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Tourism

The Final Shortlist of European Capital of Culture Announced

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Great news for Galway, Limerick and the Three Sisters of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny, as each city has been shortlisted to proceed to the next selection stage for European Capital of Culture 2020. Unfortunately, Ireland’s only other entrant, Dublin, did not make the shortlist and has been eliminated from the runnings. The European Capital of […]
Technology

‘Self-Repairing’ Cities May be Here by 2035

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Researchers in Leeds are pioneering a £4.2 million project to create the first self-repairing city. The system they envision will consist of autonomous repair robots that will monitor streets and drainage systems, making any repairs to the city infrastructure that are needed, without any human involvement. They hope that the system will be fully functional […]