Irish Graduate Wins James Dyson Award 2025 with Home Device for Lymphatic Drainage ![Dyson Design Award Winner Zoe O'Sullivan 2025 | TheEffect.Net]()
A recent Maynooth University graduate has been named Ireland’s national winner of the James Dyson Award 2025 for an invention…
John ReillySeptember 10, 2025
Irish woman wins Global James Dyson Award 2024 ![James Dyson Global Award - Athena | TheEffect.Net]()
Olivia Humphreys, a graduate from the University of Limerick, has been crowned the global winner of the prestigious 2024 James…
John ReillyNovember 13, 2024
Irish Consumers Embrace AI to Reclaim Their Time – Samsung Research Finds ![Samsung Research]()
Recent research reveals that Irish consumers are increasingly looking to AI to help manage daily tasks and free up time.…
John ReillyOctober 15, 2024
Red Bull Basement 2024 open for Applicants from Irish Entrepreneurs and Innovators ![Red Bull Basement 2024 - TheEffect.Net]()
Red Bull Basement has opened applications for its 2024 edition, offering entrepreneurs and student innovators in Ireland the opportunity to…
John ReillySeptember 26, 2024
hmv to open new store on Dublin’s Henry Street ![]()
hmv has announced its return to Ireland's high streets with the officially opening of its new Dublin flagship store in…
John ReillyMay 18, 2023
2022 James Dyson Award Global Winners announced ![]()
The winners of the 2022 James Dyson Award, which has given more than £1m in prize money to over 300…
John ReillyNovember 16, 2022
Google announces new Street View features for its 15th Birthday ![Google Maps Street View Pegman | TheEffect.Net]()
Google's Street View feature, founded in their Maps service, is turning 15 years old today and, to mark the birthday,…
John ReillyMay 24, 2022
BearingPoint teams up with Leinster Rugby to enter the Metaverse ![Leinster Rugby and BearingPoint Metaverse Event]()
BearingPoint, who are the official innovation partner of Leinster Rugby, today hosted a media event showcasing the capabilities of metaverse…
John ReillyMay 18, 2022
Google.org Provides €250k Grant to Support spunout to Establish “Empathy Academy” for Irish Young People ![Google Ireland Empathy Academy with Spunout - TheEffect.Net]()
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced it will support spunout to establish a peer led empathy education programme…
John ReillyMarch 23, 2022
Krispy Kreme Ireland team up with Xbox to launch custom doughnut ![Krispy Kreme Xbox doughnut]()
Krispy Kreme and Xbox have just announced a new partnership that celebrate 20 years since the launch of the original…
John ReillyJuly 28, 2021
Three Ireland customers to get 3 months of Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited for free ![Three Amazon prime]()
Three Ireland has just announced that, from today, all of its Bill Pay, Prepay as well as Broadband Bill Pay…
John ReillyMarch 2, 2021
Virgin Media to remove data caps for all mobile plans starting today ![Virgin Media]()
Virgin Media has just announced that they will be removing the data caps for their 5GB and 'Unlimited' plan starting…
TonyFebruary 10, 2021
Jameson launches 1.5 million ‘digitally connected’ bottles in Ireland ![]()
Jameson Irish Whiskey has just announced Jameson Connects. Described as 'the new immersive digital platform', consumers and fans of the…
John ReillyMarch 4, 2020
Vhi launches Amazon Alexa skill to promote mindfulness ![]()
Vhi has just launched a guided mindfulness skill available via Amazon Alexa to support better sleep habits. The skill was…
John ReillyJune 17, 2019
First big names for Dublin Comic Con 2019 announced ![]()
With Dublin Comic Con just a few months away, the organisers have just announced the first major names that will…
John ReillyDecember 11, 2018
Just Eat giving away €10,000 in gift cards to celebrate 25 million journeys on dublinbikes ![]()
Just Eat dublinbikes has just announced that over 25 million journeys have been taken on their bike hire scheme since…
John ReillyNovember 27, 2018
Uber Eats Launches in Ireland this Thursday ![]()
From this Thursday, Uber will launch their food app - Uber Eats - in four cities across Ireland. Starting at…
John ReillyNovember 6, 2018
TheEffect.Net voted ‘Best Digital & Tech Blog’ in Ireland ![]()
We did it again! At the Blog Awards 2018 ceremony last night in Dublin city centre, TheEffect.Net was voted the…
John ReillyOctober 26, 2018
Sony Mobile’s 9 battery saving tips for festival season ![]()
We’re well into summer 2018 and festival season is in full swing across Ireland. But here’s the dilemma – you’re looking to take…
John ReillyAugust 8, 2018
COMPETITION: Win a Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact + Weekend Passes to Groove Festival ![]()
We’ve teamed up with Sony Mobile Ireland again and Groove Festival, to offer one lucky reader the chance to win…
John ReillyJune 28, 2018
COMPETITION: Win a Sony Xperia L2 smartphone + tickets to Taste of Dublin ![]()
Taste of Dublin is returning to Iveagh Gardens this year from 14 – 17 June 2018 and we’ve teamed up with…
John ReillyJune 6, 2018
8-Bit Partners With Trust Gaming For Upcoming Conference ![]()
8-Bit Gaming Conference is coming back to Dublin this July and this time, they've partnered with Trust Gaming. happening…
John ReillyMay 19, 2018
FEATURE: Making Your First Video Game – Part 2 ![]()
So, following up on Paul’s first post, he is back with the final part in his series on how to…
TheEffect.net ContributorApril 5, 2018
FEATURE: Making Your First Video Game – Part 1 ![]()
So, time for something a bit different! Friend of the site Paul Froggatt went ahead and made an actual game…
David LucasMarch 25, 2018
VR Conference & Exhibition, ‘Immersive Stories’, Taking Place at ADIFF 2018 ![]()
The final line-up and schedule has been released for the Immersive Stories: Virtual Reality Conference & Exhibition, which takes place…
John ReillyFebruary 20, 2018
Vodafone hosts Ireland’s first live 5G test ![]()
Vodafone Ireland, in partnership with Ericsson, have today announced Ireland’s first successful live demonstration of pre-standard 5G technology in Ireland. The event, which was held at the Douglas Hyde…
John ReillyFebruary 7, 2018
Vodafone Launches ‘Fantastic Days’ Rewards Programme ![]()
Vodafone Ireland has just announced the launch of their brand new 'Fantastic Days' Rewards Programme. Vodafone’s Fantastic Days programme's is to…
John ReillyFebruary 1, 2018
The Big Consumer Tech Trends of 2018 ![]()
Happy New Year! January is already flying by and the Christmas cobwebs have most definitely been dusted off. 2018 looks…
John ReillyJanuary 14, 2018
TheEffect.Net voted ‘Best Digital & Technology Blog’ in Ireland! ![]()
WE DID IT!! On behalf of everyone here in TheEffect.Net HQ, I’m delighted to announce that we’ve just been awarded ‘Best…
John ReillyOctober 6, 2017
GameStop Ireland launch partnership with Make-A-Wish ![]()
GameStop Ireland & Make-A-Wish have just announced a new partnership and to celebrate the announcement, they've granted 10 year old Oliver…
John ReillyOctober 3, 2017
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