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Portlaoise Team Take on Bubble Football Challenge

By Andrew Bennett | Thu 22nd Oct 2015

With fundraising activities in full swing for the company's 20/20 Charity Challenge, the Portlaoise team decided to get in on the action by organising a game of Bubble Football, in aid of MapAction. Bubble Football is played just as traditional football but with the addition of each player wearing a giant inflatable bubble or zorb over the top half of their bodies. The inclusion of the bubble is an intriguing and exciting twist on
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Successful Surf & Freestyle Kayaking World Championships for Mallon Technology Colleague

By Andrew Bennett | Wed 21st Oct 2015

This summer our colleague Aisling Griffin was part of the Irish team to participate in the Surf Kayaking World Championships and Freestyle Kayaking World Championships. Surf Kayaking is the sport of surfing ocean waves, similar to surf boarding but in specially designed surf boats with fins. This year the Surf Worlds were held at Pantin Beach in Galicia, a beautiful part of Spain with great waves and excellent surf conditions. The c
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Cookstown Team Host Fundraising Bake Sale

By Andrew Bennett | Thu 8th Oct 2015

Getting in to the spirit of the Great British Bake Off final, staff from our Cookstown team proved that they to could rise to the occasion by hosting a Bake Sale for our nominated charity MapAction. Seven members of the team produced an impressive spread of mouthwatering treats for sale, including brownies, fudge, fairy cakes, banana bread, marshmallow truffles, apple tarts, cookies & fifteens as well as a show stopping Victoria sponge
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IRLOGI Delegates Help to Raise MapAction Funds

By Andrew Bennett | Tue 6th Oct 2015

Last Friday saw the 20th annual GIS Ireland conference to be hosted by IRLOGI. Mallon Technology was in attendance at the conference where we were demonstrating our GIS expertise, products and services on our exhibition stand. This year the conference took a look towards the future of GI as both IRLOGI and Mallon Technology celebrated 20th anniversaries. The conference was a tremendous success with a large number of delegates in attenda
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Mallon Technology to Attend GIS Ireland 2015

By Andrew Bennett | Mon 21st Sep 2015

Mallon Technology is pleased to announce that we will be attending IRLOGI's annual GIS Ireland Conference 2015. This year the conference will be looking towards the future of GI in the year in which both IRLOGI and Mallon Technology celebrate 20th Anniversaries. Marking a change from previous years the conference has moved to a new more expansive location in the South of Dublin to accommodate the large numbers of delegates who are expect
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Rugby World Cup 2015

By Andrew Bennett | Thu 17th Sep 2015

The Rugby World Cup is only a day away and anticipation is already building for what promises to be a blockbuster tournament! England will kick off the tournament against Fiji tomorrow night, with an expectant Twickenham crowd behind them hoping to roar their team to a second World Cup success. Standing in the host nation's way are the remaining home nations of Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as France and the Southern Hemisphere powe
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Mallon Technology Attend RSPSoc Annual Conference

By Andrew Bennett | Tue 15th Sep 2015

Last week, Mallon Technology were in attendance at the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society's (RSPSoc) Annual Conference, which this year was hosted by the University of Southampton. This year's conference brought together the communities of the RSPSoc, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation and Space Technology (CEOI-ST) for the very fi
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Mallon Technology Launch Charity Challenge

By Andrew Bennett | Tue 14th Jul 2015

Mallon Technology is pleased to announce the launch of our 20/20 Charity Challenge. In celebration of our 20th birthday this year, we are aiming to raise €20,000 for charitable causes over the next 12 months. Throughout the year we will be organising a number of events to raise money for our nominated charity, MapAction, whilst also supporting the efforts of our staff as they raise funds for their favourite charities. To help celeb
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Mallon Technology Staff Participate in Tomnod Project

By Andrew Bennett | Wed 8th Jul 2015

With the recent Earthquakes in Nepal devastating much of the country, staff from Mallon Technology played a small part in assisting the relief effort to help survivors with a number of staff from the Dublin office participating in the Tomnod project to help identify damage to local infrastructure. The Tomnod project is a crowd sourcing initiative that is run by the satellite company DigitalGlobe and first gained media attention during the
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