Irish Government Launches Passport Card For EU & EEA Travel
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has finally launched the new “passport card”. When originally announced back in January it was meant to be available from mid-July, but only became available within the last week. There are two ways to apply for the new card: via the DFA’s site via the mobile app, which is […]
Startup Grind Comes to Limerick
Startup Grind is a global independent startup community, spread across over 175 cities in 70 countries. Already in Dublin, this week sees the launch of Startup Grind Limerick, spearheaded by Pat Carroll, Enterprise and Community Manager for Startups with Bank of Ireland in Limerick. [youtube]https://youtu.be/t9IdXvVksgo[/youtube] The cornerstone of Startup Grind, says Pat, is monthly events which revolve […]
Show Dublin Youth Theatre Some Crowdfunding Love!
Dublin Youth Theatre is running a Fundit campaign to support its 38th annual ‘Big Show’. Founded in 1977, DYT is a voluntary organisation which “delivers quality creative experiences that promote artistic, personal and social development for young people aged 14 to 22 in Dublin”. It provides regular workshops for beginners and current members, theatre visits, residential weekends, festivals, […]
Missing the Ploughing? Check out The Machinery Channel!
The Ploughing Championship is over for another year, but if you are missing your fix of big toys, check out The Machinery Channel on YouTube. [youtube]https://youtu.be/X7sdXBvnO5s[/youtube] It’s a really simple idea and it does exactly what it says on the tin! Footage of agricultural and construction machinery (including Bog Machines), offered without comment, for your […]
Snowden Gets Swamped With Twitter Notifications
Most of the social networks and online services send notifications. While some only send you “push notifications” via their mobile app, a lot of them also send you emails notifications for a wide range of things. And over time Twitter seems to have cranked up the volume of notices it sends out.. If you forget […]
Galway is Startup City: Podcast with Tracy Keogh [Audio]
Tracy Keogh is our guest on today’s podcast. She’s been involved in startup events for many years and recently joined Bank of Ireland as Startup Community Manager for Galway. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 07:18; 4MB; MP3. There’s more going on in Galway than we generally hear about, she […]
Cool Animation Tells the Story of the Space Station [Video]
Just published by TED-Ed, this animated video tells the story of the International Space Station. [youtube]https://youtu.be/bJ3oTTm_Pdo[/youtube] TED-Ed: The International Space Station is roughly the size of a six-bedroom house and weighs more than 320 cars — it’s so large that no single rocket could have lifted it into orbit. Instead, it was assembled piece […]
The Trailer for the New X-Files Mini-Series is Here!
Fox TV has just released the Trailer for the new X-Files mini-series which is due to air in January. [youtube]https://youtu.be/_1SmJUBT5q0[/youtube] The trailer shows Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny, apparently getting back in the saddle, as he is recruited and gets a shave and a suit. “I can’t do it alone”, he says, before calling his old partner […]
Snowden Joins Twitter – Internet Explodes!
Edward Snowden joined Twitter today Can you hear me now? — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015 and was immediately granted a verified account. The guys over at Radix must be delighted, as his profile link points to a .press domain – freedom.press And he’s already poking fun at the NSA: Meanwhile, a thousand people […]
Apple Music Will Take €10 From You Unless You Cancel the Auto-Renew Today
If you signed up for Apple Music when it launched on July 1st, you got a three-month free trial, which was set to auto-renew on October 1st: that’s the day after tomorrow! Some people probably went straight in to their Apple Music settings and disabled the auto-renew, allowing the trial to expire when it’s done. Others will have […]