An Post has announced a new stamp issue which will celebrate women in sport. The issue of six stamps celebrate six Irish women: Rachael Blackmore, who became the first female top jockey at Cheltenham and the first female Aintree Grand National winner.Kellie Harrington and Katie Taylor, both of whom are Olympic boxing gold medallists, and Katie […]
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Hurling Championship Infographic 2015
The Irish summer beckons and for many people that means hurling! Tim Kinghan has done his research and put together a really useful infographic on Irish hurling counties and their stats, together with all the fixtures for the 2015 season. Nice work! Technology.ie is brought to you by Ninjas at Blacknight!
New Freemium ‘RTE International Player’ is a Response to Diaspora’s Demands
The new RTÉ Player International was launched yesterday by Ryan Tubridy, along with some other well known RTÉ faces. Based on a ‘freemium’ model, the app, which is available on iOS devices only, offers about 100 hours of free RTÉ programming, with up to 500 hours available for a subscription of €8.99 per month. The […]
Stephanie’s Gorgeous Goal is in the Top Three
You remember Stephanie Roche’s spectacular goal in the Women’s National League, that got her nominated for the FIFA Puskás Goal of the year award? Of course you do! If you voted for Stephanie against the nine other nominees, you’ll now want to do so again, because she’s through to the final round of three, against James Rodriguez […]
1.3 Million Irish Adults Consider Buying Fitness Tracking Tech in the Next Year
A new research report – the Philip Lee Sport Report – reveals that 1.3 million Irish adults are considering purchasing a wearable device or app to monitor their fitness over the next twelve months. The research, which was conducted by Amarach, explored Irish public opinion on a range of sports related topics. One of the key […]
Americans Watch Hurling For The First Time [Video]
“They have short shorts. I kinda like ’em” Cute babies, funny cats and exposure to new cultures – these are the rich sources of entertaining web content these days. We think it’s all great! The culture clash is an obvious angle for Irish viral video company Creative Nation, producers of ‘Irish People Taste American Snacks‘. Now see ‘Americans Watch Hurling For […]
This Guy went Hurling Training with a GoPro on his Helmet [Video]
Ever wondered what it feels like to play hurling? Here’s a first-person view, thanks to Daniel Farrell of Erin’s Isle GAA Club in Dublin, who put a GoPro camera on his helmet when he went training. Clearly his hurling skills are matched by his skill at editing video! [youtube]http://youtu.be/ugNNxT0_zes[/youtube] Could we see this become a feature of […]
RTÉ’s GAAGO Selects Stripe as Payments Partner
GAAGO, RTÉ and the GAA’s online streaming service for Gaelic Games outside of Ireland, announced today at Web Summit that payments disruptor Stripe has been selected as the long-term payments partner of GAAGO. Since the service was launched in May this year, Gaelic Games fans in over 150 countries have been enjoying the new reality of […]
Irish Sports App makes International Awards Shortlist
An Irish-designed mobile app that enables sports coaches, scouts and analysts to assess the performance of individual players and teams has been shortlisted alongside Sky Sports, Wilson, Adidas in the inaugural Sports Technology Awards. Sport Tagger has been shortlisted in the categories of Best Technology and Best Sports App in the international awards scheme, the […]
Some Twitter Reactions To Katie Taylor’s Win
The reactions and memes on Twitter (and elsewhere) to Katie Taylor’s win this afternoon are.. well see for yourself: Film star Samuel L Jackson: All of IRELAND Raise A Pint for Katie Taylor’s Gold Medal Russian beatdown!! — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) August 9, 2012 Pop duo Jedward: Katie Taylor has the coolest Bling Now […]