Summer of Sound: Festival Season Highlights
Ignoring the obvious juggernauts on the Irish festival calendar that are EP and Longitude, music editor Kevin O’Reilly takes a look at just some of the incredible array of music…
The Parish Pump Politics Paradox: In Defense of Localism
At the time of going to print the votes of the 2016 General Election are being counted across the country. The election campiagn was for many a short and dull…
Paving the Way for the Modern Gambling Industry
Leveraging the loyalty margins of a customer is one of the most difficult marketing tasks. However it can also be a significant source of competitive advantage over a competitor if…
No Analytics? Welcome to the HiPPO
In essence, when done correctly data analysis can allow vast amounts of information to be compressed into manageable and tangible pieces of real-world knowledge. By such definition, it is easy…
Leaked Blackboard Data Reveals Extent of Information Available to Staff
The cross-section between the expanding reach of the Internet and the erosion of personal privacy has been well documented as more and more of our lives are being lived out…
Superbowl or Super-business?
The dust has finally begun to settle on the behemoth that is the NFL season, and once again the seasoned veteran Peyton Manning stands atop the pile triumphant as he…
Capital Punishment – Taxing Matters
Ireland’s tough inheritance tax regime is a contentious topic – taxing the passing of wealth which has been accumulated by individuals for a second time, as income earned is subject…
Another Downturn? Growth Falters and Risk Returns
Financial markets have had a worrying opening to 2016. The causes, so far, have been rapidly falling commodity prices, fears over China’s growth and its “up and down” exchange rate…
Monday April 24th, 1916
The sun glistened brightly against the murky canal. Margaret pulled her new green overcoat around her, fastening it’s brass buttons against the cold. She looked up Great Brunswick street towards…
A Republic of Equals and the Legacy of the 1916 Rising
Wherever green is worn, are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. These are not just the words of a W.B. Yeats poem ‘1916’ that I was forced to…
Seachtain na Gaeilge COBÁC
Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge COBÁC ar siúl idir an 15 Feabhra agus an 19 Feabhra. Tosóidh an tseachtain Dé Luain le scaoileadh ballún in aice an locha díreach roimh a…
Settling into life and studies into a new country
I remember exactly the sensation in my stomach this time last year when I gave in the signed papers that would allow me to move to Ireland to study. I…