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TrailBlazers.Irish Blacknight
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.IRISH is a new Top Level Domain (TLD) for the global Irish community. Simply by making it possible to put the word ‘Irish’ after the dot in a web address, .IRISH provides a truly meaningful domain name that clearly says Irish.
Trailblazers.Irish is brought to you by Blacknight, the only Irish-owned, ICANN-accredited, domain registrar. Each week, we present an audio podcast with a different Trailblazer. We ask them about themselves and their work, how they view ‘Irishness’, and how they are using .IRISH.
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Episode 6: EmigrantManifesto.Irish
Today’s podcast features EmigrantManifesto.Irish, a website set up to campaign for the right of Irish emigrants to vote in elections at home, something which is increasingly provided for by many countries in the world. 123 countries allow their citizens abroad to vote – including 25 of 28 EU countries. Compounding the issue is the fact […]
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Episode 5: Digital.Irish
Feargall Kenny founded Digital Irish in New York in 2013, with the goal of promoting the expansion of Irish startups in North America, by providing access to resources and networking opportunities. It has grown to over 900 members with more than 65 startups having presented so far and recently launched a programme to help Irish J1 students secure internships […]
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Episode 4: TheWildGeese.Irish
“The word ‘Irish’ is worth 10 bonus points, right away… I think it’s vital to get that word ‘Irish’ in the domain name. I think it must be worth many thousands of extra eyeballs … and .IRISH makes it easy to get that word ‘Irish’ in there” Click on the player above to hear today’s podcast, or […]
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Bonus Episode: Bitesize.Irish – Irish Language Version
D’fhoilsíomar agallamh in mBéarla cúpla lá ó shin le Eoin Ó Conchúir ón suíomh Bitesize.Irish. Ach tá Gaeilge líofa ag Eoin, agus bhí comhrá i nGaeilge againn freisin. Má’s mian leat éisteacht leis bain usáid as an seinnteoir thuas, nó buail ar an nasc seo. This is an Irish-language version of the interview we published […]
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Episode 3: Bitesize.Irish
"The service is an online programme for learning to speak the Irish language in bite-size pieces", explains Dr Eoin Ó Conchúir, founder of Bitesize.Irish. He's our guest this week on Episode 3 of Trailblazers.Irish.
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Episode 1: Welcome!
Welcome to the first episode of the Trailblazers.Irish podcast. Hosted by Conn Ó Muíneacháin, the guests are Michele Neylon, CEO of Irish domain registrar Blacknight, and Gene Kearon, Global Head of Registrar Relations at dotIrish LLC. Click on the player above, or download here. Subscribe to the podcast
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