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Colm Lyon Receives The DotIE Net Visionary Award 2015 [Video]

The Net Visionary Awards were held on Friday night at the RDS Concert Hall, organised by The Irish Internet Association and sponsored once more by the IEDR, the DotIE registry. Each year awards are presented in 17 categories, with the highlight of the evening being the conferring of the title ‘Net Visionary’ on the person who has displayed extraordinary […]

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Social Media Awards 2015 is Launched

The date for the 2015 Social Media Awards, known as “The Sockies”, has been announced. The ceremony will be held in the RDS Concert Hall on June 3rd. Nomination, which is free, is open until April 7th and any company or organisation on the island of Ireland eligible to enter. Click here to check out this year’s categories. […]

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‘Perseverance Pays Dividends’ – Realex Founder Colm Lyon on His €115m Exit [Audio]

Perseverance, simplicity and excellence in customer service are the keys to success, says Colm Lyon, founder of Realex Payments, which was acquired today in a deal valued at €115 million. Colm is our guest on today’s Technology.ie podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 07:10; 4MB; MP3. The acquisition of Realex by Atlanta-based […]

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Realex Payments Management Team, from left: Paul Davey (CFO), Gary Conroy (COO), Andrew Yoakley (Head of Business Development), Morgan Hammersley (CIO), Colm Lyon (CEO & Founder), Ciarán Cassidy (Head of Product Management), Owen O'Byrne (Chief Product Architect)

Realex Payments is Acquired by Global Payments

Realex Payments, one of Europe’s largest and fastest growing payment gateways, has been acquired by Global Payments, a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services. Founder and CEO, Colm Lyon said: “We are thrilled to be joining the Global Payments team.  It’s great news for our customers, for our employees, and for Ireland. “For Realex […]

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Realex Payments Announce Stellar Growth (again)

Realex Payments have announced their Q4 results by way of a nice graphic, as they’ve done in the past. Their growth is continuing with over 40% growth in Q4 2013 compared to Q4 2012. Here’s the lowdown: Nicely done! Related articles What are Ireland’s hottest start-ups: is there a new Google out there? (independent.ie) Congrats […]

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Grumpy in Havana [Podcast #67]

Michele is back from his Cuban vacation and joins Conn for this week’s podcast.  It’s the most offline he’s been in years!  In fact, it’s the first time he’s ever set up an email auto-reply! Conn tests the Pirate Browser.  It works. Google filing says Gmail users have no expectation of privacy. Google Maps’ latest […]

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Irish Web Awards 2012 Winners

The 2012 Irish Web Awards, sponsored by Realex, was held on Thursday evening in Dublin’s Mansion House. The evening featured the awards themselves (obviously), but also included some fun antics, sex toys and “hoop offs”: [youtube]http://youtu.be/CPCWC0zuxfw[/youtube] Here’s the full list of winners: Best Online Publication: Totally Dublin Best Web Only Publication: TheJournal.ie Best Radio Website: […]

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Agree to Disagree [Podcast #39]

Michele and I don’t see eye to eye on this week’s podcast.  Facebook introduce real-money gambling: Michele says it’s just business.  I think it’s the end of civilisation as we know it.  Well, not exactly – but you get the picture! 🙂 We do agree that Katie Taylor is magnificent!  In London, her supporters broke […]

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