Amazon Web Services (AWS) has secured planning permission for three new data centres in north Dublin. The development will be located on a 65-acre land holding at Cruiserath Road, Dublin 15 and will have a combined power load of 73MW. The project has been met with opposition from environmental groups, who are concerned about the […]
Giga-Bite Gaming Cafe opened in Dundrum Town Centre
There’s not a lot of opportunity for gaming as a social event in Ireland. If you want to have a few drinks, food, and play arcade games, you could potentially check out Token in Smithfield, but there are very few other options dotted around Ireland for a similar experience. You can’t play proper games (read: console […]
International Women’s Day 2019 : Best in the Industry
There is precious little more daunting in a journalist’s career than being a woman or non-binary person in tech and debuting on International Women’s day. Though, these things need to happen and I am proud and humbled to announce that I am now a member of the IrishTech team! My background is in technology of […]
Samsung to open pop-up restaurant in Dublin, connecting you to loved ones in Sydney
The Irish have a long history of emigration, going from as far as back as the famine to as recently as the crash in 2008. As a result, people in Ireland have friends and family living across the globe, most notably in Australia in recent years. Following the last economic crash we faced, many people […]
Irish Rail DART and Commuter Services are wildly outdated and economically inefficient
In 2016, Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, carried 42.8 million passengers. In 2017, this number increased to 45.5 million. This is an incredible amount of access granted to commuters countrywide, without it, we would be truly lost. However, given this extraordinary number of annual users, one might think it prudent to keep their service updated and […]
Landlords will require planning permission to use Airbnb in Ireland from June 2019
In a move that many have demanded from the government for years, Ireland is finally taking a step forward to place restrictions on landlords renting their homes out temporarily on Airbnb. Irish homes being rented out on Airbnb have been said to have contributed to the ongoing housing crisis, which has seen prices rise by […]
The Future of the LUAS, DART and Dublin Bus
A Need for Improvement There has been a lot of focus recently regarding commuting in Ireland. An outdated Dublin Bus network, insufficient payment schemes and traffic congestion have led to an initiative to reform. Dublin Live reported a potential €1 billion overhaul to the current public transport system by the National Transport Authority. The overhaul […]
Dublin Games Festival 2018 – Games, Entertainment and More!
Dublin Games Festival 2018 Since our report last week on the Dublin Games Festival in November 2018, we have received more information from Graeme Moore (COO and Co-Founder of Aeonspark Events). So, here’s what to expect from Dublin Games Festival on the 24th of November. Primarily, it has become quite apparent that DGF has created […]
Microsoft Announce 200 New Jobs in Irish Operation
Microsoft today announced that they are creating 200 new jobs in their Leopardstown complex in Dublin, the European Headquarters of the company. Microsoft has operated in Ireland since 1985 with only 100 employees. Today, the tech supergiants currently hold 2000 jobs across a variety of different skill sets. These new jobs include 100 positions for […]
Ireland will host the 30th annual EUCYS in Dublin this year
The European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) was founded in 1989 to promote the sharing of ideas and improve co-operation between young scientists. The EUCYS gives young scientists the ability to meet others with similar interests and abilities. It’s a showcase of some of the most talented young people alive today and what they […]