One of the world's biggest data centre firms, Equinix, is trialling hydrogen fuel in Dublin as a way to ease pressure on the Irish energy grid
ESB also to begin producing green hydrogen as an alternative energy source
Hydrogen is used like a battery for power from wind turbines
Also, interesting that YouTube among services to be banned for u16s -- will surely be flouted by most families? Now a mainstream channel on many family TVs
+ while WhatsApp isn't banned but Snapchat is, no mention of Telegram. If that escapes, quite a place to be sending teens
“The lack of a clear national framework has left the sector reliant on local planning processes and created uncertainty around the infrastructure required to support drone delivery at scale,” company says.
Interior of one of the hydrogen-to-electricity generator systems.
These are already used for music festivals and construction sites
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Terraced houses in Ireland set to be legally allowed charge EVs outside their home, Minister Darragh O'Brien says.
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Hundreds of Irish staff and investors set for a big payday as Fin, formerly Intercom, is sold for $3.6bn to Salesforce
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UK social media ban for u16s
But note two things:
1. Australia, on which UK ban based, found 70pc still using as normal with no change to bullying, abuse etc
2. Most teens and young adults oppose outright bans (eg Nat Youth Council report this month)
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Strong performance by Irish colleges in this year’s QS rankings. UCD into the top 100 for the first time.
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Blacksod Bay on a fair June day
Manna to cease drone delivery flight operations in Ireland, blaming planners and regulatory haze.
Will focus abroad (incl US, UK, Europe) instead, it says.
Jobs likely lost but R&D centre will stay in Dublin.
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Bobby Healy’s drone delivery firm, which has raised almost €100m, says it will now focus on expansion in the US, UK and other markets with better regulatory “pathways”
