From today (January 25), Leap Card users with Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled Android phones can check their card balance and instantly top-up their card with travel credit or collect pre-purchased tickets, including TaxSaver tickets, onto their Leap Card – all by touching their card against their phones. The Leap Top-Up App uses NFC technology to […]
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Limerick Welcomes Uber Jobs
Limerick City and County Council have welcomed the announcement by online taxi service, Uber, of its decision to create 150 jobs in Limerick City by the end of 2015. Uber aims to start operations in the city by the end of August, and has signed a 10-year lease on a site in Thomas Street which will […]
Blacknight SME Awards: One Man and His Van [Video]
Fintan and Wendy Conlan love running their family business, ‘One Man and his Van‘. Sure, it’s hard work and stressful but “ultimately worth it”. “I would do nothing else but run my own business, because the rewards far outweigh the headaches.” ‘One Man and his Van’ won the Family Business category at the Blacknight SME […]
It’s 2015 – Here’s Your Flying Car [Video]
You might think the flying car is a cliché of 1950s Sci-Fi – or a silly, impractical toy for billionaires. Or it could be a versatile vehicle with an 800km range that “perfectly makes use of existing infrastructure created for automobiles and planes”, running on petrol, capable of taking off or landing on just a few […]
Hailo Expands Coverage To Cork
Hailo announced this morning that it is now available in Cork city. They’re also offering a special promotion to first time users in Cork: Just download Hailo on your iPhone or Android, register an account with a credit or debit card, and add the promocode CORK01 to your account. To use your voucher, just choose […]