Belfast’s Digital Innovation Commissioner, Dr Jayne Brady MBE was recently a guest on Sync NI’s Tech Craic podcast and spoke about the UK Innovation Expert Group, of which she is a member.

The group aims to provide suitable advice to increase the UK’s productivity through innovation. Dr Brady described her job role as an inclusive strategy, to deliver an increased amount and improved level of jobs for Northern Irish citizens.


COVID-19 has affected thousands of businesses across the UK and Ir

The Republic of Ireland has one of the lowest rates of sick pay in Europe, with 80% of more than 1,000 employees saying that they hadn’t taken any sick leave since the pandemic kicked off in March 2020, according to a Laya Healthcare survey taken late last year.

But how does this compare to the UK and in particular, Northern Ireland?


The UK as a whole ranks just below Ireland in terms of sick pay levels, with employees being entitled to just £96 a week. To feed a family and pay bills, many p

The Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) is an astronomical research institution based in Co Armagh. It is currently the oldest scientific institution based in Northern Ireland and currently has around 25 astronomers researching within it.


Sync NI spoke to AOP's Erin and Courtney in a recent Tech Craic podcast episode, about their roles within the planetarium, and how they became involved in astronomy.



Open since 1789, the planetarium has been running for over 200 years. However, due

Sync NI spoke to Ian Browne, Chief Operating Officer of Ignite NI, regarding Northern Ireland’s evolving start-up sector and the biggest obstacles facing such scale-ups within the local tech industry.

Ignite NI is an organisation that every year, helps 30 start-ups launch and scale their businesses. It is backed by economic growth agency, Invest Northern Ireland.

In the past three years, Ignite has helped over 100 early-stage companies not only push towards the £1m revenue barrier, but also ad

Summer has arrived, and the need to feel refreshed and rejuvenated with some new beauty products is real.

Our winter and spring products just aren’t cutting it anymore with the weather throwing off our beauty routines.

We are always on the lookout for more products to add to our collection to help us look and feel our best.

Here are some best buys to try out over the next few months!

Love having long lashes but don’t like spending a fortune on lash extensions? This mascara might be the one f

This could be a record-breaking week for temperatures in Northern Ireland as the heatwave continues to bake the country.

Saturday, July 18, saw the highest temperature ever recorded in Northern Ireland with Ballywatticock in Co Down at a sweltering

31.2 degrees.

Since then, things haven’t got much cooler with an unprecedented Amber Weather Warning being put

in effect by the Met Office to alert people about the effects of the scorching heat.

The Met Office is advising people to remain aw

The Felden project: Overcoming suspicion and myths for a shared neighbourhood

by Rosa HASSON

14 April 2021

Northern Ireland has faced segregation for decades, arising from the Troubles and lasting into the modern day. The Felden Project is a shared neighbourhood development created by Clanmil Housing. Located in Newtownabbey, this project focused on young people from Bawnmore and Longlands, bringing them together to form a mixed community.

A video produced by Clanmil Housing focused on the