One of the most demanding qualities of modern technology is speed. If you’re designing something that you want people to use, it is essential that it completes its function fast and efficiently. When it comes to financial technology there is little room for error. That is why Ireland’s Silicon Docks have become home to dozens … Continue reading FINTECH IN IRELAND
THE MOVE TO REGULATE FINTECH
Financial technology — known more commonly as fintech — is attracting a lot of attention globally, but there are arguments that regulation for the phenomenon must be developed at a rapid rate in order to facilitate the burgeoning industry. Financial technology – fintech – is one of the most lucrative terms in recent years. Since … Continue reading THE MOVE TO REGULATE FINTECH
‘Passengers’ film review: Well Worth the Watch
Acting: 8/10 Writing/Plot: 6/10 Directing: 8/10 Production: 8/10 “Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them special effects…but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story.” – Steven Spielberg Passengers, directed by Morten Tyldum with a budget of $110 million, is a convoluted love story between Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and … Continue reading ‘Passengers’ film review: Well Worth the Watch
‘Allied’ film review: An Underwhelming Headache
Acting: 5/10 Writing/Plot: 2/10 Direction: 3/10 Production: 4/10 With the month of November drawing to a close, we are becoming deeply entrenched within Oscar season. Over the next couple of months, several anxiously anticipated, high-budget Hollywood movies will be selling out cinemas and hoping for Academy Award success. Critics from around the world seek … Continue reading ‘Allied’ film review: An Underwhelming Headache
In Search of Purpose
The evenings are getting darker. Winter has arrived, native at this point. If you’re following the American Dream - enduring a nine-to-five in hope of securing a comfortable future for a family that is yet to exist – the gloomy nightmare is a reality. Any free time you have away from work, the crack of … Continue reading In Search of Purpose
How Neo-Liberalism put Trump in Power
by Evan O'Gorman and Stephen Keogh As the fresh winter snow bleeds onto the crest of the Rockies, remnants of a defying night echo clearly in the valley of thought. The Sun, blissfully unaware of its kin's fray, will breach tomorrow, another day. Pure conflict reigns throughout the world of words. Debates and arguments; too … Continue reading How Neo-Liberalism put Trump in Power
Where can Your Passport take You?
Follow @evan_ogorman Planning on packing your bags, booking time off work, and flying far away from our grim Irish weather? Who wouldn’t be? But do you know just how far your passport can get you this summer? Last year, financial advisory firm Arton Capital compiled a list ranking the world’s passports, revealing which ones come … Continue reading Where can Your Passport take You?
2015: A Year in Pictures
Follow @evan_ogorman 2015, a turbulent one to say the least. She had her fair share of us, swallowed us up into the realm of hate and violence; not to mention the whole Syria issue which will no doubt carry itself forward into the new year. But we must not dwell on the trials of sorrow, … Continue reading 2015: A Year in Pictures
Comeback for Swedish House Mafia?
Follow @evan_ogorman Since 2013, the world of electronic dance music has mourned the loss of one its modern greats. The Swedish trio played out a very successful career since 2005, but decided to call it a day in March 2013 following their 'One Last Tour'. Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso were the producers who … Continue reading Comeback for Swedish House Mafia?
Syria: No Country for Good Men
Follow @evan_ogorman *Contains graphic images. Viewer discretion advised. “We are here faced by fascists – we must now confront this evil.” - Hilary Benn Syria has fallen, its peoples' cries for help unanswered. Fists clench their hammers and sickles alike. Liberté mourns in the blood of her people – her wounds cut deep. Westminster … Continue reading Syria: No Country for Good Men
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