Belfast-based health tech company Neurovalens, a global leader of neuro-technology products, is embarking on the development of a ground-breaking medical device for the treatment of obesity. The company specialises in
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![Kilsaran International Launches New Range of Specialised Concretes](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/KilsaranConcrete-505x306_c.jpg)
In response to changing customer demands Kilsaran International are bringing to the market, a suite of specialised ready-mix concrete products, designed to suit demanding placement methods, strength and durability classes.
![Trinity professors lead €2.9m project to take stress out of water networks](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Trinity_College_Dublin_Ireland_Front_Arch-505x306_c.jpg)
A new project which has received €2.9 million in funding from the European Union (EU) will be lead by Trinity engineering and business professors. Reducing the Energy Dependency of the
![An Taoiseach launches four new Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WorldClass-505x306_c.jpg)
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, together with An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Frances Fitzgerald and Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan, have announced
![UCD and Genomics Medicine Ireland launch largest Irish study on genomics in health and fitness](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Genofit-UCD-505x306_c.jpg)
University College Dublin’s Institute for Sport and Health has partnered with Irish life-sciences company, Genomics Medicine Ireland Ltd (GMI), to launch Ireland’s first large-scale study into the role of genetics in fitness
![Departments launch Co-Innovate programme](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Co-innovate-pic-505x306_c.jpg)
The Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has launched the Co-Innovate programme in Monaghan, along with Permanent Secretary of the Department for the Economy, Dr Andrew McCormick.
![Pharma leaders gather for PMTC Knowledge Day](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/UL-PMTC-Conf-031-505x306_c.jpg)
Leaders in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Ireland gathered at University of Limerick recently for the third annual Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC) Knowledge Day. The event provided a showcase for the
![Ones to watch: HRB recognises UCC researchers ‘demonstrating real promise’](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/UCC-pic-505x306_c.jpg)
UCC’s Dr Jane English and Dr Cathal McCarthy have been named by the Health Research Board (HRB) as “researchers demonstrating real promise” in its new Emerging Investigator Awards. The awards will enable researchers
![Irish Medtech company commences work with the NHS](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Innovation-zed-505x306_c.png)
Innovation Zed, an Irish medtech company, today announced that it has commenced working with the NHS in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, England. The collaboration sees the company’s novel insulin pen
![Five Trinity researchers to benefit from new grant to lead independent research](/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CCO-research-505x306_c.jpg)
Five Trinity researchers have been awarded a Health Research Board-funded Emerging Investigator Award, designed to enable mid-career researchers to shift gear and progress to becoming independent investigators. According to a
![Three-quarters of Irish firms upped cybersecurity after WannaCry – DataSolutions survey](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Three-quarters-of-Irish-firms-upped-cybersecurity-after-WannaCry-DataSolutions-survey-1-505x306_c.jpg)
IT solutions distributor firm DataSolutions has announced the results of a survey, which found that 73% of companies have made changes to their IT security as a direct result of
![Trinity’s Dean of Research promises advances in material science](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/John-Boland-505x306_c.png)
Trinity’s Dean of Research, Prof John Boland, has made a fundamental breakthrough that will potentially change how materials are designed, manufactured and used, including materials for electronics and medical tools.
