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# crowdfunding - Monday 28 January, 2019
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.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 7 January, 2018
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.
# crowdfunding - Friday 9 December, 2016
British lawyer to mount Brexit challenge in Irish High Court
He’s trying to raise €83,000 online to do it.
# crowdfunding - Monday 9 May, 2016
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.
# crowdfunding - Saturday 26 March, 2016
"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.
# crowdfunding - Friday 20 November, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Saturday 7 November, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 22 September, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 30 August, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 18 August, 2015
A woman fined for stealing a Mars bar has been given nearly €20,000 to pay it
The internet can be nice. Sometimes.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 16 August, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 28 July, 2015
These guys are crowdfunding the answer to the male contraceptive pill
Does this mean we’ve reached peak crowdfunding?
# crowdfunding - Monday 13 July, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
It's official - Greece has failed to pay for its loans with the IMF
The deadline of 11pm has been and gone.
# crowdfunding - Thursday 11 June, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Monday 8 June, 2015
Shane Lynch is selling Skype calls for €68 to fund his solo album
Among many, many other Shane Lynch-themed offers.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 1 February, 2015
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.
# crowdfunding - Friday 23 January, 2015
Lonely hipster tries to crowdfund money for dates, internet turns on him
Good luck with that.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 6 January, 2015
This woman needs 3,000 tenners to save her life
Denise Ryan said treatment in America is her “last chance”.
# crowdfunding - Thursday 18 December, 2014
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”.
# crowdfunding - Wednesday 19 November, 2014
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.
# crowdfunding - Monday 3 November, 2014
Woman successfully crowdfunds her 'outrageous' $362 taxi fare
She claimed the fare had left her unable to pay her rent.
# crowdfunding - Thursday 30 October, 2014
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
Kickstarter is live for Irish projects so now you can support this teenage bounty hunter
Don’t just stand there, get creating… or funding.
# crowdfunding - Monday 20 October, 2014
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.
# crowdfunding - Friday 26 September, 2014
Irish small businesses are still too old-school when it comes to getting loans
Think more crowdfunding, less banking, economists say.
# crowdfunding - Thursday 25 September, 2014
From The Daily Edge 
The guy who raised €43k to make potato salad is throwing a huge 'Potatostock' party
We want to go to there.
# crowdfunding - Monday 15 September, 2014
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
"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”.
# crowdfunding - Monday 1 September, 2014
'Largest ever' fundraising campaign planned for Mayo craft distillery
Nephin Distillery is hoping to raise €114,000 over the next 35 days.
# crowdfunding - Saturday 26 July, 2014
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.
# crowdfunding - Friday 27 June, 2014
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.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
Central Bank issues warning on crowdfunding regulation
Dame Street wants consumers to be on their guard, but the industry says it wants to be regulated.
# crowdfunding - Tuesday 27 May, 2014
Borrowing without banks: here's how you've done it
Cutting out the high street bank is becoming a realistic option for SMEs.
# crowdfunding - Friday 23 May, 2014
This Irish granddad could become a famous artist if an internet campaign succeeds
But he needs your help.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 30 March, 2014
Monks turn to the internet to restore cell used by St Francis of Assisi
The Franciscan monks say they want to ask people who can afford it to donate, rather than asking for money from the State given the economic crisis.
# crowdfunding - Saturday 22 March, 2014
Want to get a project successfully crowdfunded? Make sure it's about the arts
Fund It has seen more than €2.15 million pledged to 595 projects, with 179 being involving theatre, dance, opera and poetry performances.
# crowdfunding - Monday 3 March, 2014
Kickstarter reaches milestone by raising $1 billion in pledges
In its five year history, the crowdfunding site saw more than half of the $1 billion pledged in the last twelve months.
# crowdfunding - Thursday 6 February, 2014
Long-lost twins appeal for more money to complete film about incredible reunion
Anais and Samantha had no idea that a random YouTube video would bring them together.
# crowdfunding - Sunday 2 February, 2014
Following the crowd: How crowdfunding changed the way projects are made
At a time where funds are tighter, crowdfunding has provided an important way for projects to get funding, but is it the future?
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9705)
I like both (1750)
Rain, for sure (766)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (534)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
A 'virtual birthday' and an over-walked dog: One Irish mammy's experience of Covid-19 distancing
By Amanda Magnier
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