Close to 1,000sq metres of much-needed office space for digital companies is set to come on stream in the coming weeks as a refurbished 19th century building prepares to open its doors.

Management in charge of the Digital Hub has opened dialogue with tenant companies in the hope of them taking up additional space to be made available through a €40m expansion of the Liberties-based campus.

MORE than 200 people die from exposure to radon gas each year. The stark figures were the inspiration behind a project by two students from Loughrea in Co Galway, who may have found a solution to the growing problem.