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7 Mobile App Development Tips for Local Government

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Digital technology and apps can be used by local and city governments to improve citizen engagement and transparency and accordingly, digital government initiatives are popping up everywhere. Is your city or county thinking about developing a mobile app? If so and you’re at a loss on where to begin, we have some tips to be […]
News Technology

Drones to be used in crackdown on illegal dumping

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Littering and illegal dumping continues to be serious problem across Ireland. In attempt to crackdown on fly-tipping across the country, a campaign of ‘smart enforcement’ is to be launched. Covert surveillance including the use of drones is to form part of a new plan, along with the use of satellite imaging and more CCTV at […]
Technology

Cyber-Attack Prevention Must Begin with Staff Training

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The biggest vulnerability any organisation has to cyber-attacks comes from neglecting to create efficient protocols at staff level. A few simple precautions could have prevented many of the “hacks” we saw in 2016. The year 2016 ended on a very sobering note in terms of the increased risks in digital security. In December Meath County […]
Technology

How vulnerable are smart cities to cyber-attack?

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As the ubiquity of technology infiltrates further into our cities’ infrastructure we are becoming more and more at risk of cyberattacks.  Professor Rob Kitchin discusses where the biggest fault lines are, and how we might avoid any possible disaster. Smart city solutions utilise complex, networked assemblages of digital technologies and ICT infrastructure to manage various
Education Technology

Shhh! We Need to Talk About Libraries

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The ‘open’ or ‘staffless’ library has completed its pilot stage and is now being rolled out in many libraries across the country. Yet, anger still rages amongst librarians who feel they are being viewed as obsolete, as well as the public who fear libraries will become soulless repositories. Do we have a right to be […]
Technology

Vodafone & SIRO National Gigabit Hub Initiative launched by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation

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Vodafone and SIRO’s national Gigabit Hub Initiative has been launched today by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor. The new initiative aims to spark a digital transformation in 15 towns across Ireland. Modelled on the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, the hubs will offer a 1 Gigabit broadband connection to qualifying business, technology […]
Technology

Enterprise Ireland launch Career-FIT programme

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With €5m in EU Horizon 2020 funding, Enterprise Ireland has launched a new programme called Career-FIT that will try to lure 50 international research experts to Irish tech centres. Career-FIT is a postdoctoral fellowship programme, part-funded by Horizon 2020 and Enterprise Ireland with the aim of bringing 50 high-level research fellows to Ireland to work […]
Technology

The robots are coming

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The future of work is always a hot topic, especially at the moment as AI and robotics are becoming more integrated into the workplace, and the first question on everyone’s mind is: is my job safe from being taken by robots? Just this week for example, Reform, a right-of-centre think tank, claimed machines would be more […]
Business Technology

Creating Playful Urban Environments

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New urban developments can easily be identified by their glassy exteriors and cold utilitarian spaces. However, gains in practical functionality of space can often be to the detriment of play and spontaneity. By Ekaterina Tikhoniouk When we think of play, we tend to think of children. Play is ‘an activity engaged in for enjoyment, especially […]
Technology

Four simple steps to managing your online reputation

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Whether you’re working in corporate affairs or the press office, or you’re involved in any other department that may interface with the public, the value in protecting the online reputation of your organisation and its key personnel is increasingly important, particularly in regard to social media. Let’s have a look at four straightforward tips that […]
Technology

The New Technology that’s Changing Governance

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Blockchain is moving beyond its buzzword status and gaining momentum across a number of sectors. It is already changing the face of finance; its next challenge will be government. You might have heard the name in relation to fintech, or that cashless currency, bitcoin, but those aren’t the only reasons you should be taking note […]
Health Technology

Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre

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The Innovation hub to address Ireland’s water infrastructure is located in the Nimbus Centre, Cork Institute of Technology.  The Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre (WSSIC) is a joint venture between Cork City Council, Cork County Council and the Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology. The WSSIC is tasked with modernising Ireland’s water infrastructure by