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
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![Irish Government launches comprehensive directory of all innovation supports for research and technology centres](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Minister-English-505x306_c.jpg)
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 IoT cluster to support 100 companies and 800 jobs](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DCU-Alpha-505x306_c.jpg)
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.
![International study led by University College Dublin uncovers mechanism behind Joubert syndrome](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Joubert-Syndrome-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![250 new fintech jobs as Infosys doubles Irish operation](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Infosys-hiring-plan-505x306_c.png)
Indian software services giant Infosys , headquartered in Bangalore, will expand its operations in Ireland, doubling the number of staff in the country to 500 in three years and setting
![Openhydro claims top accolades for innovation](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Openhydro-award-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![6 Irish researchers receive €9m H2020 funding](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Horizon-2020-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![Blueface open new offices with 20 new jobs created and R&D lab](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Blueface-new-hiring-plan-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![$300m New York-Dublin-London fibre cable is the splice of life](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/New-internet-cable-UE-USA-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![New €26m geoscience research centre at UCD now open](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/New-research-center-505x306_c.jpg)
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) ranked No 2 university business accelerator in the world](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UBI-incubator-event-505x306_c.png)
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
![Registration open for Innovation Showcase 2015](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Innovation-event-Dublin-505x306_c.jpg)
Yesterday, Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, has invited people from business, science and research communities to register for the second annual Innovation Showcase event, which will
![Fresh hope for Irish blood cancer patients with €2.2m research investment launched by Minister English](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Cancer-new-lab-research-505x306_c.jpg)
A new national clinical research network has been launched yesterday by Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation, which will bring fresh hope for blood cancer patients in Ireland. The newly
![Talent pool is praised as Google opens innovation lab in Belfast](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/New-Google-lab-Belfast-505x306_c.jpg)
A partnership between Google and the professional services firm PwC is to establish an Innovation Lab or “hive”at PwC’s Northern Ireland headquarters in Belfast’s Waterfront Plaza, just 100 miles from
![Connect centre launches €1 million telecoms research project, O’SHARE, at Trinity College Dublin](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/SFI-broadband-research-505x306_c.jpg)
A €1 million telecoms research project, O’SHARE, has been launched at the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centre, CONNECT, in Trinity College Dublin. Led by Dr Marco Ruffini, Assistant Professor
![Minister English announces new partnership to lead cutting-edge energy system integration research in Ireland](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Minister-English-505x306_c.jpg)
Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD, today announced funding of over €11 million to the Energy Systems Integration Partnership Programme (ESIPP). ESIPP will receive €5.5 million from
![Irish Universities work together to launch €46m software research facility Lero at the University of Limerick](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Lero-new-research-center-505x306_c.jpg)
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 signs option with DCU on cancer treatment](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/US-cancer-research-in-Dublin-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![Minister Bruton announces new AbbVie and Science Foundation Ireland investment of €10 million in two new research collaborations](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/10-millions-research-investment-505x306_c.jpg)
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 companies lagging behind rest of world on digital](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Innovation-survey-Ireland-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![The best of Irish technology to be awarded tonight at the Irish Software Awards 2015](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ISA-awards-Dublin-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![Global Irish Design Challenge launched](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Fashion-innovation-Dublin-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![17 Irish-based researchers bank €2m in IRC funding](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Horizon-2020-grant-505x306_c.jpg)
It seems the funding just keeps coming for Irish researchers as 17 researchers based in Ireland have been awarded a
![Huawei opens new Dublin R&D centre with the creation of 50 jobs](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Huawei-505x306_c.jpg)
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has opened a new research and development office in Dublin’s docklands, where it plans to hire
![25,000 new jobs planned for the west of Ireland with emphasize on marine research](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Richard-Burton-plan-for-jobs-505x306_c.jpg)
It’s hoped that 25,000 new jobs will be created in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon over the next four years. The
![Irish-led team discover new strand of ancient European human genome](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Genome-irish-researches-505x306_c.jpg)
An international team led by scientists from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Cambridge University in the UK have discovered a
![EMC and UCC invest in Boole Business Labs](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Bool-business-lab-505x306_c.jpg)
It was announced last Friday that EMC, the US IT multinational and University College Cork (UCC) has officially launched the
![71pc of local Irish tech firms grew revenue last year](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Innovation-in-companies-research-505x306_c.jpg)
Almost three-quarters of local Irish technology companies grew their revenue last year, according to new research from Bank of Ireland
![UCD and IBM joining forces to push Irish smart cities research](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UCD-IBM-research-505x306_c.jpg)
University College Dublin (UCD) and IBM have struck a deal that will see the pair collaborate on developing the latest
