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48% of Adults in Ireland Have Little to No Understanding of Drones

  48% of Adults in Ireland Have Little to No Understanding of Drones

In December 2018, Gatwick Airport in London was forced to cancel hundreds of flights and leave thousands of passengers stranded

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LEOs Unite to Create New Opportunity For Producers to Pitch to Top Food Buyers

  LEOs Unite to Create New Opportunity For Producers to Pitch to Top Food Buyers

Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in local authorities from all over the country have joined forces to make an unprecedented investment

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Standardised Protocol For Food Digestion Simulation – INFOGEST 2.0

  Standardised Protocol For Food Digestion Simulation – INFOGEST 2.0

Teagasc researchers have been involved in a large-scale EU-funded network to improve and standardise the scientific protocol for simulating food

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€31 Million Project Secured For Floating Wind Project Off the West Coast

  €31 Million Project Secured For Floating Wind Project Off the West Coast

A €31 million project has been approved for an ambitious four-year floating offshore wind project. Subject to consenting, it is planned

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Cork’s Third Level Institutions Call For Safer Cycling Infrastructure

  Cork’s Third Level Institutions Call For Safer Cycling Infrastructure

Cork’s third level education research institutions have come together to call for safer conditions for their staff and students who

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Ireland Ranks Lowest in Europe For Realising Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices

  Ireland Ranks Lowest in Europe For Realising Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices

Irish business leaders rank lowest in Europe when it comes to realising the benefits of environmentally-friendly approaches with only 45%

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Researchers at UCD Lead Development of New Urine Test to Detect Prostate Cancer

  Researchers at UCD Lead Development of New Urine Test to Detect Prostate Cancer

Cancer researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have led the development of a new test which uses urine to detect

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Closing the Loop – European Commission Reports on Circular Economy Action Plan

  Closing the Loop – European Commission Reports on Circular Economy Action Plan

The European Commission has published a comprehensive report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan it adopted in December 2015.

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€13.7 Million Capital Investment For IT Sligo Under Project Ireland 2040

  €13.7 Million Capital Investment For IT Sligo Under Project Ireland 2040

IT Sligo has been successful in its application of funding for the development and upgrade of the K&L Block on

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Fingal Celebrates a Quantum Leap in Success For BT Young Scientist of the Year Adam Kelly

  Fingal Celebrates a Quantum Leap in Success For BT Young Scientist of the Year Adam Kelly

Fingal County Council has celebrated the success of its students and schools in the 2019 BT Young Scientist competition, as

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New Transatlantic Partnership to Make Childbirth Safer For Mother and Baby

  New Transatlantic Partnership to Make Childbirth Safer For Mother and Baby

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton TD, has announced a strategic R&D partnership between Raydiant Oximetry, Inc.,

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EU Invests Over €10 Billion in Innovative Clean Technologies

  EU Invests Over €10 Billion in Innovative Clean Technologies

The European Commission has announced an investment programme worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in several sectors to boost

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UCD AI For Good Project Shortlisted For 2019 US-Ireland Research Innovation Award

  UCD AI For Good Project Shortlisted For 2019 US-Ireland Research Innovation Award

A University College Dublin (UCD) project using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, to help improve the lives of millions of young

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European Commission Launches Pilot Projects to Reinforce EU’s Cybersecurity Capacity

  European Commission Launches Pilot Projects to Reinforce EU’s Cybersecurity Capacity

The European Commission is investing more than €63.5 million in four pilot projects to lay the ground work for building

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Salmonella Cases in Humans – Assessing Current EU Reduction Targets

  Salmonella Cases in Humans – Assessing Current EU Reduction Targets

After several years of decline, salmonellosis cases in the EU have flattened out. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) scientists say

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Seeking to Grow Research Links Between Irish and Welsh Universities

  Seeking to Grow Research Links Between Irish and Welsh Universities

Professor Peter Halligan (pictured), an internationally renowned psychologist and neuroscientist, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Welsh Government, recently delivered

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Irish Research Centre Selected to Participate in €15 Million EU Cybersecurity Research Project

  Irish Research Centre Selected to Participate in €15 Million  EU Cybersecurity Research Project

Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, which is backed by Science Foundation Ireland, has been selected to participate in a

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€4.3 Million Invested in Enterprise-based Research Partnerships

  €4.3 Million Invested in Enterprise-based Research Partnerships

The Government has announced details of a €4.3 million investment in the Irish Research Council’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme. The Irish Research Council’s Enterprise

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Silicon Valley Tech Company Signifyd Opens Global R&D Centre in Northern Ireland

  Silicon Valley Tech Company Signifyd Opens Global R&D Centre in Northern Ireland

Signifyd, the market leader in guaranteed fraud protection, has announced its first-ever investment in Northern Ireland with a 150-person global

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€251 Million More For Erasmus+ in 2019

  €251 Million More For Erasmus+ in 2019

The European Commission has adopted the revised Erasmus+ Annual Work Programme for 2019, allocating an additional €251 million to the already planned

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