Seanad
Independent Senator Feargal Quinn introduced a private members bill in Seanad Éireann last night “to regulate the use of drones having due regard for public safety, the privacy rights of individuals including rights of privacy attaching to the ownership of private property“. The Irish Times reports that the bill would make it “an offence to fly a […]
Just Eat Today’s Phishing Target
Todays’ target for a phishing attack is Just Eat Irish users will be enticed to follow the links in emails purportedly from the site which is offering a €50 bounty for completing a survey: Of course for this to work for the phisher they need to get their pay day. As with other attacks we’ve […]
DRI to Challenge Independence of Ireland’s Data Protection Authority
Today is International Data Protection Day, and Digital Rights Ireland is marking it with the announcement that it has instructed its lawyers to serve legal papers on the Irish government, challenging whether the office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner is truly an independent data protection Authority under EU law. In a statement, DRI says that […]
Another Day, Another Phish. Electric Ireland Customers Today’s Victims
Electric Ireland customers are being targetted in a phishing attack The attack uses the ploy of a refund being granted to them to entice them to login to the fake website. Of course nobody’s really interested in your electricity bill. What they’re really after is your credit card details, so once you’ve been duped into […]
€5m allocated to Health Innovation Hub Ireland
A pioneering partnership between private sector companies and the health service to develop groundbreaking Irish healthcare products and research and use them to benefit of Irish patients has been set up by the Government. Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton and Minister for Health Leo Varadkar have announced €5 million in funding over five years for the Health Innovation Hub. The […]
Equifax Announces Opening of Dublin IT R&D Centre
Equifax, a global leader in consumer, commercial and workforce information solutions, has announced the opening of a new information technology talent centre in Dublin to help address the company’s growing global information technology needs. The opening of the new facility comes as a result of support from IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for industrial development and […]
The 1916 Rising In Lego
2016 marks the centenary of the 1916 Rising so there’s been and will be a lot of activity throughout the year. The 3rd class in Sunday’s Well Boys School in Cork created this stop frame lego movie that covers the events of the rising, including the execution of the leaders. Enjoy!