Google launches tailor-made Irish service

Internet search giant Google today launched a specific Irish division of its news site.

The new portal draws information from around 100 different news sources in Ireland ranging from news websites to national and regional newspapers.

Google said the launch demonstrates its commitment to investing in the local markets where it operates.

A spokesman said: “Google News Ireland uses the latest technology to help people keep up to speed with the day’s events in the country, and with the latest comment and analysis.

“It makes it easy to search for the same story on different news sources.”

The Ireland version of Google News is available at news.google.ie.

There are now over 30 editions of Google News available in over 10 different languages in countries such as Argentina, Germany, Japan, India, Mexico, Spain and Korea.