![55% of young people plan to ditch TV licence – Pure Telecom](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Paul-Connell-CEO-Pure-Telecom-1-505x306_c.jpg)
A new online survey from Irish telecoms and broadband provider, Pure Telecom, has revealed that 55% of Irish TV licence holders aged 30 and under are planning to, or considering,
![New research highlights bad Irish driving habits](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/driver-505x306_c.jpg)
According to a study commissioned by Aviva and carried out by Ipsos MORI, four out of five (84%) Irish drivers admit to using electronic devices or consulting maps while driving
![Belfast company set to revolutionise global weight loss industry](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/neurovalens-505x306_c.jpg)
Young tech firm Neurovalens has used Invest Northern Ireland support for research and development (R&D) to develop Modius, a weight loss device which combines neuroscience and technology to solve health
![Research shows 42% of Ireland’s homeless population are women](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/homeless-505x306_c.jpg)
According to new research from Trinity College, 47% of individuals who are homeless are women. In Ireland, women comprise 42% of the total adult homeless population. This figure is well
![National Marine Research & Innovation strategy launched](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Michael-Creed-505x306_c.jpg)
The new National Marine Research & Innovation Strategy 2017-2021 aims to fulfil the need for a strategic marine research agenda to promote cross-agency collaboration, says Ireland’s Marine Minister. Michael Creed
![Success of Horizon 2020 showcased in Brussels](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mark-Ferguson-505x306_c.jpg)
Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, on behalf of Ireland’s national support team for Horizon 2020, hosted a breakfast meeting this week for Irish research leaders in Brussels ahead of
![Recognising the achievements of Ireland’s Champions of EU Research](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/John_Halligan-cropped-505x306_c.jpg)
Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan and Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland presented outstanding achievement awards to academic researchers, companies and research organisations
![Only one in 10 older adults in Ireland rely on public transport – TILDA](/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/older-505x306_c.jpg)
A new report launched by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin and supported by the Road Safety Authority shows that most older adults rely on
![Blue skies research funding launched](/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Scientist-505x306_c.jpg)
A new programme aimed at providing funding to Irish researchers involved in exploratory blue skies research has been launched. The Laureate Awards programme will initially make €2.5 million available to
![Ireland-US research collaboration set to go ahead](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lero-505x306_c.jpg)
Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded research centre for software, is set to join with Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering at the University of Maryland to collaborate on “extensive research”
![R&D company Cisco celebrates 10 years in Galway](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Pat-Hession-505x306_c.jpg)
A worldwide technology leader, Cisco is celebrating 10 years in Co. Galway. The establishment of the Oranmore site in 2006 was the brainchild of former Senior Vice President Barry O’Sullivan,
![AbbVie and GMI Announce Landmark Population Genomics Alliance](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GMI-505x306_c.jpg)
Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, life-sciences startup Genomics Medicine Ireland Limited (GMI), and WuXi NextCODE, the global contract genomics organisation, launched a
![Government to Grant More Than €28m in Awards for Agri-Food, Marine and Forest Research](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Creed-505x306_c.jpg)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced on Thursday awards of over €28 million for collaborative
![Medicine Research Network Launched at UCC](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PEARLL-505x306_c.jpg)
The UCC School of Pharmacy-led PEARRL (Pharmaceutical Education and Research with Regulatory Links) Network officially launched this week. The network,
![EpiCor Therapeutics wins UCD Start-up of the Year Award](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HOCM-505x306_c.jpg)
Biotech start-up EpiCor Therapeutics won the UCD Start-Up of the Year Award 2016 on Thursday, November 17. It received a
![Irish startup gets €500k investment to research medical benefits of cannabis](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/life-sciences-505x306_c.jpg)
GreenLight Medicines has secured €500,000 from a consortium of Irish investors to fund research into the potential medicinal benefits of
New research published in the Open Biology journal by researchers at NUI Galway has shown that the anti-cancer gene TP53
![Coltraco Ultrasonics CEO receives Honorary Doctor of Science for his commitment to R&D and British talent](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Coltraco-CEO-receives-honor-degree-505x306_c.png)
Coltraco Ultrasonics CEO, Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Durham University. Carl is
![AMBER researcher awarded €2.5m to create groundbreaking high-tech customisable battery](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-type-of-battery-505x306_c.jpg)
Valeria Nicolosi, researcher at the SFI-funded AMBER materials science research centre at Trinity College Dublin, has been awarded a €2.5m
![APC pharma opens new Dublin research facility with 100 new jobs announced](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-medical-research-505x306_c.jpg)
Pharmaceutical research giant APC is to open its new headquarters in Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin, with 100 new high-skill jobs
![Grant Engineering to create 50 jobs with new innovation centre](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Grant-Enginnering-new-innovation-centre-505x306_c.jpg)
Irish manufacturing firm Grant Engineering is to create 50 full and part-time jobs at its facility in Birr, Co Offaly as
![Galway-based pharma firm Chanelle Group to invest €70million in research and innovation](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Chanelle-groupe-new-facility-505x306_c.jpg)
