mastodon 4.7.3A community hackerspace and makerspace in Dublin. Coding, electronics, crafts, radio and making. Weekly free events. Need to get in touch? Email info@tog.ie
This Saturday we are hosting another Repair Café at TOG Hackerspace from 12 noon to 4pm.
Bring along broken household items and sit down with our volunteer fixers to see what can be done. Toys, jewellery, kettles, lamps, clothes, small electricals, electronics and small furniture are all welcome.
Free tickets and full details:
https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/april-repair-cafe/
#RepairCafe #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #DublinMaker #Dublin
We were out today activating POTA site IE-0228 from the National Botanic Gardens.
It was a lovely Sunday radio outing, and as far as we know it was the first ever POTA activation from the Botanic Gardens.
Thanks to Daniel McDowell EI8ICB and @tdr112@chaos.social EI7IRB for taking part, and thanks as well to South Dublin Radio Club for their net.
Portable radio, fresh air, and a few nice contacts along the way. Hard to complain about that.
#POTA #ParksOnTheAir #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #TOGHackerspace
One of our TOG members is bringing a bit of Irish maker energy to Germany today 🇮🇪🇩🇪
@tdr112@chaos.social is at FabLab Chemnitz for Open European Lab Day, running a hands-on Hidden Colors workshop.
Participants will be exploring light, polarisation and the secret colours hiding in everyday materials like plastics and tape. It is exactly the kind of playful science and making we love to see travelling between hackerspaces.
https://stadtfabrikanten.org/en/article/open-european-lab-day-fablab-chemnitz-09052026
Great Repair Cafe underway here in Tog ! Delighted to be joined by guys from @FarsetLabs
We’re heading out for another Parks on the Air activation on Easter Monday, 6 April from Ticknock Forest, Dublin.
We’ll be operating as EI0TOG, with @tdr112@chaos.social EI7IRB leading the activation. You’re very welcome to join us in person, or listen out and give us a call on the bands.
It’s open to the wider TOG community and the public, and if radio is not your thing, Ticknock is still a lovely spot for a walk.
More here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/pota-on-easter-monday-from-ticknock/
A great Bunkers On The Air activation near Shannon Airport with help from EI7IRB, EI2LH, EI4LF, EI8ICB #BOTA #amateurradio
A nice bit of homebrew radio testing in the space last night.
Daniel EI8ICB was trying out a home-made 4m antenna and made a QSO with EI3IXB, David Gardiner from South Dublin Radio Club.
Always great to see something built by hand getting on air.
TOG Hackerspace is at Dublin Comic Con for the next two days. We’ve brought along interactive projects, homemade gadgets, glowing builds and plenty of things to catch your eye. Drop by the stand and say hello if you’d like to learn more about making, hacking, electronics or cosplay tech.
#TOGHackerspace #DublinComicCon #Maker #Hackerspace #DIY
Our radio club was out this morning on Bull Island doing a #POTA activation. We had two HF stations set up and some 2M. We had @tdr112@chaos.social (EI7IRB) on the club call sign(EI0TOG) and @schrodinger@mastodon.ie on (EI9JYB). Thanks to all on the South Dublin radio club net and 2 M IRTS news for chatting with us and our SWLs
Our next repair café is today!
And coincidentally, our open social happens after!
Book a slot for the repair café here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/repair-cafe-tickets-1980452469649
And stick around for our open social. Crossing all our fingers and toes the weather holds for some outdoor pizza oven fun (otherwise we have an indoor kitchen...)
See you later!
Tomato seeds from our February Seed and Plant Swap are already starting to sprout 🌱🍅
We’ve got the first seedlings from Gardeners Delight and Harzfeuer.
Our next Seed and Plant Swap is on Saturday 21st March — a great chance to swap seeds, plants, cuttings and growing tips with others.
