The computing faculty at Griffith College Dublin will host their third annual Games Jam on campus from Friday, 25th January to Sunday, 27th January. The event is part of the world-wide Global Games Jam, which sees over 10,000 people participate, and tasks computer game experts to create and build a game in 48-hours. [Read more…]
Air Libya Students Graduate In Dublin
A group of ten trainee pilots from Air Libya graduated from their flight simulation training in Dublin.
Simtech Aviation, which runs the Aviation Centre of Excellence near Dublin Airport, won the contract with the Middle Eastern airline to deliver Jet Orientation Course (JOC) training to the group of aspiring pilots. [Read more…]
Elephant-Astic Year For Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo is delighted to announce they have yet again broken their record for the number of visitors welcomed through the gates last year. The final footfall figure for 2012 surpassed last year’s 1 million reaching an all-time high of 1,029,417. [Read more…]
Georgina Campbell Awards 2013
Representatives of the very best in Irish hospitality gathered at Bord Bia in Dublin for the announcement of the 2013 Georgina Campbell Awards, associated with the respected Georgina Campbell’s Ireland independent hospitality guides, and Ireland’s most popular independent hospitality and travel website www.ireland-guide.com. These are Ireland’s longest-running hospitality awards, and highly respected by the industry. [Read more…]
Time Running Out To Solve Energy Crisis
Fuel Poverty levels could cover 50 per cent of the population within five years and 75 per cent within a decade if a properly co-ordinated energy policy is not developed, Architect and television presenter Duncan Stewart told the Energy Action conference in Dublin Castle. He also questioned if the €400 million spent each year of fuel allowances was being spent in the right way. [Read more…]
Demand For Pilots Remain As Jet Set Turns Sixty
Aspiring pilots to attend exhibition six decades after first commercial jet flight.
Sixty years after the first jet airliner carried fare paying passengers, The Professional Flight Training Exhibition, taking place in Dublin in early March, expects to welcome many young hopefuls looking to pursue a career as a professional pilot. This exciting one day career exhibition on how to become an airline pilot will take place on Saturday March 3rd at the Convention Centre Dublin. [Read more…]
Dalkey Winter Fair Weekend 2011
Dalkey is preparing to become the centre of attention for design and craft in Dublin, as the annual ‘Winter Fair’ weekend takes over the Castle and Heritage Centre in the village on November 12th and 13th.
Now in its seventh year, the free two-day event attracts thirty seven designers and craftspeople, along with more than 3,000 visitors. [Read more…]
Dublin Food Forum 2011
Fingal Enterprise Week got off to a flying start with the first ever Dublin Food Forum taking place.
Hosted by Country Crest at their headquarters in Lusk, two hundred guests from the food and agri-food sectors across the capital attended the inaugural meeting, organised by the Fingal County Enterprise Board and the Dublin Food Chain to mark Fingal Enterprise Week. [Read more…]