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The chq Building in the media

Articles, reviews and coverage of CHQ, EPIC, Dogpatch Labs and the events held here — from the 2013 sale of the building to EPIC's European awards.

07/18

Epic, “EPIC’s Local Beer”- Hospitality E News

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07/18

Epic, “Introduce the Family to 10 Million of Ireland’s Emigrants”- Independent

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07/18

EPIC, “Best Things To Do in Dublin”- U.S. News Travel

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07/18

EPIC, “Epic The Irish Emigration Hosted an After-Hours Reception to Mark the Royal Visit”- Evoke

07/18

Epic, “If you haven’t visited the beyond impressive @ EPICMuseumCHQ yet, get down there…”- Hot Press Magazine

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06/18

Dogpatch Labs, “Cow Facial Recognition Brings Agriculture into 21st Century”- Irish Times

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06/18

Epic, “Top Kids Things To Do in Dublin”- Do Dublin

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06/18

Epic, “Local Historian Angela Gets an Epic New Role”- Donegal Woman

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06/18

Dogpatch Labs, “Make a Cup of Tea Through IoT with Wia”- Irish Times

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06/18

Dogpatch Labs, “Hack Access Dublin Invites People of All Abilities to Dogpatch Labs July 5th”- Irish Tech News

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06/18

Dogpatch Labs, “30 Under 30”- Twitter

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05/18

Epic, “Immigration and Emigration – Where Could You Go If You Had To Leave?”- Patheos

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05/18

Epic, “Irish Emigration Museum is seeking stories from people who have lived overseas and returned”- Kildare Now

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05/18

Epic, “Europeana Migration Collection Day, Dublin: Welcome Home”- Europeana Pro

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05/18

Dogpatch Labs, “First Fridays – where Dublin’s tech community connects”- RTE

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs and chq, “ Career Zoo event in Dublin attracts 3,000 tech jobhunters”- Irish Times

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs, “ 200 entrepreneurs and hackers pegged for open banking hackathon”- Silicon Republic

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04/18

Neville Isdell, Epic, “Top 12 Takeaways – Neville Isdell, EPIC and Coca-Cola”- Irish International Business Network

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs, “Leading Irish and International Tech Companies to join Recruitment Drive at Career Zoo”- Irish Tech News

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04/18

“Europe’s emigration museums: Remembering the long goodbye”- Luxury Travel Advisor

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04/18

“Amy Winehouse photo exhibition comes to Dublin in May”- Hot Press

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04/18

Epic Ireland, “Easter at Epic”- Dublintown.ie

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04/18

Epic, “Hello readers, I just call to say #LoveIreland”- Goya World Travel Magazine

“A guide to Irish influence, their tales of achievement and the Irish roots”

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04/18

chq, “Dublin photographer close to Amy Winehouse tells of shock of her descent into fatal booze and drugs hell”- Dublin Live

“Charles Moriarty will be bringing an exhibition focused on the ‘Back to Black’ singer to Dublin in May”

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs, chq, “PETRICHOR ANNOUNCED AS WINNERS OF 2018 ULSTER BANK HACKATHON”- Irish Tech News

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs, “What’s it really like to return to work after a career break?”- Silicon Republic

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04/18

EPIC, “Digisoft.tv Unveils Epic Emigration Museum New Multi-Language Guide App at SXSW”, Enterprise Ireland

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04/18

Dogpatch Labs, CHQ, “US entrepreneur opts for Dublin again as home for new start-up”- Irish Times

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04/18

Epic, “Football legend Patrick O’Connell to be celebrated with exhibition”- Evening Echo

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04/18

Epic, Epic on the Cover or ‘Ireland’s Own’ Magazine

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04/18

chq, “Custom House Quay- Shedding a Light on a Dublin Icon”- ESB

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04/18

Epic, “Looking For Toronto In Multicultural Dublin”- Toronto Multicultural Calendar

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04/18

EPIC, “A Virtual Tour of Dublin’s Epic Museum…”- Amidlife Traveller

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03/18

Epic, “President visits Irish Emigration Museum”- President of Ireland

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01/18

Urban Brewing, “2018’s top trends”- Independent

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01/18

FLYEfit Opens in The chq Building- Lovin’ Dublin

01/18

EPIC, “Revealed: impressive Irish people”- The Irish Post

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01/18

Dogpatch Labs, “Hedge your bets on money risks” – Irish Examiner

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01/18

EPIC, Irish Ambassadors Visit to Epic- Global Irish on Twitter

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01/18

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, “Nollaig na mBán”- RTE News on Twitter

