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Nigerian-Irish Teens Develop a Dementia App for Sufferers Coping With Lockdown

By Jack Mullen
Image sourced from @YouTube. Thanks to three remarkable teenage girls and their amazing mentor, there’s a brand-new app on the horizon specifically designed to help Dementia patients and caregivers better navigate the confusing waters of the disease. While STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) have long been considered a traditional boys’ club, with
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Linked Finance Becomes Ireland’s First Non-Bank Lender to be Added to Country’s COVID Credit Guarantee Scheme

By Jack Mullen
Linked Finance, an Irish-based peer to peer lender, has reportedly been added to the country’s COVID-19 credit guarantee scheme. Notably, the P2P platform is the country’s first non-bank lender to be included. Linked Finance, which is one of Ireland’s largest P2P lending platforms, is now officially a part of the nation’s Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme […]
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First hydrogen-powered buses enter service in Belfast

By Jack Mullen
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Transport Minister Rachel Maclean have welcomed the first hydrogen-powered double decker buses entering service in Northern Ireland. The arrival of the three new Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses is the culmination of an exciting zero emissions bus pilot project powered by “Green” renewably produced hydrogen. The buses emit only water and
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Fintech Challengers Revolut and Luno are Experiencing Dramatic Surge in Demand from Bitcoin and Ethereum Traders

By Jack Mullen
Fintech companies such as Revolut and Luno are experiencing a dramatic surge in demand from customers who are rushing to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies amid record-breaking and unprecedented cryptocurrency price increases. Fintech app providers that offer crypto trading, like Revolut, eToro, and Luno, are witnessing a sharp rise in demand for
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Council plans major survey on coastal erosion

By Jack Mullen
A major survey on coastal erosion is expected to get underway this year in the country’s largest county, which will involve the deployment of drones hi-tech radar. Cork County Council is in talks with a third level institution to help it undertake the comprehensive survey which, when completed, will be analysed to identify areas in […]
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“AgroFossilFree” Project: Strategies and Technologies to Achieve a European Fossil-energy-Free Agriculture

By Jack Mullen
Global agriculture mainly relies on fossil resources for covering most of its energy needs and supporting agricultural productivity in both open-field crop production and controlled environment agricultural constructions. The high fossil fuel use and the deterioration of natural carbon sinks have been related with the anthropogenic impact causing climate change. Novel
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Right to Disconnect: New Code to Help Irish Workers ‘strike a better balance’

By Jack Mullen
As remote working looks set to continue, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says it’s vitally important that ‘an appropriate work-life balance is struck’. Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar, TD, has welcomed a public consultation on a new code of practice that will give employees in Ireland the right to disconnect. “It’s really […]