In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Irish tech company has launched a hand-washing app to ensure health professionals, workers and the general public are correctly washing their hands to
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Vivid Edge, the energy efficiency specialist company, has won the Sustainability Category Award at the 2020 SFA National Small Business Awards. The aim of the Awards, now in its sixteenth
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The spread of the coronavirus could be slowed using findings from behavioural science, according to a new ESRI research paper. The conclusion is based on more than 100 scientific research
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The Learnovate Centre – one of Europe’s leading research centres in learning technologies – has announced EdTech expert Nessa McEniff (pictured) as its new Centre Director. Based at Trinity College
![Digital Realty Expands Dublin Data Centre in Preparation For Tech Boom](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DigitalRealtyMarch2020-505x306_c.jpg)
Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data centre, co-location and interconnection solutions, has officially opened its Clonshaugh data centre, the latest facility in its portfolio of data centres in
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The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public-private partnership between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical industry, has launched a fast-track call for research proposals to develop treatments and diagnostics in
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Enterprise Ireland (EI) has approved a total of €1.14 million joint funding to drive collaborative projects, or ‘Challenges’, between innovative companies and the public sector. The Small Business Innovation Research
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Glofox, a Dublin fitness management software company, is investing in Northern Ireland for the first time. The company is creating a Research and Development Centre to support its rapid international growth
![Web Aggregator Seopa Expands Team in Ambitious Plan to Double Revenue](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SeopaFebruary2020-505x306_c.jpg)
Seopa Ltd is to create 31 new jobs as part of its latest growth plans as it targets new markets. Headquartered in Belfast’s Linen Quarter, Seopa operates price comparison websites in
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IT Sligo, together with healthcare leader Abbott, have announced that they are hosting the Northwest region’s second annual Engineering Fair as part of IT Sligo’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. The family-friendly fair
![Dublin to Become Mastercard’s Technology Hub For Europe](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MastercardDublin-505x306_c.jpg)
Mastercard has announced its plans to create 1500 jobs in the next three to five years as it significantly grows its new European Technology Hub in Dublin. The plans reflect
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Cloud solutions company, 3EN Cloud Ltd, is doubling its headcount with 16 new jobs at its Holywood offices in County Down as part of a £1.2 million investment, following successful growth
![Shaping Europe’s Digital Future – European Commission Presents Strategies for Data and Artificial Intelligence](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ECDigitalFuture2-505x306_c.jpg)
The European Commission has unveiled its ideas and actions for a digital transformation that works for all, reflecting the best of Europe: open, fair, diverse, democratic and confident. It presents a European
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A super-fast 100,000mph interstellar space rocket has been tested by a private British nuclear fusion company. Pulsar Fusion, a privately owned and operated nuclear fusion firm based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes,
![Fexco Opens €21 Million Research and Development Facility](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FexcoFebruary2020-505x306_c.jpg)
Irish-international fintech company, Fexco has opened a new building in Killorglin, County Kerry, which will house its own Research Development and Innovation Centre, and RDI Hub – a world-class centre
![Esri Ireland Helps Waterford City & County Council to Improve Public Services](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/EsriIrelandWaterfordJanuary2020-505x306_c.jpg)
Esri Ireland, the market leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), has announced that Waterford City and County Council has implemented Esri’s digital mapping software to help improve the delivery of
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Granite Digital, Ireland’s leading full-service digital agency, will create 50 new jobs across its Dublin, Cork and Galway offices. The jobs announcement comes as part of a €2.5 million investment in
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An international team led by scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past
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There is still time to register to attend the 2020 National Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, which has been extended to a two-day event to meet growing demand,
![OEEsystems International Announces Official Irish Launch of PerformOEE™ Smart Factory Edition](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OEESystemsJanuary2020-505x306_c.jpg)
OEEsystems International are The OEE People. Supporting global installations from Seattle to Shanghai since 2002, their Smart Factory Software, PerformOEE is the market leading and most comprehensive OEE Software Solution
![Industrial Revolutionary to Speak at the 2020 National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition, Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin – 29-30th January](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ManufacturingEventHenrikvonScheelResized-505x306_c.jpg)
Credited with being the originator of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ (Industry 4.0) and named by the Financial Times as one of the leading authorities on strategy and competitiveness, Henrik von
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has published its Annual Plan for 2020. Key priorities are: a continued focus on individual-led research programmes, challenge-based funding initiatives including programmes to address climate action,
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DuPont has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Ltd, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company. OxyMem develops and produces Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology for
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Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have discovered that bacteria often found in the lungs became more harmful and caused increased
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Decarbonisation will involve the most profound social adjustments and transformations since the Industrial Revolution. That’s according to Professor Murray Hitzman, Director of iCRAG the
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The Government recently launched Ireland’s Industry 4.0 Strategy at the Irish Manufacturing Research Centre in Mullingar to help firms respond
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The wave energy device by Ocean Energy Ltd, funded by the Government of Ireland through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), has
![€65 Million For 16 Ground-breaking Projects Under Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DTIFDecember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
The Government has announced that 16 innovative projects have been successful under the second round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation
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Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, today announces that it is supporting Goodbody’s investment in evolving and growing its business.
