CLARITY in the Media
This section outlines recent CLARITY media coverage
CLARITY involvement in the DCU Sports Summer Camp
- Stepping up to the Game, Health Supplement of the Irish Times, 19th August 2009
Professor Barry Smyth, director of CLARITY, has developed a computer program which can compare prices of goods from online catalogues over different countries. So far, he’s compared prices in IKEA, Argos and Halfords.
Newspaper articles
- Shocking 8% Price HIKEA for Dublin,The Sun, 30th July 2009
- Irish Shoppers pay more for Argos goods than in the UK, The Irish Independent, 17th August 2009
- Argos prices 24% higher than in Britain, The Irish Times, 18th August 2009
- Shoppers in Irish Republic pay more for Argos goods, Belfast Telegraph, 18th August 2009
- Bike shop hikes prices by 28% in the republic, Sunday Times, 30th August 2009
- Why IKEA shoppers will never stop trips to the North, Evening Herald, 10th September 2009
- Drivers go North to cut costs, Sunday Business Post, 13th September 2009
Technology websites
- Tech professor creates Ikea value index for 'rip-off Ireland' , Silicon republic, 29th July 2009
- Professor behind 'Ikea index' reveals rip-off Argos, Silicon Republic, 18th August 2009
- Professor behind 'Ikea index' reveals rip-off Argos , Gadget republic, 18th August 2009
Radio
- Professor Smyth was also interviewed about this price comparison index on the Drivetime Radio show on RTE Radio 1, on August 19th2009.
CLARITY involvement in Race Around Ireland
- The Limit of Endurance, The Irish times Innovation Magazine, 4th September 2009
CLARITY researchers and Tolka river contamination levels
- Tolka pollution causes concern, Northside People, 2nd September 2009
CLARITY research on WANDA (Wireless Aquatic Navigator for Detection and Analysis)
- A robot fish called Wanda, The Irish Times, 10th September 2009