The Science and Home Economics Departments joined forces in Ennis Community College and Gaelcholáiste an Chláir last week, as the Clare schools, which share a campus, hosted an Open Night for prospective students and their families. Ms Lordon, who teaches both Science and Home Economics, organised the Transition Year Home Economics students to create something […]
See what happens when you throw out pre-conceived ideas? Who says an electric toaster should pop? And why use guesswork to wonder if your toast is just brown enough? When you smell the burning, it’s already too late. Designer James Stumpf’s Bamboo and Glass Toaster is still just a concept, designed with sustainability and originality in mind. Gone […]
Thanks to a busy run of events recently, it’s been a while since Michele and I got together for a podcast so we had a lot to talk about in today’s episode. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 33:34; 12MB; MP3. In fact it’s Michele’s second podcast this […]
Irish musician Dáithí has been getting a lot of attention for his latest track, Mary Keane’s Introduction, which samples an interview with his 90-year old grandmother, reminiscing about falling in love in her youth. Currently at Number 3 on the Spotify Viral 50 in Ireland, it’s sure to get more attention from today, with the release of this video […]
There have been plenty of different trailers and loads of media coverage for the upcoming release of Star Wars The Force Awakens. However, up until now, the trailers have been devoid of dialogue. Earlier today a trailer for the Chinese market was released which fills that gap, as well as adding some new footage: Star […]
Trustev, the fraud-busting Cork startup founded by Pat Phelan and Chris Kennedy has been acquired by one of its investors, TransUnion, a US based company specialising in credit reporting. The companies have partnered in providing joint solutions to prevent fraud, and this morning they reported that TransUnion had agreed to buy Trustev for $21m, plus […]
Mark Zuckerberg is rarely out of the news for very long. Yesterday Facebook’s head honcho made a public statement with respect to Muslims. One would assume that this is linked to Donald Trump’s recent comments: I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world. After the Paris […]
The Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills Damien English TD, together with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, today published Innovation 2020, Ireland’s 5-year strategy for research and development, science and technology. They’ve described it as a key element of the Government’s overall jobs strategy, aimed at building a new economy based on exports and enterprise, and delivering full […]
BuSK is a new app which launched on Friday. Created by The Busking Project with support from Tech for Good funder Nominet Trust, the app promises to transform the way we engage with buskers and other street artists. These days we don’t carry cash like we used to, which can be an issue for buskers. To tackle this, […]
Bullshit has been around for a long time – ask anyone who works at a large corporation – but these days, thanks to Facebook, it can sometimes seem like we’re swimming in it. Now not only do we get meaningless slogans and inspirational quotes at work, we log on to social media to find our friends sharing […]
