Category: Technology
Creating Accountability for Data Centres in Western Dublin
Molly Newell 27/05/2025
Ireland’s booming data centre industry has become a major flashpoint in the country’s energy and climate debates. With data centres projected to consume 32% of national electricity by 2026, Ireland faces a growing tension between digital infrastructure expansion and climate commitments. A University College Cork report highlights …
Navigating Digital Healthcare: Equity, Access, and the HSE Health App
Adeelia Goffe, Molly Newell, Maria (Marysia) Pachowicz 04/03/2025
The 2024 EU Digital Decade report reaffirmed what many HSE beneficiaries already suspected: The state of Ireland’s e-health systems is woefully …
Making the Grade: Exploring the Impact of GenAI on Education Equality
Molly Newell 13/11/2024
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made generative AI (GenAI) tools more accessible than ever before, discussions about the role of …
Tech Alone Won't Save Us
Tyler West 24/08/2020
Background: While the belief that technology will play an increasingly central role in 21st-century life is commonly accepted, the exponential …
Ireland needs to upset the Apple cart on corporate tax
David Jacobson 26/10/2018
Ireland has been subject to a great deal of international criticism about its corporate tax regime. While Irish people might feel defensive about …
NBP: Problematic privatisation
Donal Palcic 28/09/2018
The roots of the ongoing debacle with the implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) can be traced back to the privatisation of Eircom. …
Ireland Must Find its Voice in Protecting Global Privacy
Tyler West 27/05/2018
The revelation that Cambridge Analytica was able to secretly obtain millions of Facebook users’ data to assist Donald Trump’s presidential …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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