Russell Brand Mocks TV Journalism, Backs Irish Water Protests [Video]
We featured Russell Brand’s cover of Parklife earlier this week – a collaboration with Irish band, the Rubberbandits. Afterwards he tweeted that he planned to address the Irish Water controversy. Now he has: [youtube]http://youtu.be/nV7KojDB87o[/youtube] It’s a bit of a rant, and as you might expect, he’s a little behind the curve on Irish politics. There’s also the […]
Web Summit Delays Launch of 2015 Tickets Due to Load-Testing Glitch
Web Summit tickets for 2015 were due to go on sale today at 5pm with a special 2-for-1 offer for those who had registered their interest in advance. But when over 24,000 people did just that, it raised a red flag for the Web Summit organisers and the ticketing system they use, Tito. This evening, […]
Netflix First Original UK Drama is All About the Queen
The Crown, the decades-spanning inside story of Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain’s post-war destiny, will premiere exclusively across all Netflix territories in 2016. The Crown is inspired by the award-winning West End Play The Audience, and reunited writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) […]
Stephanie’s Viral Goal Nominated for FIFA Puskás Award [Video]
Remember this gorgeous goal by Irishwoman Stephanie Roche that went viral last year? Now it’s been shortlisted, together with goals by Robin van Persie, Diego Costa and others, for FIFA’s Puskás Award for the best goal of 2014! [youtube]http://youtu.be/c0L0WIK2Ync[/youtube] It’s a wonderful goal, and a wonderful reminder of the everyday heroics that sport can produce, in small competitions as well […]
Microsoft, Arts Council and Others Drive Irish Participation in ‘Hour of Code’
The global Hour of Code event, run by Code.org is scheduled to take place on December 8th. As a platinum supporter of the global initiative Microsoft is taking a leading role in Ireland to help drive awareness of the campaign and to create as many opportunities as possible for people – young and old – to get […]
YouTube Announces New Ad-Free Subscription Music Service, and Taylor Swift is There
Like watching music videos on YouTube, but wish you could get rid of the ads? YouTube has announced that its new subscription music service YouTube Music Key is now open for a private invitation-only beta. From a post on the YouTube blog: Today we’re introducing YouTube Music Key beta, a monthly subscription service starting with the promotional price of $7.99/month […]
Philae Robot Lands on Comet, Bounces Twice before Settling
The Philae landing craft successfully landed on Comet 67P yesterday as part of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. Scientists at Mission Control in Darmstadt, Germany celebrated as they received the signal from Rosetta confirming the landing. At a press briefing later, the news was confirmed, although it was also revealed that the harpoon mechanism designed […]
Alibaba Sets $9.3bn Sales Record on Singles’ Day
Chinese ecommerce retailer Alibaba sold a record $9.3bn worth of goods in a single day yesterday. That single day, was Singles’ Day! Never heard of Singles’ Day? You’re obviously not doing business in China (or if you are you won’t be for much longer!) Singles’ Day is China’s answer to Valentine’s Day, celebrated every year on 11/11 […]
Winners of Schools’ Science Video Competition Announced
The winners of the €3000 schools science video competition, ReelLIFE SCIENCE, are today announced as part of Science Week 2014. The primary school category winners are Sooey National School, Co. Sligo, with Julien Torrades from Summerhill College, Sligo taking first place at secondary school level. Primary and secondary schools from all over Ireland were challenged […]
Today We Land on a Comet
We’ve talked about Rosetta before. The European Space Agency’s mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took 10 years to catch up with the comet, which is about the size of a city, and which we now know is shaped like a rubber duck! It’s also a rough uneven surface, with gravity 100,000 times less than Earth’s. Landing on it […]