Emily Sreenan Cassidy (7); Mary Moloney, CEO, CoderDojo Foundation; Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland; Ava Sreenan Cassidy (9); Helen Raftery, CEO, Junior Achievement Ireland; and Orlaith McBride, Director of the Arts Council announcing the global Hour of Code event, run by Code.org is scheduled to take place on December 8th and, 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 a taste of coding.