This week we bring you some more news from Ireland as well as upcoming local events where you will be welcome to come and learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.
What is happening on the Irish Blockchain scene?
Two articles caught my eye this week both related to the Mainstream:
A COO and CTO have been appointed here, strengthening the team at the the EMEA Blockchain Lab for Deloitte.
This is notable as they include in the description of this article that they are looking for "Blockchain Specialists".
We also had a surprise guest a the Crypto Cafe on Saturday for the monthly 
David Boles of Living Offset dropped in to find out about Steemit and also to promote their upcoming ICO, which is now due to launch in July. It was interesting to hear about the journey and the vision for Living Offset.
I saw this news this morning. Big news if your in Dublin. If you don't know who this guy is, check out some youtube videos of him.
I haven't seen a video from these guys in a while but Reuben and @Lukebrn travel to Switzerland to check out a location for an additional office.
This weekly meetup group is in the Crypto Cafe on Wednesday. For more information check out their meetup page.
This event is being hosted by the Blockchain Association of Ireland. Please note the date has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday.
A quick heads up for next Week, there is an EOS meetup on in Dublin.
New to Crypto?
This article by Deloitte gives a great overview of the possibilities, and some of the industries that will be affected by it.
https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/financial-services/articles/blockchain.html
For information about upcoming ICO's 
https://steemit.com/@lukebrn
For an intro to Bitcoin, the book Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos is a great place to start.
As always please add comments to this post with any upcoming events or developments that you think may be of interest to readers.
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