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Apple Planting Data Center in Fields of Athenry

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2015

March 16, 2015 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2015-archive/april-may-2015/">April / May 2015</a> 1 Comment

Apple is investing €850 billion to construct a new data center in Athenry, Co. Galway, creating about 300 new jobs during its various phases of construction and leading to about 100 permanent positions once the center is completed in 2017. The data center will provide power and information that helps Apple maintain its various online services, including the App Store and … [Read more...] about Apple Planting Data Center in Fields of Athenry

Dublin: Europe’s Tech Capital

By Stephen Smith, Contributor
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by </a> By Stephen Smith, Contributor<br/></a><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2015-archive/december-january-2014/">December / January 2015</a> Leave a Comment

Dublin today has a unique rhythm, a youthful impatience to succeed, and confidence in its ability to compete with the greatest cities in the world. Underpinning this sense of buoyancy is the city’s thriving digital hub, made up of international IT giants like Google and native start-ups that are gathering momentum and accelerating the speed at which the economy is … [Read more...] about Dublin: Europe’s Tech Capital

December 5, 1921

Following the conclusion of negotiations between Irish government representatives and British government representatives, the British give the Irish a deadline to either accept of reject the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The treaty established the self-governing Irish Free State but still made Ireland a dominion under the British Crown. The treaty also gave the six counties of Northern Ireland, which had been acknowledged in the 1920 Government of Ireland Act, the option to opt out of the Irish Free State and remain part of England, which they opted for. The Anglo-Irish treaty split many and on this day in 1921 Prime Minister David LLoyd-George said that rejection by the Irish would result in “immediate and terrible war.”

Apple Planting Data Center in Fields of Athenry

Dublin: Europe’s Tech Capital

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