![Swrve to create 45 new jobs after raising $30m](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/SWRVE-505x306_c.png)
Dublin mobile app integration start-up Swrve, which was founded by Havok founders Hugh Reynolds and Dr Steve Collins, has raised
![Dublin jobs boost sees Indeed announce 300 roles at EMEA HQ](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Indeed-recruitment-plan-505x306_c.png)
Job site Indeed is hiring 300 people at its EMEA HQ in Dublin, more than doubling its workforce there, as
![Apple expanding Cork operations and putting €1million in research fund](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Tim-Cook-Ireland-505x306_c.jpg)
Apple’s campus in Cork is about to get a major upgrade, as the tech giant adds a new building to
![The best bits of Web Summit 2015](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Web-summit-Paddy-Cosgrave-505x306_c.jpg)
It is now the end for the Web Summit in Dublin, which is moving to Portugal next year. However this
![Launch of the 20th annual science week at Government buildings](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Week-science-505x306_c.jpg)
To mark the 20th annual Science Week, which takes place next week from the 8th – 15th November, An Taoiseach
![Irish scientists map winds and sand dune evolution on Mars](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mars-planet-505x306_c.jpg)
A trio of Irish scientists has, for the first time, been able to map the winds and sand dune evolution
![Movidius to hire up to 100 artificial intelligence experts in Dublin](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Movidius-recruitment-plan-505x306_c.jpg)
Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a defining impact on the world in the decade ahead, much as the web has
![Accenture opens new specialised AI tech lab in Dublin](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Accenture-new-center-505x306_c.jpg)
Accenture’s shift towards the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence (AI) has just sped up a notch, with the creation of
![Taoiseach announces 320 new jobs](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ireland-new-jobs-505x306_c.jpg)
Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD and Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA
![Start-ups from every continent heading for the Web Summit](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Web-summit-505x306_c.png)
This week’s Dublin-based Web Summit (3th-5th of November) will have something of a Latin flavour, with a large number of
![20th science week supports Ireland’s appetite for science, technology, engineering & maths](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Science-week-505x306_c.jpg)
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) launched, at the beginning of October, the 20th national Science Week by publishing the findings of
![Longitude Prize Information Session](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/longitude_prize_one_line_logo_rgb-400x400_01-505x306_c.jpg)
An information event on the Longitude Prize will take place at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) in on November
![Irishman to oversee ICT organisation](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Director-nomination-505x306_c.jpg)
Lero director Professor Mike Hinchey has been selected as president-elect of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), which has
![19 fintech jobs in Belfast as Hanweck opens European HQ](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Hawtech1-505x306_c.jpg)
US fintech firm Hanweck has chosen Belfast for its European headquarters, bringing 19 research, development and support jobs to the
![130 pharma jobs in Dublin and Cork with Pfizer investment](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pfizer-new-jobs-505x306_c.jpg)
Pfizer is bringing 130 new jobs to sites across Dublin and Cork, which will bring its total employee base in
![BBSRC and SFI launch new collaborative research funding opportunities](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SFI-and-BBSRC-bioscience-funding-505x306_c.jpg)
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Science Foundation Ireland Joint Funding of Research call was officially launched
![140 science jobs in Dublin as Grifols invests €90m in new facility](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Test-tube-Spanish-company-505x306_c.jpg)
Grifols is investing around €90m in a new operations facility in Dublin, bringing 140 jobs to the region. The facility,
![US software firm Pivotal to create 130 jobs in Dublin and Cork](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pivotal-create-jobs-505x306_c.jpg)
Silicon Valley digital transformation player and brand shaper Pivotal is to create 130 new jobs in Dublin and Cork as
![UCD and Trinity discovery could make cancer studies crystal clear](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Crystal-505x306_c.jpg)
Researchers in UCD and Trinity have helped develop a new crystal-focused scientific technique for viewing the early stages of DNA
![Three Irish websites win big at the World Summit Awards](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/World-summit-award-505x306_c.jpg)
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
![Information Session – BBSRC and SFI Collaborative Research Call](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SFI-505x306_c.jpg)
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have entered an agreement to welcome, encourage
![Applications now open for second Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FinTech-Dublin-505x306_c.png)
Consider yourself a fintech entrepreneur with cutting-edge technology to develop? Then get your application together for Accenture’s latest Fintech Innovation
![Irish scientist wins Nobel Prize for Medicine](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/William-Campbell-505x306_c.jpg)
William C Campbell, who was born in Ramelton, Co Donegal, and colleague Satoshi Omura (Japan) were jointly awarded, on Tuesday,
![UCC student’s ‘smart needle’ beats seaweed treatment to TIDA award](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Innovation-price-nerves-505x306_c.jpg)
Lisa Helen, PhD Researcher from Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork took the top prize at the Science Foundation
![Minister Bruton Opens New €20 million Eolas Building at Maynooth University](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Bruton-opening-505x306_c.jpg)
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today opened the new €20.6 million Eolas building at Maynooth University.
![Science Foundation Ireland is delighted to be supporting Startup Gathering 2015](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Startup-Gathering-505x306_c.jpg)
Science Foundation Ireland is delighted to be supporting the Startup Gathering which takes place across Ireland from today (5th –
![Ammeon will create 100 tech jobs in Dublin’s city centre](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ammeon1-505x306_c.png)
Irish IT professional services company Ammeon is to create 100 new high-skilled jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months.
![Taoiseach Opens Kerry Global Technology and Innovation Centre](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Kerry-center-505x306_c.jpg)
Kerry Group, the global taste & nutrition and consumer foods group, opened on Thursday a new Global Technology & Innovation