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“A few hundred people in Dublin had a hell of morning as they woke up by getting involved in a full out dance rave for around four hours. Morning Gloryville Dublin hosted the event in the CHQ Building down at the docklands where the party started at 6.30am.” (26th August 2014)

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“A recurring theme of Ireland’s response to its economic challenges of recent years has been to “tap the diaspora” through the Global Economic Forum at Farmleigh, the Gathering and the establishment of WorldIrish.com, for example. The population of Ireland is only about 4.6 million people.The global population of people with Irish connections is many times larger. It made eminent sense to tap into such a ready made gene pool of potential investors/ tourists/employers with an emotional stake in our nation’s recovery.” (26th July 2014)

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“After some 3,000 Irish students invested 900,000 minutes of their time on the MATHletes Challenge this year, the final 150 will take part in the National Finals this weekend in Dublin. The National Finals of the MATHletes Challenge 2014 will take place Saturday, 24 May, in the CHQ Building in the IFSC in Dublin.” (25th May 2014)

“THE LANDMARK CHQ Building in the heart of the IFSC has been sold by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) for just over €10 million. The Grade One listed building was redeveloped by the DDDA in 2005  for a cost of approximately €45 million but has struggled to maintain high occupancy levels. 82 per cent of the development was vacant when it was put on sale.” (3rd July 2013)

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“The outstanding photographs capture wildlife in their natural environment – and the striking exhibition is in Dublin for the first time ever for just one more week.

“You won’t believe some of the incredible snaps are really photographs. The longrunning exhibition is now in its 49th year but this is its first visit to Dublin during its vibrant history – and the gorgeous display in the chq building in the…”

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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the best diaspora museum of them all? This month saw the Fáilte Ireland applications deadline for a partner to build the new national diaspora centre, which the Government hopes will attract future hordes of wallet-waving Americans tracing their family roots. The State tourism body says the next stage of the process will involve the assessment of the applications by an “expert group”. So who are the wise ones?” (25th July 2014)

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“The CHQ is a landmark building redeveloped by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority beside Georges Dock in the heart of Dublin’s docklands. Estate agent Lisney said that formal offers were made by ten potential buyers for the building. The sale is expected to close by the end of July. ”We will be evaluating and developing a number of ideas over the coming months and engaging with the relevant local and national public bodies to assist in our objective of establishing a new distinctive destination location for Dublin. Initially our focus will be to make some demonstrable improvements within the building as we work through the plan to re-create CHQ,” commented Mr Isdell.” (2nd July 2013)

Matt chats to multi award winning photojournalist Brent Stirton who is probably most recognised for his powerful depictions of conflicted areas. Brent’s portrait “Blind Indian Albino Boys” will be on exhibit at World Press Photo exhibition which is on at The chq Building from 17th October.

“Commuters making their way to work through Dublin’s IFSC last Tuesday did a double-take. Just visible in the bowels of the CHQ – the landmark retail hub bought last year by former Coca-Cola boss Neville Isdell – were 500 or so lycra-clad clubbers dancing their hearts out to rave music.The vaults of the glass-framed CHQ, which Isdell paid €10m for last summer, was hosting the latest hispter craze Morning Gloryville. Started in uber-hip London suburb Shoreditch, it is essentially a club night that takes place before breakfast.” (10th August 2014)

“Elephants are Africa ‘s most-photographed iconic animal. As a photographer/ artist I want to create a unique image that captures the essence of my subject. This image was photographed in Etosha National Park, Namibia . I tracked this bull elephant and two shadow bulls for over a week. It was a frustrating week as I could never get the elephants in the right position. That was until my last day when all the elements needed for this unique image came together: light, action, timing and composition.” (12th July 2014)

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“CHQ Dublin Ltd, which is led by former chairman and chief executive of The Coca Cola Company, Neville Isdell, plans to turn the units along George’s Dock into a culinary destination with restaurants and/or gastropubs set to line the row. Lisney said in a statement that it has been tasked with finding at least two complementary businesses to locate in the conservatories and vaults adjacent to ely Bar & Brasserie in phase 1 of this plan.” (17th September 2013)

“A €10M PRICE tag has been put on the CHQ building in Dublin’s docklands – a fifth of what it cost to refurbish the premises. When it opened, CHQ was hailed as Ireland’s most exclusive shopping centre but it is now the retail equivalent of a ghost estate. A former bonded warehouse, it cost the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) €50m to renovate. Only 20pc of its 100,000 sq ft retail space is now occupied and it generates rents of around €500,000 a year.” – (20th February 2013)