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GOOGLE IRELAND HAS confirmed plans to build an in-house swimming pool for employees in its new building in the Docklands area of Dublin.
A spokesperson for the search giant said it will apply for planning permission for a swimming pool and gym at the Montevetro building, which it purchased for just under €100million earlier this year.
The facilities will be the latest additions to a line of perks enjoyed by Google staff. One former employee at the firm’s Dublin office told TheJournal.ie that workers can avail of a wide range of free food and entertainment.
Every floor has an area with a Nintendo Wii, table football and a pool table for staff to use, the former staffer said.
Part of the company’s mission statement is to offer “generous nutrition and fitness benefits.” “You get free breakfast and lunch every day,” the former employee said. “There’s sushi every day; they have pastry chefs on staff. You get free beers on Friday, from five o’clock.”
The company’s parties are also well known, with one apparently involving the hiring out of entire funfair rides for staff.
The Irish Times reports that the swimming pool is likely to occupy part of the three basement levels of the Montevetro building, which is the tallest office building in Dublin.
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Straight outta Carlow.
Gwan the boyz yup yup
Embarrassing…
@TamuMassif2019: cad go díreach a bhfuil náireach fúthu ?
@Daragh Ó Murchú: I never put much effort into Irish at school…
@Daragh Ó Murchú: Them denying their own culture and trying to act if they belong to another culture and to another race, why making eejits of themselves.
@TamuMassif2019: you haven’t got a clue. I’d say Irish wasn’t the only part of your education you neglected.
@TamuMassif2019: Would you say the same of a rock band? Rock music is from the south of the US originally. Should we stop that, and only play trad so?
Lowest common denominator trash for the most brainless in society.
@Disco Pants: ooooooh look at me I use big words to seem smarter than anyone else
@Disco Pants: moron
@Disco Pants: idiot
@Conor Daly: who bees you dog? Gnome sayin
@Disco Pants: i bet you would be great crack on a night out
@Disco Pants: put down what you don’t understand is smart thinking
@T Jay O’Mea: putting
@Disco Pants: bellend
@Disco Pants: Hey mate you havnt got a clue what’s up
@Disco Pants: brainless? Most of these lads are above average intelligence. They have to be to write songs and have the intelligence and confidence to come up with lyrics on the spot
@Disco Pants: thanks for your insight. Lowest common denominator trolling
Anyone else remember Scary Éire?
@Cheeky Bums: Yeah, last I heard he got whacked in Compton, drive by shooting. Rip Scary
@Cheeky Bums: They played the sugar club on Paddy’s weekend, wasn’t there but it was a great gig so I’ve been told.
@Cheeky Bums: Yeah, Saw them live back in the day.. great band.
Mago x mathman have some really good stuff that deserves more air play
Load of me b. O. X s
I said a hip hop …… stall it down the shop ….
“entrenched racism”? How about a fact check on that claim.
It’s quite astonishing that an article about Irish rap has no mention of Scary Eire
Just need to avoid the trap that happens with any Dublin scene where a group of artists get good, then disappear up their own posteriors
Kneecap’s album gets played a lot in our car. Check them out on YouTube/Spotify if you haven’t already.
The comments here are hilarious
Is seems like most Irish hip hop that makes social media graduated out of gonzaga college
Straight outta Carlow
I really don’t the Kneecap boys would call themselves northern Irish and what’s with the ‘his real name is an Irish name’ comment? What’s that supposed to mean? Belfast is cheap compared to Dublin but you would be hard pushed to get a room in a shared house for less than £250 a month. For a flat, you’ll be talking £500 a month unless it’s in the absolute worst areas
@De20: We are taking Irish hip hop and somehow you manage to make it about property prices….shame on you.
Fair play lads all the best no mention of Rob Kelly from Wexford who really blazed a trail for the hip hop community
Rap/ hip hop just never sounds good done by Europeans it just comes across as lame and fake .
diddi diddle dillidy dillidy dillidy dee
These boys are very talented not mainstream which is great….we are sick of PC bullshit we’re know
what’s going down
5th element on youtube. Class lads!
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