Chanelle Group, the largest Irish-owned manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, will create 175 jobs in a major expansion of its operations, with
![New fund for science films in Galway City of film](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Science-film-505x306_c.jpg)
Under the Galway UNESCO City of Film designation, Galway Film Centre, in association with the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for
![Trinity engineer raising €10m for nuclear power technology](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nuclear-energy-505x306_c.jpg)
A Trinity College engineering graduate is raising €10m to develop a nuclear power technology, that he and his partners claim
![Mayo Clinic researchers extend lifespan by up to 35 percent in mice](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mice-extended-life-505x306_c.jpg)
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic may have made a breakthrough that could one day expand our lifespan by as much
![NUI Galway investing €7.5m to recruit 15 top researchers](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/NUI-Galway-505x306_c.jpg)
NUI Galway has begun an international three-year recruitment campaign to recruit 15 of the brightest emerging research stars, to support
![Government sets up innovation hub for health sector](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Health-innovation-hub-505x306_c.jpg)
A pioneering partnership between private sector companies and the health service to develop groundbreaking Irish healthcare products and research and
![Social Innovation Fund Ireland officially launched](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Social-innovation-new-programme-505x306_c.jpg)
Social Innovation Fund Ireland, a non-profit organisation catalysed by the Government in order to establish a fund of significant size
![First Data To Create R&D Hub In Co Tipperary](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-Innovation-Center-505x306_c.jpg)
FirstData, a global payment technology solutions company, has announced that intends to establish a research and development center in Ireland. The
![Stryker unveils new surgical Innovation Centre in Cork](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Medical-research-505x306_c.jpg)
The Instruments Division of Stryker Corporation officially opened its new Surgical Innovation Centre in Cork. The centre, which features unique
![Science Foundation Ireland invests €2.8 million in 42 science projects](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Damien-English-SFI-505x306_c.jpg)
The Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, TD today announced details of a €2.8 million national investment in
![Maynooth University to be central hub for 5G and IoT testing](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5G-new-centre-505x306_c.jpg)
As part of the CONNECT national research centre for telecommunications, Maynooth University is to be the site of a new
![Medical technology app firm to create 70 jobs](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3d4Medical-hiring-precess1-505x306_c.jpg)
3D4Medical, a maker of medical apps, is set to expand significantly over the next 18 months, with 70 highly-skilled roles
![€50m investment for digital research centre](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Adapt-centre-505x306_c.png)
The Government has announced this morning a €50m expansion of the ADAPT Research Centre for Digital Content Technology at Trinity
The Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton, TD together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, TD yesterday announced details
![CyberColloids: an Irish SME that has made its name as a global centre of excellence for hydrocolloids research and innovation](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Darren-505x306_c.jpg)
CyberColloids was set up in 2002 by four founding members with a vision to provide outsourcing of every aspect of
![New space incubator for start-ups dealing with space](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/New-Space-incubator-Ireland-505x306_c.jpg)
Enterprise Ireland has signed a deal with European Space Agency to develop a Space Business Incubation Centre in Ireland. The signing took
![Trinity College planning new teaching and research buildings](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Trinity-college-new-research-facilities-505x306_c.jpg)
One of the country’s biggest universities is planning to extend its technology facilities, adding around 30,000 square metres of teaching
![60 R&D-focused jobs announced for Newsweaver in Cork](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Newsweather-hiring-plan-505x306_c.jpg)
Cork company Newsweaver is to significantly increase the size of its headquarters in the Airport Business Park, adding 60 new
![CONNECT’s Professor Luiz DaSilva elected IEEE Fellow](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IEEE-new-member-505x306_c.jpg)
Professor Luiz DaSilva, Professor of Telecommunications in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and principal investigator at “CONNECT”,
![Painless, quick stitching scoops innovation award for Doctor](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Surgery-innovation-505x306_c.jpg)
In a wonderful bout of nominative determinism, Cyrus Doctor has won the Clinical Innovation Award for his “Seamless Stitches” device,
![OxyMem co-founders receive the NovaUCD 2015 Innovation Award](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OxyMem-award-505x306_c.jpg)
Professor Eoin Casey and Dr Eoin Syron, both researchers in the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, were presented
![Irish company makes biggest breakthrough for microbiology testing in dairy industry in 100 years](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dairy-milk-breakthrough-505x306_c.jpg)
Ballina-based Oculer has revealed a new ground-breaking system that may be the biggest microbiological breakthrough in the dairy industry in
![2-out-of-3 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award winners are Irish](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Marie-Curie-awards-505x306_c.jpg)
It was nearly a total victory for Irish researchers at this year’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Awards (MSCA), held in Luxembourg City last
![Medtech firm Phenox bringing 65 jobs to Galway with new facility](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Medtronic2-505x306_c.jpg)
Medtech giant Medtronic will establish a new manufacturing facility in Galway to manufacture its next-generation medical device to treat artery