Editing Media Lab Europe (section)

==Creation==
MLE was created in July 2000 and was initiated by the Irish [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]]. The lab received start-up funding of 35 million Euro from [[Government of Ireland|Irish Government]], as well as sponsorship from industrial research partners (see below). It was located in a former [[Guinness]] warehouse in the historic [[The Liberties, Dublin|Liberties]] area and was to have been a flagship project for the Irish Government's [[The Digital Hub|Digital Hub project]], an [[urban renewal]] scheme aiming to encourage digital media companies to locate in the area. The MLE board initially included celebrity [[Bono]] from [[U2]]: in 2002, he stepped down in favour of fellow band member [[The Edge]] whose technical interests better fit the laboratory's mission and who (unlike [[Bono]]) regularly attended meetings of the board.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}