We’re delighted to share that Tog Hackerspace has received Shared Island Civic Society Fund support for All Island Maker Mobility – Connecting Communities Through Making with Farset Labs in Belfast. Site visits, residencies, STEM outreach, and showcases at @DublinMaker@mastodon.ie, ShipItCon, and NIDC are all ahead. First visit: 11 April at our Repair Café + Open Social Night. Full story: https://www.tog.ie/2026/03/all-island-maker-mobility-connecting-communities-through-making/ #SharedIsland
Yesterday we were out in Ticknock Forest, IE-0116 for our Easter Monday POTA activation.
Great to get EI0TOG on the air, make plenty of contacts, and enjoy a good day out in the Dublin Mountains.
Thanks to Declan EI9HQ, Paraic EI2LH, Tomasz EI3106, and Jeffrey EI7IRB for taking part.
TOG Hackerspace is heading to Shannon on 18 and 19 April for the IRTS AGM Weekend.
We’ll have a table at the Sunday rally where we’ll be showing off projects from the hackerspace and meeting radio friends from around the country.
A few of us also plan to be in Shannon on Friday evening to try our first Bunkers on the Air Ireland activation, with plans to activate B/EI-0151 and B/EI-0152.
More details here:
https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/tog-heading-to-shannon-for-the-irts-agm-weekend/
Another member trained up on the laser cutter with a big project ahead of her...
Find out what it is at our* next repair café in the space on April 11th and stick around after for our monthly open social.
(registration for the repair café is at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/repair-cafe-tickets-1980452469649 )
*Along with our excellent friends @DublinMaker@mastodon.ie
#maker #laserCutter #repairCafe #solarpunk #openSocial #dublinMaker
And we're off!
And looking forward to seeing our friends from Farset Labs
Calling into the SDR net tonight during our open social night
We’ve a new 3D printer at TOG Hackerspace, and of course one of the first things we printed was a duck.
A new Prusa Core One L has joined the space thanks to a kind anonymous donation, and we’re already putting it to work.
If you’d like to try 3D printing, drop into our Maker Night every second Monday at 7pm.
Read more: https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/weve-a-new-3d-printer-at-tog/
Our next Repair Café takes place on Saturday 11 April, from 12 noon to 4pm at TOG Hackerspace.
Use the bank holiday weekend to gather up everything broken in the house, book your ticket, and bring it along for a second look.
Free tickets and details: https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/april-repair-cafe/
#RepairCafe #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #DublinMaker #Dublin
We’re looking forward to welcoming Farset Labs to Tog tomorrow for the first event in our All Island Maker Mobility project.
Farset members will join us for our Repair Café and then stay on for our monthly Open Social Night as we get this new cross-border project underway.
https://www.tog.ie/2026/03/all-island-maker-mobility-connecting-communities-through-making/
#TogHackerspace #FarsetLabs #SharedIsland #Makerspace #RepairCafe
Get reading — this month’s Tog Science Fiction Book Club book is Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch.
A dark and thought-provoking science fiction novel with plenty to chat about.
We’ll be meeting in person at Tog Hackerspace on Tuesday 28 April at 7:30pm.
Event details:
https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/bxwvwtyjcgblc/
#ScienceFiction #BookClub #TogHackerspace #CampConcentration
♻️ Curious about the circular economy?
Join us at What is Circular? this Thu, Oct 30th at 6:30pm in Kildare Town.
Our own @tdr112@chaos.social will share how TOG’s Repair Cafés are helping people fix, reuse & connect.
🎟️ Free tickets → https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-circular-tickets-1729464367479
#CircularEconomy #RepairCafe #TogHackerspace #Reuse #Sustainability
🖥️ Hack and Chill kicks off tonight! 🔐
Into cybersecurity, hardware hacking, or just tech mischief? Come hang out at Tog Hackerspace for the first night of our new weekly meetup.
📅 Friday, 16th August
🕖 7 PM – 9 PM
📍 Tog Hackerspace, Kylemore Road, D12 CF6V
🔗 https://www.tog.ie/2025/08/new-weekly-group-night-hack-and-chill/
Bring your laptop, your stories, or just your curiosity. No talks, no pressure — just good people and good hacks.
#HackAndChill #Cybersecurity #Hackerspace #DublinTech #InfoSec #TogHackerspace
