- Seismic activity from North Korea's latest nuclear test recorded in Ireland Energy generated from North Korea's latest nuclear test has been recorded as far away as Ireland, with Irish seismometers in Donegal and Dublin picking-up an "explosion-like" event early this morning.
- Ireland's Magnet Networks upgrades minimum broadband package speed to 30Mbps Magnet Networks has announced that it has upgraded its minimum offered broadband speed to 30Mbps, up from a previous speed of 5Mbps, and almost ten times greater than the average internet download speed of 3.34Mbps in Ireland.
- NASA satellite image of gorse fires raging across the north and west of Ireland NASA's MODIS Rapid Response, an emergency response system that provides near real-time satellite "thermal anomaly" imagery, has captured this image of gorse fires raging across parts of the north and west of Ireland. The image was taken yesterday afternoon as strong winds and prolonged recent dry spells have driven gorse, bog, and forest fires "out of control" in Donegal, Down, Galway, Mayo and parts of Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone.