# crowdfunding

Last year

2022

# shut down

GoFundMe probing €150k fundraiser as it removes several Irish far-right campaigns

Hate groups rely heavily on online donations, experts say.

44.0k

Aug 27th 2022, 8:00 AM

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# crowdfunding

Over €325,000 raised for private search to find missing footballer Emiliano Sala

The official search for Sala and pilot David Ibbotson was called off last week.

13.4k

Jan 28th 2019, 9:27 AM

# tabby's star

We're one step closer to understanding the 'most mysterious star in the universe'

Tabby’s Star has been inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other for years.

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Jan 7th 2018, 7:45 AM

# crowdfunding

British lawyer to mount Brexit challenge in Irish High Court

He’s trying to raise €83,000 online to do it.

22.0k

Dec 9th 2016, 10:57 PM

# protection

You may want to continue using PayPal if you're funding any risky projects

The service is no longer covering crowdfunding under its Purchase Protection plan, but Irish users are safe.

13.0k

May 9th 2016, 12:17 PM

# Buncrana

"This could have happened to anybody" - Locals raise €90,000 for bereaved family of slipway tragedy

Michelle Black and Martin McGranaghan have raised a huge sum between them in an effort to help in any way they can.

33.3k

Mar 26th 2016, 12:30 PM

# flavour of the month

Pepsi (yes, that Pepsi) is trying to fund its own cheap smartphone

The soft drinks company is using a crowdfunding site in China to fund its own budget Android device.

9.4k

Nov 20th 2015, 12:10 PM

# give me land

The company that lets you buy property for £50 has an eye on Ireland

Nearly a year after its launch, London-based Property Partner has its sights on international markets.

37.2k

Nov 7th 2015, 8:45 AM

# crowdfunding

Ireland's oldest library needs help to fix famous books, including one by Isaac Newton from 1686

Marsh’s is an Enlightenment-era library, and has thousands of books that need some form of conservation work.

13.2k

Sep 22nd 2015, 6:03 AM

# squeezed

The incredibly stressful launch of an Irish company's high-tech stress-beating device

Galvanic crowdfunded its way to market with the Pip. Here’s why.

18.7k

Aug 30th 2015, 9:00 AM

# crowdfunding

A woman fined for stealing a Mars bar has been given nearly €20,000 to pay it

The internet can be nice. Sometimes.

41.0k

Aug 18th 2015, 9:42 PM

# looks comfy

One of the best-funded Kickstarter projects of all time is... something akin to a Swiss Army Jacket

The Baubax Travel Jacket has raised €4.2 million in funding with almost a month left to go.

23.9k

Aug 16th 2015, 8:45 AM

# man pills

These guys are crowdfunding the answer to the male contraceptive pill

Does this mean we’ve reached peak crowdfunding?

12.8k

Jul 28th 2015, 6:05 AM

# silicone valley

This Irish woman raised €5 million for her sticky rubber that can fix nearly anything

Sugru will be valued at almost €40 million after the crowdfunding effort.

35.2k

Jul 13th 2015, 4:05 PM

# with a whimper

It's official - Greece has failed to pay for its loans with the IMF

The deadline of 11pm has been and gone.

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Jun 30th 2015, 11:18 PM

# final frontier

Pornhub wants to shoot the first ever sex tape in space

They launched a crowdfunding campaign today and hope the ‘sexploration’ will begin in 2016.

25.7k

Jun 11th 2015, 7:30 PM

# lynch time

Shane Lynch is selling Skype calls for €68 to fund his solo album

Among many, many other Shane Lynch-themed offers.

3.8k

Jun 8th 2015, 10:09 AM

# cat melodeon

Love cats? Ireland's first cat café is looking for donations

Founder Georgina O’Neill has set up a crowdfunding page to help raise money for the café.

3.6k

Feb 1st 2015, 10:28 AM

# worst

Lonely hipster tries to crowdfund money for dates, internet turns on him

Good luck with that.

3.7k

Jan 23rd 2015, 7:58 AM

# lyme disease

This woman needs 3,000 tenners to save her life

Denise Ryan said treatment in America is her “last chance”.

27.8k

Jan 6th 2015, 7:15 AM

# leo burdock

This old-school chipper wants to tap its customers to help it grow

Leo Burdock would rather pay interest to punters than “bankers in ivory towers”.

28.4k

Dec 18th 2014, 9:15 PM

# we have lift-off

Meet some of the first Irish entrepreneurs to make their projects happen with Kickstarter

Several local startups have been given a big boost through the crowdfunding site.

15.4k

Nov 19th 2014, 8:25 AM

# pay for my taxi

Woman successfully crowdfunds her 'outrageous' $362 taxi fare

She claimed the fare had left her unable to pay her rent.

4.9k

Nov 3rd 2014, 8:06 AM

# operation

Inventor of Operation successfully raises $25,000 for his operation through crowdfunding campaign

The internet did good.

2.4k

Oct 30th 2014, 11:56 AM

Kickstarter is live for Irish projects so now you can support this teenage bounty hunter

Don’t just stand there, get creating… or funding.

10.3k

Oct 21st 2014, 5:43 PM

# Baby Steps

Creative crowdfunding site Fund It has raised €3 million for projects like this

The money has gone to everything from a multimedia horror show to a heart-rate monitor for sheep.

11.7k

Oct 20th 2014, 9:10 PM

# branch out

Irish small businesses are still too old-school when it comes to getting loans

Think more crowdfunding, less banking, economists say.

5.2k

Sep 26th 2014, 6:15 AM

The guy who raised €43k to make potato salad is throwing a huge 'Potatostock' party

We want to go to there.

2.3k

Sep 25th 2014, 6:50 PM

# crowdfunding

The most popular crowdfunding site globally has launched in Ireland today

Kickstarter will now allow Irish creators to submit their project directly, which will go live for funding next month.

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Sep 15th 2014, 10:58 AM

# crowdfunding

"They picked the wrong drag queen": The power of Panti's call

New trailer from The Queen of Ireland doc shows how Rory O’Neill as Panti “spoke the truth above the heads of the political classes, straight to the people of Ireland”.

15.0k

Sep 2nd 2014, 10:34 AM

# penny in the jar

'Largest ever' fundraising campaign planned for Mayo craft distillery

Nephin Distillery is hoping to raise €114,000 over the next 35 days.

9.7k

Sep 1st 2014, 11:31 AM

# Support

This Irish filmmaker-turned-kickboxer needs your help

Brosna O’Donovan is in the process of making a film about the success of the sport in Ireland.

3.5k

Jul 26th 2014, 9:00 AM

# good cause

Want to help a young boy whose bike was stolen?

Barnardos has launched an online fundraising campaign to buy a bike for a young boy after his was stolen yesterday. His family cannot afford a new one.

13.8k

Jun 27th 2014, 3:49 PM