The Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton, TD together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, TD yesterday announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities
CyberColloids was set up in 2002 by four founding members with a vision to provide outsourcing of every aspect of the hydrocolloids world. With many years of experience in the
Mcor, a hardware start-up founded by two brothers from Dunleer, Co Louth, has achieved global recognition, being honoured with a top innovation award at the world’s biggest consumer hardware event, CES in
Enterprise Ireland has signed a deal with European Space Agency to develop a Space Business Incubation Centre in Ireland. The signing took place during the Enterprise Ireland Trade and Investment Mission to
One of the country’s biggest universities is planning to extend its technology facilities, adding around 30,000 square metres of teaching and research buildings. Trinity College Dublin has published a tender
AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, has today announced the appointment of Professor Michael Morris as Director of the organisation. Professor Morris,
Cork company Newsweaver is to significantly increase the size of its headquarters in the Airport Business Park, adding 60 new jobs to its current workforce over the next two years, with
Professor Luiz DaSilva, Professor of Telecommunications in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and principal investigator at “CONNECT”, the world-leading Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centre at Trinity, has
In a wonderful bout of nominative determinism, Cyrus Doctor has won the Clinical Innovation Award for his “Seamless Stitches” device, which offers “rapid postoperative closure” of patients’ wounds. Doctor, a
Professor Eoin Casey and Dr Eoin Syron, both researchers in the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, were presented with the award by UCD President Professor Andrew J Deeks.
Ballina-based Oculer has revealed a new ground-breaking system that may be the biggest microbiological breakthrough in the dairy industry in 100 years. The Irish firm has unveiled a ground-breaking system for
It was nearly a total victory for Irish researchers at this year’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Awards (MSCA), held in Luxembourg City last Thursday (10 December), with two out of the three award winners
Medtech giant Medtronic will establish a new manufacturing facility in Galway to manufacture its next-generation medical device to treat artery disease, the company has announced. More than 100 skilled professionals
A comprehensive directory of all innovation supports for research centres and technology centres has been launched yesterday by the Irish Government. The announcement was made at the Innovation Showcase, where the
DCU Alpha, an innovation cluster set up in 2013 and based in Glasnevin, has announced that it plans to support 100 companies and 800 jobs over the next three years.
An international study co-authored by Dr Oliver Blacque, University College Dublin (Ireland), Professor Martijn Huynen, from Radboud University (The Netherlands), and Professor Christel Thauvin-Robinet from Burgundy University (France), has identified
Tidal energy developer OpenHydro, a DCNS company, has secured top honours at this year’s Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards and SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards. The County Louth based company OpenHydro won
The Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills Damien English TD, together with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, today (Tuesday) published Innovation 2020, a new five-year science strategy which aims
Six researchers in Irish universities are amongst 291 top class young researchers across Europe awarded a Starting Grant from Horizon 2020’s European Research Council (ERC) last Friday. The prestigious awards
The business telephony company Blueface has opened a new office in Dublin, creating 20 jobs in a variety of roles to bring their total number of staff to 60. The
A $300m fibre cable (€277m), capable of carrying one-third of the world’s voice traffic and all of Europe and the US’ data traffic connecting New York and London via Mayo has
Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD officially launched yesterday (Wednesday) the newly established Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre, iCRAG. The new centre at University College Dublin (UCD) will
Ireland’s National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) was ranked the No 2 university business accelerator in the world at the UBI Awards in London yesterday (25 November). Headquartered in Stockholm, UBI Global is
Yesterday, Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, has invited people from business, science and research communities to
A new national clinical research network has been launched yesterday by Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation, which will bring
A partnership between Google and the professional services firm PwC is to establish an Innovation Lab or “hive”at PwC’s Northern
A €1 million telecoms research project, O’SHARE, has been launched at the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centre, CONNECT, in
Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD, today announced funding of over €11 million to the Energy Systems
Ms Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills, yesterday (Monday) formally launched an expanded Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland
US company Vaccinogen has signed an agreement with Dublin City University giving the firm a two-year option on acquiring a
At the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle on Saturday, Minister for Jobs Mr Richard Bruton announced a joint
Irish firms lag behind the world’s top performing companies in many key digital behaviours, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) annual Digital
Tonight (20 November), the Irish Software Association’s (ISA) annual awards ceremony will celebrate the best of this sector. The ceremony
Irish Design 2015’s Global Irish Design Challenge is now open for submissions until the 30th of November. This is an
It seems the funding just keeps coming for Irish researchers as 17 researchers based in Ireland have been awarded a
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has opened a new research and development office in Dublin’s docklands, where it plans to hire
It’s hoped that 25,000 new jobs will be created in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon over the next four years. The
An international team led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Cambridge University in the UK have discovered a
It was announced last Friday that EMC, the US IT multinational and University College Cork (UCC) has officially launched the
Almost three-quarters of local Irish technology companies grew their revenue last year, according to new research from Bank of Ireland
Dublin mobile app integration start-up Swrve, which was founded by Havok founders Hugh Reynolds and Dr Steve Collins, has raised
Job site Indeed is hiring 300 people at its EMEA HQ in Dublin, more than doubling its workforce there, as
Apple’s campus in Cork is about to get a major upgrade, as the tech giant adds a new building to
It is now the end for the Web Summit in Dublin, which is moving to Portugal next year. However this
To mark the 20th annual Science Week, which takes place next week from the 8th – 15th November, An Taoiseach
A trio of Irish scientists has, for the first time, been able to map the winds and sand dune evolution
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a defining impact on the world in the decade ahead, much as the web has
Accenture’s shift towards the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence (AI) has just sped up a notch, with the creation of
Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD and Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA
This week’s Dublin-based Web Summit (3th-5th of November) will have something of a Latin flavour, with a large number of
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) launched, at the beginning of October, the 20th national Science Week by publishing the findings of
An information event on the Longitude Prize will take place at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) in on November
Lero director Professor Mike Hinchey has been selected as president-elect of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), which has
US fintech firm Hanweck has chosen Belfast for its European headquarters, bringing 19 research, development and support jobs to the
Pfizer is bringing 130 new jobs to sites across Dublin and Cork, which will bring its total employee base in
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Science Foundation Ireland Joint Funding of Research call was officially launched
Grifols is investing around €90m in a new operations facility in Dublin, bringing 140 jobs to the region. The facility,
Silicon Valley digital transformation player and brand shaper Pivotal is to create 130 new jobs in Dublin and Cork as
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