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 11th at 4pm. This briefing on the competition details will
Lero director Professor Mike Hinchey has been selected as president-elect of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), which has more than 500,000 members worldwide. Limerick native Hinchey’s election as
US fintech firm Hanweck has chosen Belfast for its European headquarters, bringing 19 research, development and support jobs to the region. The company is looking to hire technology and business
Pfizer is bringing 130 new jobs to sites across Dublin and Cork, which will bring its total employee base in the country to well over 3,300. With manufacturing sites at
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Science Foundation Ireland Joint Funding of Research call was officially launched last Friday by Prof Mark Ferguson, Director General Science Foundation
Grifols is investing around €90m in a new operations facility in Dublin, bringing 140 jobs to the region. The facility, situated in Grange Castle Business Park, will ‘come on stream’
Silicon Valley digital transformation player and brand shaper Pivotal is to create 130 new jobs in Dublin and Cork as part of a €100m investment over the next few years.
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 Awards. In all, there were over 40 categories at the
Consider yourself a fintech entrepreneur with cutting-edge technology to develop? Then get your application together for Accenture’s latest Fintech Innovation Lab by 30 October. Announced yesterday, 8 October, during the
Science Foundation Ireland is delighted to be supporting the Startup Gathering which takes place across Ireland from today (5th – 10th October) by hosting a number of key events during
Irish IT professional services company Ammeon is to create 100 new high-skilled jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months. Ammeon, which specialises in IT-based transformation projects is expanding its
Completely by coincidence, a joint Irish research team from University College Dublin (UCD) and The Open University (OU), has found evidence of water flows on Mars just one day after
Tito, an online ticketing technology company founded by Paul Campbell and David ‘Doc’ Parsons, has handled $70 million of ticket sales internationally in just two years. The Dublin-based start-up, which
Global car rental brokerage Auto Europe and Delta Partners have made a multimillion-euro investment in Kerry-based Mobacar to create a global strategic partnership for airlines and online travel agencies. The
The reputation of Ireland as a data hosting hub has increased as major internet-based firms set up their data centre operations here. That’s according to a survey by European data
As widely predicted, the Web Summit will soon hold its final nerd-fest in Dublin (for the foreseeable future) and, after a five-year tenure in the capital, will move to Lisbon
The Global Innovation Index (GII), released for the first time in 2007, has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. Since 2007,
Tullamore, Ireland – September 16th 2015. Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English today announced that Nexvet Biopharma (Nasdaq: NVET), a veterinary biologics developer, has secured a dedicated biologics
There was a 46% increase in the number of companies in Ireland engaging with State-funded research performing organisations(RPOs) to access research to grow their business in 2014 according to figures
Manufacturing and engineering group Tricel is to create 100 new jobs over the next 18 months. 40 of these jobs will be based in the company’s headquarters in Killarney and
Clonakilty, Sacred Heart Secondary School students pick up top prize at international awards for their research into LED street lights – Friday 5th June, 2015 – Ellen Fitzgerald, Aoife Dolan
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
Preliminary announcement of the First ERACoSysMed Joint Transnational Call In 2014, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) partnered with funding bodies
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Mr Brendan Howlin T.D. today announced a new €200,000 Enterprise Ireland fund to
Beijing, 9th December 2014 – A celebration of scientific research links between Ireland and China took place during the State Visit of
Dublin, Ireland, 1 December 2014: Equinome, the leading Irish equine genomics company, plans to open an office in the USA during
December 3, 2014 – Dublin – Minister Bruton today announced that Calypso Technology, a leading provider of capital markets software solutions, is
Innovation Showcase 2014 Our research and innovation system is open for business More than 2,000 entrepreneurs, industry representatives and researchers
Ryanair has launched electronic flight bags (EFBs) for all pilots, across its entire fleet of 300 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which
NovoGrid, overall winner of the 2014 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme, has developed an intelligent control system to enable wind-farm owners
THREE prominent Irish scientists today receive the 2014 Nature Award for Mentoring in Science at the Science Foundation Ireland’s 2014 Summit. Nature hosts
Today Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD today announced a new industry academic collaboration at the Synthesis
Athlone, 3rd November – Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD, today unveiled Dr. Anthony Maher, former researcher at the
Athlone, 3rd November – Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, this evening announced Prof Barry Smyth as the Science
Irish professor Des Higgins and his work on bioinformatics has placed him in the journal Nature’s top 10 most cited
Future aircraft could be entirely windowless with the interior cabin covered entirely in LED screens to reduce weight and costs
Companies are turning to Irish research organisations to tap their knowledge for commercial endeavours at a rate 15pc higher in
Google has marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr Jonas Salk, an American virologist who discovered and developed
The technology to build hoverboards is here, and it could potentially be put to use to secure items – or
The Irish Research Council (IRC) will offer €16.8m over four years to post-graduate students as part of this year’s post-graduate
A €245m investment commitment – comprising €155m from the State and €90m from industry – is to be invested in
Star Trek fans are rejoicing as researchers at the Australian National University revealed the development of a tractor beam dubbed
Students from the University of New South Wales in Australia have broken the electric vehicle world speed record over 500
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