A former Google UK salesman claims to have a massive stash of around 100,000 emails sent and received during his time at the company, which supposedly prove the tech giant has been fiddling its tax returns to artificially lower its stated UK earnings. Read More >>

An Irish monastery has been having illegal DVD screener download film parties, with one priest confessing all to his local video shop owner. Read More >>

It's taken many years and thousands of horrific TV ads, but I think we've finally got to a place where drink-driving has been well and truly demonised. Not so in Ireland -- they're actually going the other way, and want to make it ok to go for a spin after you've had "two or three drinks". Read More >>

You typically don't think of water towers as being a particularly interesting outlet for architectural design, but that's not always the case. Photographer Jamie Young has been documenting the water towers of Ireland, and they are awesome. Read More >>

Oh dear, it's a good job EE hasn't launched it's '4GEE' network in Ireland yet, because, well, it's a bit of a branding disaster over there. Apparently 'gee' translates to something very different, and unmentionable, in Ireland; you certainly wouldn't want that all over your phone, that's for sure. Read More >>

Had a good few too many on a night out and one of your friends is a snap-happy, camera-toting madman? Fingers crossed that they don't tag you, but if they do, have no worries about some of those drunken untagged photos of you popping up in the Tag Suggest feature on Facebook, as the social networking giant's facial recognition software is soon to be switched off in the European Union due to privacy concerns. Read More >>

Last month we saw pictures of a brand new Samsung Galaxy S III that supposedly exploded while sitting in a car dash-mount. Turns out, some chap actually got the thing wet and decided it was a fantastic idea to stick it in the microwave to try and dry it out. Genius. Read More >>

Starbucks has been facing a right old Twitter storm after confusing its Irish followers for Brits -- a cardinal sin in the eyes of the Republic -- asking them whether they were "proud to be British". Read More >>

According to reports, Apple might be skipping out on tax in Britain, dodging it using offshore subsidiaries based in Ireland and the British Virgin Islands. It apparently paid just £10.3m in 2010 in tax despite sales totalling to an estimated £6bn in the UK just when the government needs as much tax as it can get its hands on. Read More >>

Everyone knows kids loathe getting washed – what’s wrong with being all covered in mud, eh? It seems Baby the elephant hates showers too; the spritely 2.5 tonne beast sprinted off through a Costa car park onto the town centre of Ireland's Blackpool, after her circus handlers attempted to give her a scrub down. Read More >>

For some reason, we humans love to make solid foods liquid, and liquid foods solid. Key Lime Pie Martini? White Russian Ice Cream? I rest my case. Today, in honour of St. Paddy's Day, we're taking three Irish liquids, and making them into one awesome solid. Read More >>

A daring thief and/or desperate photographer just made off with an official Nikon van. The cargo? One hundred and fifty grand worth of cameras and accessories (around £95k), including the unreleased D4 and D800. Nikon wants its goodies back. Here's the list: Read More >>

One of the things I love computers for is how they have democratised the access to things that once were only attainable by a very few. This World War II short film called The German is a perfect example. Read More >>

Ireland could be the first country to be brought to its knees by the music industry. The Irish arm of EMI has launched a High Court action, suing the Irish State over its perceived dragging-of-feet on the issue of ISP blockade of piracy sites. Read More >>

It seems when Netflix says "early 2012" it really does mean early 2012, not "before April" -- Netflix is now live and kicking in the UK and Ireland. The streaming service will set you back a pretty reasonable £5.99 a month, and there’s even a free one-month trial to let you test it out. Read More >>