Coworking Ireland

I have been contacted by a number of people who are interested in a coworking space in Dublin. TL01 is at full capacity at the moment, so im interested to see if anyone else would like to get on board for an expanded/new space.

You can contact me via email jason@jason-roe.com or post a comment below.

Dublin co-working is now officially go.

Whatever about the buzz of getting this place off the ground, I’ve been heart broken these past few months, paying a visit every week or so to check if Eircom hadn’t already set up the broadband in this little co-working space in Dublin.

Well, I popped my head in at lunch time today and the DSL link light indicated that there was an active connection on the line.

The momentum has been snail’s pace, but we’re now set to go and hopefully I’ll be spending many a happy hour coding, jibing or perhaps just hanging out over the next nine or ten months.

All the desks in this room are taken, but if anyone’s looking for a space, there’s another room for co-working being set up down stairs, and there are bigger plans afoot. Now’s the time!

I was contacted today by Ann Marie who is a freelance translator based in Balbriggan North Co Dublin. Both Ann Marie and one of her freelance colleagues are keen to find other co-workers in North Co Dublin. They are looking to set up / find a coworking location with hotdesking in the Balbriggan / Skerries area.

If you are interested please contact me and I will put you in touch with Ann Marie. Also if you are a landlord or someone with some spare office space in this area please contact me.

To avail of a freelace translator (German/French – English) drop me an email and I can put you in touch with Ann Marie.

A quick update on the coworking space that is available in Dublin.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with the crew that are looking into the coworking space that is available in Space 28. We dropped in today to take a look at the rooms available. Check out the photos below.

So here is what’s on offer, for €200 exc VAT you get:

• A desk & chair provided by Space28.
• Power and a socket!
• Net connection, standard DSL – Minimum of 1mb
• Insurance, Some cover – This still has to be defined.
• 24 hour access to the building
• Secure, 1 hour fireproof doors on each room
• 24 hour security cameras (digital) around the building.
• A really relaxed atmosphere.

If you’re interested drop me or Paul an email. Comments, questions and feedback are welcome.

Pics 1-4 are of the room on the top floor. This space is currently in limbo as someone else has first dibs on it. This seemed to be the best of the 3 rooms that we viewed. This room has lot of natural light provided by two large windows and has huge potential. The space could hold 4-5 comfortably.

Pics 5-6 are of the second smaller room. This room has some natural light and could fit 2-3 people comfortably.

Pics 7-9 are random shots from around the building. The place has a really nice vibe around it. As Paul mentioned before, this is not your typical corporate space.

I’m back three and a half weeks from San Francisco and I’m now in a position to put out a call to anyone interested in joining a co-working space right in the heart of Dublin City Centre.

In a nutshell, If you’re an internet-y creative type / freelancer and interested in joining a co-working space just off O’Connell street at an introductory price of €200 plus vat per month, get in touch.

From the BarCamp discussion, I met Mary Rose Lyons from Brightspark Consulting who put me on to Emmet, the landlord in Space 28. I know the place well as I used to rehearse in, and actually made a demo in Loop Studios in the basement.

The vibe in the place is sweet – we’re talking suits out, creativity in. It’s gritty, to be sure – the lane way behind SuperMacs often smells of pee and the Lott itself is a back lane behind restaurants and shops. The interior of the building is all bare floors and walls. It’s not your corporate suite, nor your serviced office arrangement for business types.

Emmet is all about opportunity, fairness and grass roots. The place was initially set up with a word-of-mouth trust system. Price points are arranged so as not to be exclusive. It’s all about helping people get off the ground. Oh, and the whole building is supplied by green energy.

We’re looking to get the place up and running as soon as possible on a trial basis. Emmet suggested to begin with five residents at €200 plus VAT per month. I couldn’t be happier with the price.

I’m thinking we’ll go with the CitizenSpace model, but perhaps without the lite option initially anyway. A few permanent residents with the added bonus that drop-ins will be more than welcome to come in for a few hours and get some work done in a creative atmosphere, or make connections and build networks.

So what’s included?

Well, most fundamentally it’s a permanent office space, with co-workers … somewhere to work alongside like minded people. I guess we’re looking for internet-y types, freelancers, designers, software engineers, bloggers, small teams, lonely hearts etc.

Practically, it’s a desk, an internet connection and a key with 24 hour access 365 days a year at an affordable rate.

It’s all in the about-to-happen stage right now, but the space is there. I took some photos – it’s just been left by a band who were using it as a rehearsal space, so needs a bit of tidying up, but they give a good sense of the size of the place. I’ve also a Google MyMap to the location.

Interested?

Drop me an e-mail ( paul at rslw.com ) or leave a comment here. I’m going to arrange a viewing for sometime next week.

So I stopped into Citzen Space in San Francisco yesterday and I’m coming to the end of my second official day co-working, right where it all began. Chris Messina and Tara Hunt are the remaining occupiers of the office, but the place has been teeming the past two days.

I arrived in and after about 2 minutes of awkwardness I was at a desk, plugged in and good to go. I was more awkward that nobody actually acknowledged my presence – as though they were used to people walking in – and they are!

And so it’s pretty much exactly as you would expect. A couple of regulars, a couple of bedouins and an atmosphere that encourages collaboration and playtime, as well as serious business. Read More…

Martin Hogan, a Green Party candidate for the 2007 Seanad election in the NUI Constituency, has commented below to say -

“For those working in the digital media space, we have a couple of hotdesks with broadband access still available in the new Media Cube in Dun Laoghaire. I would be happy to talk to companies about renting a desk on an ongoing basis for half-days etc.”

Excellent, thanks Martin.