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Research commissioned by Irish Water and conducted by B&A indicates that 44% of the Irish public admit they ‘know nothing or
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Seven emerging University College Dublin (UCD) start-ups are set to pitch their business plans at the final of the University’s
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Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, has published the findings of an independent survey exploring the views of senior enterprise IT professionals
![Output Sports Named Best Early Stage Company in Dublin](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/OutputSportsNovember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Output Sports, the University College Dublin (UCD) sports technology spin-out, has been named ‘Best Early Stage’ company, and won a
![Two Leading University College Dublin Researchers Win 2019 Science Foundation Ireland Awards](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/UCDAwardsNovember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Two leading University College Dublin (UCD) researchers have been announced as winners of prestigious 2019 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Awards
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New ESRI research shows a strong appetite among students, parents and teachers for changing senior cycle education, which incorporates Transition
![SFI Public Service Fellowship Programme – Deadline Extension](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SFISeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Science Foundation Ireland is extending the application deadline for the SFI Public Service Fellowship programme call to 23rd January 2020, 13:00 Dublin
![Output Sports’ CEO Wins Best Business Idea Award at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur 2019 National Final](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OutputSportsSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Dr Martin O’Reilly (pictured), the co-founder and CEO of Output Sports, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company, has won
![Veriteer Expands its Irish Team as Business Grows in Europe and the USA](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VeriteerSeptember2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Veriteer, an international customer experience company with headquarters in Holywood, County Down, is expanding its workforce to meet a significant
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I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, and science engagement specialists Gallomanor have launched a nationwide competition to turn
![TechConnect Live – Ireland’s Largest Technology Event – May 30th, RDS, Dublin](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TechConnectLive2019-505x306_c.png)
TechConnect Live, which is Ireland’s largest annual business and technology exhibition for Micro, SME and Enterprise level companies, is being
![LogMeIn to Create 200 Jobs in Dublin With New Office Expansion in Grand Canal Dock](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LogMeInApril2019-505x306_c.jpg)
LogMeIn Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based connectivity and recognized as one of the world’s 10 largest public Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies,
![Research Shows that Only 18% of Social Media Users in Ireland Could Identify a bot Social Media Account](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IReachLogo-505x306_c.jpg)
As social media grows an ever more powerful force for news, communication and advertising with each passing year, it is
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Alchemy Technology Services has announced it is setting up a European Centre of Excellence in Londonderry. It will provide software
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Recognised as one of Ireland’s largest independent craft breweries, Rye River Brewing Company based in Celbridge, County Kildare, has won
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Teagasc has appointed two new Dairy Knowledge Transfer specialists. Martina Gormley will be based at the Teagasc centre in Athenry
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People living in urban areas are more likely to face barriers to social inclusion, according to new research published by
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Nestlé and Coca-Cola have yet again dominated brand rankings in their respective industries, each keeping runners-up at a healthy distance
![Neueda Technologies Establishing a Software Engineering Hub in Athlone](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/NeuedaTechnologiesBannerJuly2018Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Neueda Technologies, a privately-owned IT Training, development and consulting services company headquartered in Belfast, is establishing a Software Engineering Hub
![€11 Million Expansion of Engineering and Research Unit at DCU](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DCUJuly2018-505x306_c.jpg)
A major new wing of the Stokes Engineering and Research Building at Dublin City University has been officially opened. Costing over
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The latest JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) shows that Ireland’s property market ranks within the most ‘highly transparent’
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Our soil is a critical national resource that underpins national agricultural, environmental, ecological and cultural dimensions of our economy and
![DCU Launches Ireland’s First Centre of Excellence For Diversity & Inclusion](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DCUJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Ireland’s first Centre of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion has been launched at Dublin City University. The DCU Centre of Excellence for
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As much as 90 percent of the milk that goes into a cheese-making facility comes out as whey, which can
![Ireland Rises to 9th in the European Innovation Scoreboard](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/New-Innovation-Center-505x306_c.jpg)
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, TD has welcomed Ireland’s strong innovation performance reported in the European Commission’s
![Dual Quality of Food – European Commission Releases Common Testing Methodology](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ECFoodCheckJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
The European Commission has just released a new common methodology for comparing the quality of food products across the EU.
![University College Dublin Proposes New Partnership Model For Agri-Food Sustainability](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ECFoodCompressed-505x306_c.jpg)
During a recent Food 2030 conference at the Agriculture University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, University College Dublin (UCD) proposed a new
![European Commission Proposes Most Ambitious Research and Innovation Programme Yet](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ECMEResearch-505x306_c.jpg)
For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation. A new
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Between now and 2030 worldwide demand growth for milk and milk products will be three times the level of current