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Building Information Modelling: Digital Tech catches up with public projects

By Nick Fitzgerald May 16, 2018

John Foster, European Business Manager for BIM and Vertical Construction at Topcon Europe discusses the role BIM and Digital Construction plays in the Irish construction industry and the different aspects involved. Why is BIM important and what assistance is out there to ensure compliance and adaptation within county councils? There’s a lot of talk about […]

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BIM: The Current Context

By admin May 16, 2018

There have been a series of concerted steps, particularly in the last half decade, to drive adaptation and acceptance of the opportunities afforded by Building Information Modelling to the broader construction environment. The Irish Construction Sector forms an increasingly important component of the overall Irish economy and according to the Building Information Modelling

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NYCI Supports Digital Age Of Consent At 13 Ahead Of Dáil Vote

By Nick Fitzgerald May 15, 2018

The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) – which represents organisations working with over 380,000 young people nationwide – has renewed calls to ensure that the digital age of consent is set at 13 ahead of a vote on the issue due to take place in Dáil Éireann this evening. Speaking yesterday (May 14th) about […]

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Start-Up Using Technology To Analyse Lip Reading Receives $1m In Funding

By Nick Fitzgerald April 20, 2018

Belfast-based Liopa, an innovative start-up using lip reading technology, has received €1 million (€808,000) in funding which will enable their product to reach the global market. Thanks to backing from AI Seed Fund and Co-fund NI, Liopa now has the capability to commercialise its Visual Speech Recognition (VSR) product LipRead on a much greater scale. Developed following

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Free High Speed Wi-Fi Introduced To Limerick City Centre

By Nick Fitzgerald April 19, 2018

Free high speed Wi-Fi has been introduced to Limerick city centre with plans to investigate the rollout of the scheme elsewhere in the city and county towns in 2018. Implemented by Limerick City and County Council, the pilot Limerick.ie free Wi-Fi initiative is the first of its kind across Ireland. This innovative scheme provides Wi-Fi access […]

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Irish Tech Firms Raised Nearly €1bn In Funding Last Year

By Nick Fitzgerald March 27, 2018

Irish technology firms raised almost €1bn in funding last year according to Irish Venture Capital Association’s (IVCA) VenturePulse survey for 2017. The €994m raised represents a 12% increase in contrast to 2016’s €888m. The IVCA VenturePulse survey finds that technology based SMEs raised €177m in the fourth quarter 2017. This compares to €154m in the […]

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Government To Develop Ireland’s First Space Strategy For Enterprise

By Nick Fitzgerald February 20, 2018

The set-up of Ireland’s first national Space Strategy for Enterprise by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has been announced by Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan. The Strategy will set out how Ireland can maximise the benefit of its investment in the European Space Agency (ESA) and […]

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Metro North to be considered again by Government

By admin February 14, 2018

The Government is once again considering revising the scope of the long-planned Metro North rail link between Dublin city centre, Dublin Airport and Swords as part of its €115 billion capital plan. The underground element of the 17km route was cut back in 2015 by then minister for transport Paschal Donohoe on cost grounds. However, […]

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Vodafone Performs Ireland’s First 5G Demonstration

By Nick Fitzgerald February 8, 2018

Ireland’s first successful live demonstration of pre-standard 5G technology was performed yesterday by Vodafone. The special event took place at the Douglas Hyde Gallery at Trinity College, in partnership with Ericsson. The firms achieved 15 Gigabit per second speeds with Vodafone saying it plans to introduce 5G into the market in the next 24 months. […]

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Deloitte’s Eight Government Technology Tech Trends For 2018

By Nick Fitzgerald February 5, 2018

The latest edition of Deloitte’s annual in-depth examination of trends in government technology has been released. “A Government Perspective: Tech Trends 2018” analyses eight trends that are shaping strategic and operational transformations and redefining information technology’s (IT) role within the enterprise. This year’s theme, “The

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Construction Projects Worth A Combined €56BN Can Now Be Viewed Digitally

By Nick Fitzgerald February 1, 2018

Esri Ireland have teamed up with Construction Information Services (CIS) to provide visual guides to some 36,500 construction projects, worth a combined total of €56 billion, across a digital mapping platform. Esri’s platform also enables CIS to illustrate other data sets that may be of interest to their customers, including area demographics and zoning information. […]

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Ireland’s First Masters Degree In Artificial Intelligence Will Begin This September

By Nick Fitzgerald January 26, 2018

A two-year part-time Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI), run by the University of Limerick, aims to educate over 300 people within the next five years. The course, beginning from September 2018 onwards, will be delivered primarily online with some intensive Problem Based Learning (PBL) workshops taking place on the University of Limerick campus. Ireland’s […]

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SIMS by Quinn provides nZEB solution, and could meet the demand for rapid build housing

By admin January 25, 2018

Quinn Building Products have introduced their Super Insulated Masonry Systems, SIMS by Quinn, a solution which addresses a number of the issues facing Irish construction today. The system is a modern method of masonry construction, which combines the benefits of Quinn Lite thermal blocks with thin joint technology, and a certified external insulation system. It’s […]

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How to Take Advantage of AI in Public Services

By admin January 16, 2018

Ed Parker of PA Consulting on how local authorities can use artificial intelligence (AI) to leverage sensible and cost effective solutions. First things first. This isn’t about robots. The day may come when robots take over caring for the vulnerable and cleaning the streets – but before then there’ll be a fundamental change in the […]

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Britain’s Got Talent To Film Social Inclusion Event At Civic Theatre

By Nick Fitzgerald November 14, 2017

Britain’s Got Talent will film a social inclusion event at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght towards the end of this month. The announcement comes from South Dublin County Council in preparation for Social Inclusion Week 2017 (November 20th-26th). Taking place on November 26th, “Celebration of Social Inclusion through the Performing Arts” is due to bring […]

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Irish Startup Company Claims European Comission Prize At European Satellite Navigation Competition 2017

By Nick Fitzgerald November 9, 2017

Donegal based startup, DroneSAR Ltd has won the European Commission prize announced on Tuesday night (November 7th, 2017) in Tallinn, Estonia at the awards ceremony for the 14th European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) winners. DroneSAR Ltd were awarded this prize for the development of software which transforms standard “off-the-shelf” drone and mobile device

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Pinergy Creates New Energy Services Division

By Nick Fitzgerald November 1, 2017

Pinergy has announced the establishment of a new Energy Services division which promises to provide domestic and business customers with a range of energy efficient technology solutions. Pinergy has partnered with some of Ireland’s most innovative energy technology providers that support a range of solutions. Energy technology partners who have signed up to support the

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GDPR Will Change Data Protection in May 2018 – Are You Ready?

By admin September 27, 2017

In less than a year, Europe’s GDPR Will Change Data Protection in May 2018 – Are You Ready?data protection rules will undergo their biggest changes in two decades. Since their creation, the volume of digital information we create, capture, and store has vastly increased. Simply put, the old regime was no longer fit for purpose. […]

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Government looking to develop app for serious weather alerts

By admin September 22, 2017

The government is exploring the possibility of developing a smartphone weather app that will alert the public to serious weather events. According to Minister of State for the OPW and Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, such a weather app, used in many countries such as the UK and the US, can bring real-time alerts directly […]

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Why The iPhone X Will Force Apple To Choose Between Good Or Evil

By admin September 17, 2017

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