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# Off The Grid

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# Off The Grid
10,000 customers still without power in wake of Storm Callum
ESB Networks said it expects to restore power to the majority of areas by tonight.
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Updated Oct 12th 2018, 1:19 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you think you spend too much time on social media?
A documentary airing tonight interviewed people who have abandoned social media for a technology-free life.
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Nov 17th 2016, 8:32 AM
# Disconnected
'It's not social to be on social media': The Irishman moving off-the-grid for a happier life
An RTÉ documentary airing tonight explores how much our digital fingerprint is telling the world about us.
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Nov 17th 2016, 6:05 AM
# Splendid Isolation
What's it like to live "off the grid"?
This couple found out.
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Sep 12th 2015, 7:00 PM
# renovation station
One man's quest to get off the grid - and the holiday cottage he has to show for it
The cottage was originally built in 1820 and took five years to renovate.
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Jul 9th 2015, 6:12 PM
# Off The Grid
Tesla wants your home to be battery powered
It could allow homes to be self-sufficient in terms of power.
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May 1st 2015, 2:45 PM
# Off The Grid
11 people who need to give up social media for Lent
It’s time.
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Feb 18th 2015, 9:30 PM
# Off The Grid
What makes a Rubik's Cube a Rubik's Cube?
A trademark court says its all about the lines on the front, apparently.
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Nov 26th 2014, 7:30 AM
# Off The Grid
Thinking big to go small: How tiny houses can be a good first move
The ‘Tiny House Movement’ offers something to people frozen out of the property market by high deposits and rising prices.
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Oct 30th 2014, 6:15 PM
# down to the wire
Eirgrid to examine putting electrical wires underground
The plan will mean no pylons on a stretch of the Grid West project.
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Jun 23rd 2014, 10:04 PM