Ms Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills, yesterday (Monday) formally launched an expanded Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Irish Software Research Centre, at the University of Limerick in
US company Vaccinogen has signed an agreement with Dublin City University giving the firm a two-year option on acquiring a biotechnology analysis platform called DiCast, under undisclosed terms. The company
At the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle on Saturday, Minister for Jobs Mr Richard Bruton announced a joint investment of €10 million by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise
Irish firms lag behind the world’s top performing companies in many key digital behaviours, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) annual Digital IQ survey. The study of more than 2,000 executives across
Tonight (20 November), the Irish Software Association’s (ISA) annual awards ceremony will celebrate the best of this sector. The ceremony will take place at the Double Tree Hotel, in the
Irish Design 2015’s Global Irish Design Challenge is now open for submissions until the 30th of November. This is an opportunity for design professionals, students and graduates to be featured
It seems the funding just keeps coming for Irish researchers as 17 researchers based in Ireland have been awarded a total of €2m through the Irish Research Council (IRC) to
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has opened a new research and development office in Dublin’s docklands, where it plans to hire up to 50 people by next year. Huawei said the
It’s hoped that 25,000 new jobs will be created in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon over the next four years. The new employment plan, West Action Plan for Jobs, is part
An international team led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Cambridge University in the UK have discovered a new genetic strand of an ancient human European hunter-gatherer descendent.
It was announced last Friday that EMC, the US IT multinational and University College Cork (UCC) has officially launched the Boole Business Labs. The Boole Business Labs is Europe’s first
Almost three-quarters of local Irish technology companies grew their revenue last year, according to new research from Bank of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin. The research project, led by Professor
Dublin mobile app integration start-up Swrve, which was founded by Havok founders Hugh Reynolds and Dr Steve Collins, has raised $30m (€28m) in financing and will create 45 new jobs
Job site Indeed is hiring 300 people at its EMEA HQ in Dublin, more than doubling its workforce there, as it reacts to a 40pc rise in job searches in
Apple’s campus in Cork is about to get a major upgrade, as the tech giant adds a new building to Hollyhill with a capacity for an extra 1,000 jobs. The new
It is now the end for the Web Summit in Dublin, which is moving to Portugal next year. However this last occasion was a success. This week 42,000 people and
To mark the 20th annual Science Week, which takes place next week from the 8th – 15th November, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. attended a showcase of Irish science, technology,
A trio of Irish scientists has, for the first time, been able to map the winds and sand dune evolution on Mars, by using image data from the HiRISE camera
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a defining impact on the world in the decade ahead, much as the web has for the past two decades, predicted the CEO of Movidius
Accenture’s shift towards the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence (AI) has just sped up a notch, with the creation of a new specialised R&D lab in Dublin – the company
Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD and Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland today announced the creation of 320 new jobs for
This week’s Dublin-based Web Summit (3th-5th of November) will have something of a Latin flavour, with a large number of start-ups coming from South America. At least 16 young companies
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) launched, at the beginning of October, the 20th national Science Week by publishing the findings of its most comprehensive and significant public research project, the “SFI
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
Irish-based sites CoderDojo.com, Localauthorityfinances.com and PledgeSports.com have beaten off competition from websites from 178 countries at the UN-based World Summit
Consider yourself a fintech entrepreneur with cutting-edge technology to develop? Then get your application together for Accenture’s latest Fintech Innovation
Science Foundation Ireland is delighted to be supporting the Startup Gathering which takes place across Ireland from today (5th –
Irish IT professional services company Ammeon is to create 100 new high-skilled jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months.
Completely by coincidence, a joint Irish research team from University College Dublin (UCD) and The Open University (OU), has found
Tito, an online ticketing technology company founded by Paul Campbell and David ‘Doc’ Parsons, has handled $70 million of ticket
Global car rental brokerage Auto Europe and Delta Partners have made a multimillion-euro investment in Kerry-based Mobacar to create a
The reputation of Ireland as a data hosting hub has increased as major internet-based firms set up their data centre
As widely predicted, the Web Summit will soon hold its final nerd-fest in Dublin (for the foreseeable future) and, after
The Global Innovation Index (GII), released for the first time in 2007, has swiftly become a widely used metric for
Tullamore, Ireland – September 16th 2015. Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English today announced that Nexvet Biopharma (Nasdaq:
There was a 46% increase in the number of companies in Ireland engaging with State-funded research performing organisations(RPOs) to access
Manufacturing and engineering group Tricel is to create 100 new jobs over the next 18 months. 40 of these jobs
Clonakilty, Sacred Heart Secondary School students pick up top prize at international awards for their research into LED street lights
Job benefits of bioenergy sector doubled if local resources used Friday, 29th May 2015: New reports published today by
Great news! Richard Keegan and Eddie O’Kelly have published Lean Service. Lean is about VALUE … the creation, delivery and
Alexion Pharmaceuticals today announced plans to significantly expand its operations in Ireland by constructing the Company’s first ever biologics manufacturing
€1.5m in EU Horizon 2020 funding has been awarded to two Irish projects aiming to develop ‘ICT for Energy Efficient
The Ministers were speaking at the launch of the Northern Ireland Horizon 2020 strategy. The strategy sets out the key
(February 25 – 2015) IDA IRELAND, the government agency responsible for attracting inward investment, has announced ambitious targets to boost
Irelands, inaugural Research & Innovation Conference in association with ‘Big Four’ firm EY and chaired by Denis Hayes, Managing Director
The innovative new phone charging service, WattSpot, is quickly making a name for itself as its services are spreading across
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) today announced €1.6 million in funding for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) educational and public
InterTradeIreland not only offers SMEs business funding to help develop new innovative ideas or to target new cross-border markets, we
Global Innovation Hub will create 200 Scientific, IT and Business jobs in Ireland Dublin, Ireland, 29th January, 2015 – ICON
Ireland has the third highest proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU, new Eurostat figures reveal. According to Eurostat, 48.9pc
At its Industry Day to celebrate its first year in operation, AMBER unveils new technology that helps injured racehorse return
Nestlé is to intensify its research in the field of epigenetics, the science of how eating behaviours and other environmental
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