Brian Monaghan is Head of Online at CurrencyFair, having joined the company from Paddy Power last year. He was one of the speakers at the last Growth Hackers event in Dublin, and afterwards he spoke to Technology.ie. CurrencyFair is an online currency exchange marketplace and money transfer company, currently transferring €100m a month. Typical savings, they […]
A new plan aimed at creating an extra 93,000 jobs from start-up companies in the next five years was today launched by Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD together with Minister of State for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD and Minister of State for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD. Central Bank research […]
Male kangaroos often ‘box’, fighting for dominance and mating privileges. But these two have taken their disagreement into the street in this Australian video which is racking up thousands of views online. Interesting fact: kangaroos eat virtually the same diet as cows, yet they produce virtually no methane. Agriculture accounts for about 18% of the global […]
A University of Limerick engineering graduate has won €20,000 after being named Limerick’s Best Young Entrepreneur at a function hosted in the Castletroy Park Hotel. Founded by Dr. Paddy Finn, Electricity Exchange provides systems and expertise for Demand Side Units, used by large electricity users to manage their own generation of some of their own power. […]
Microsoft Ireland today announced that it is seeking to recruit 100 top graduates for a broad range of graduate and internship positions within Microsoft’s operations in Ireland. Roles will include programme manager positions, sales opportunities, HR, legal functions as well as finance and marketing positions. On the technical side there will be opportunities for candidates […]
Paul Buckley, Head of Social Media at Aer Lingus was at the Disruptors conference recently in Dublin. Like all brands, Paul says, they’ve found it can be a challenge to reach their audience through Facebook’s Edgerank filtering. “What we’ve been finding is that it’s the authentic content that is making a difference for us” That authenticity has to permeate […]
The finalists in the 2014 RealexFire Irish Web Awards have been announced. You can see the full list here. Congratulations to all the finalists! We (Blacknight) are sponsoring two of the categories, as previously announced. Related articles Irish Web Awards vs Da Vinci
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York have built a cloaking device using simple lenses; one that works from a range of viewpoints to bend light around an object and make it appear invisible. Simple cloaking with lenses or mirrors is pretty straightforward, but it generally depends on the viewer remaining in a particular […]
Johnny Beirne knows about organising business and networking events: he’s been involved in runnning two of them. He knows it can be a challenge to find good speakers, but he also knows that speaking at such events is an opportunity for experts and thought leaders to promote themselves and their businesses, and that many will do so for little […]
UCD’s Innovation Academy is holding a one-day Design Thinking Masterclass on 2o October in St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. The ‘Early Bird’ price comes to an end today, and prices will rise tonight according to the Academy’s Executive Director, Johnny Ryan, who says “spots are booking up quickly”. The Innovation Academy is a unit of UCD, and […]
