Leigh McGowran Journalist
  • Dublin
  • Silicon Republic

Leigh Mc Gowran is a journalist with Silicon Republic since November 2021. He has previously worked as an environmental and breaking news journalist, and a local radio presenter.

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Silicon Republic, Dublin Live

Focus Areas

  • Technology
  • Business

641 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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Irish banks’ Revolut rival to use Italian tech for mobile app

Synch Payments has taken another step towards launching its app after receiving the green light from the Irish compet...

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almost 2 years ago
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Vodafone plans to phase out 3G in Ireland to modernise its network

Vodafone said phasing out its 3G service will make its network more sustainable and energy efficient, while improving...

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almost 2 years ago
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German start-up bags €4.6m to build quantum computers 'atom by atom'

German start-up Planqc has raised €4.6m to develop a scalable quantum computer that can store information in individu...

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almost 2 years ago
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Open Orphan subsidiary working on world’s first Omicron challenge model

Hvivo is developing an Omicron human challenge model, enrolling healthy volunteers to test the efficacy of an oral va...

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almost 2 years ago
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PointsBet plans team growth after opening European HQ in Dublin

The US CEO of PointsBet said he could see the number of staff rising up to 300 in Dublin over the next three to five ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Stripe reveals first carbon removal firms to be funded by Frontier

Six carbon removal tech firms are receiving payments through Frontier, which was launched by Stripe and others to sca...

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almost 2 years ago
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Collisons join A-list backers of Entrepreneur First's $158m Series C

Scale-up investor Entrepreneur First has received backing from the founders of Stripe, Wise, LinkedIn, WordPress, Mon...

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almost 2 years ago
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Web standard setter W3C moves to become non-profit organisation

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) said it needs a new structure to meet faster paced demands and address 'the urgen...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish ground station helped South Korea's milestone rocket launch

South Korea launched a satellite using a domestically made rocket for the first time, with the help of a Contec groun...

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almost 2 years ago
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Party’s over: Airbnb makes its party ban permanent

Airbnb said there has been a 44pc annual drop in party reports globally since the ban was introduced, with 6,600 gues...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sony shifts focus to PC gamers with new Inzone monitors and headsets

Sony aims to boost the 'growth of gaming culture' with two 27-inch monitors and three headsets, designed for both PC ...

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almost 2 years ago
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To develop the next generation of AI, Trinity research looked at how babies learn

New research noted three factors that help babies learn and proposed ways these principles can be adopted to improve ...

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