An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Simon Coveney, TD, and Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ireland, Reece Smyth, announced 37 Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2018-2019 at a
A wealth of artefacts from the Viking era unearthed during BAM’s major development of the former Beamish & Crawford site in Cork city centre is being dislayed in partnership with
Three early-stage start-ups have become the latest companies to spin-in to NovaUCD and join the community of entrepreneurs at University College Dublin’s (UCD) Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs. Over
The Teagasc Development of new Horticulture, Forestry and Education Facilities at its campus in Ashtown, Dublin has been officially opened. Over €2.1 million has been invested in facilities including a modern
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovative start-up and scale-up companies across Europe. Europe
With one year to go until Brexit, 62% of Irish entrepreneurs see business opportunities among the risks, according to research published by EY. The research was conducted amongst 130 top
Responding to consumer concerns about food quality and fraudulent practices concerning food, the European Commission has launched a Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality, operated by the Joint Research
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Irish-based BEACON SFI Research Centre for Bioeconomy and the US-based HARVEST (Helping Agriculture Remain
Diaceutics, the Irish company helping patients to receive potentially lifesaving medicine through better diagnostic testing, has announced a collaboration with computer hardware manufacturer Lenovo, and chip manufacturer Intel. The collaboration
Emerson is providing automation software and systems valued at US$ 1 million (approximately €820,000) to Ireland’s National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to help train next-generation workers on
JLL has released new research that places Dublin as a global ‘Innovator’ city for the future. Among the new city types, ‘Innovators’ that possess world-class capabilities in science and technology have seen
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
Pharmaceutical research company APC has announced a major expansion at its headquarters as it looks to more than double headcount in the next few years. The company, which designs, develops
Limerick company Ostoform has won the 2017 AIB Startup Academy competition ahead of 13 other contenders who pitched for the €20,000 cash investment before 300 attendees at the Lighthouse Cinema
Eight research projects at NUI Galway have been awarded funding to commercialise their ideas, from renewable energy to treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Under European projects such as Horizon 2020, researchers
Cork County Council together with the Cork Smart Gateway initiative and the Age Friendly Alliance have launched the €80k Small Business Research and Innovation (SBIR) Challenge with Enterprise Ireland. Through
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
Ailbhe and Izzy Keane have won the 2017 Accenture Leaders of Tomorrow competition. Through their company, Izzy Wheels, the Galway sisters are on a mission to break down negative stigmas
New research by money transfer service Azimo claims that mobile banking and new digital-only banks are saving consumers billions in various charges. According to a survey of more than 4,000
The Nevin Economic Research Institute has called for the establishment of a new semi-State housing company to supply the market with more affordable rental accommodation. In its latest quarterly outlook,
CÚRAM Investigator Dr. Martin O’Halloran has been awarded a second European Research Council (ERC) grant of €150,000 to support the development of a new medical device for the treatment of
ARCH, the Centre for Applied Research for Connected Health, announced on Wednesday the launch of a collaborative study to assess the feasibility of collecting clinical trial data remotely within a
Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, life-sciences startup Genomics Medicine Ireland Limited (GMI), and WuXi NextCODE, the global contract genomics organisation, launched a long-term strategic alliance on Monday to conduct population genomics research
UCC’s Limited Lactis team was awarded a gold medal recently at the iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) competition in Boston.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced on Thursday awards of over €28 million for collaborative
Research by Knowledge Transfer Ireland found that 748 collaborative new research agreements between research performing organisations and industry were signed
GreenLight Medicines has secured €500,000 from a consortium of Irish investors to fund research into the potential medicinal benefits of
The Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigators Programme allocated the funding of €40m for 24 major research projects across the country, through a
The agri-researchers from academia and companies in Ireland have been awarded a total of €6.32 million in the most recent
Horizon 2020 is the EU’s largest research and innovation programme with an energy research budget of €6 billion for the
RCSI’s Innovation team as awarded with the Knowdledge Transfer Initiative of the Year Impact Award at the national Knowledge Transfer Ireland
Since several weeks, exist a brand new topic among the people : Pokémon Go. This new gaming-app, developed by Nintendo, is hyped
Last year the Irish Research Council awarded €33.7m to 1,396 researchers, according to the organisation’s annual report. So, the Council
Will you be on a long journey? Do you have an electric vehicle? Will you reach tour destination before you run
Damovo has invested €1.5 million in training, systems and software development whereupon it brings the total number of countries supported from
Irish researchers and companies have won a total of €274.7 million in funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programme for
Over 13,000 horses have been genetically tested by company Plusvital is an Irish equine science company, which has announced the
Three winners of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) competition were announced to develop smart technology solutions for Building Energy
Today, the Irish aviation and aerospace sector will be promoted by Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and
Funds are one utility to increase international growth as Netwatch targets new customer acqusition in the US & UK. Ireland’a
The enhancement of the UK market supports as well as the support of management and competitiveness and the market expansion
Today’s announcement contains that further five new tech companies were attracted into the digital cluster by the the Digital Hub. Among
The EU-funded SOLAR-H2 project has established a pan-European research network that is tapping into the potential of solar fuel that
The European Commission launched three Horizon Prizes to encourage innovation and find solutions to challenges in the area of energy. Worth
There was the announce that Code Institute, an EdTech company delivering Full Stack software coding education, has secured €500,000 syndicated investment
The kinetic energy of the waves can convert into electricity that can be fed into the grid with the help
The face of airport and border security are progressively changing because of new technologies. To contribute to this development, the
Mergon Group celebrated the launch of the Mi (Mergon Innovation) Centre at its headquarters in Castlepollard, Westmeath. , the Irish
In the latest announcement of job-creation grants by the Fingal Local Enterprise Office (LEO), it was announced that sixty-four new
The first genomes from ancient Irish humans has sequenced by a team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from
Work begins in an extension to one of University College Cork’s oldest buildings on a €15m one-stop shop for most
Irish house buyers have a new toy to play with as VR headsets enter the field to help inform people
Coltraco Ultrasonics CEO, Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Durham University. Carl is
Valeria Nicolosi, researcher at the SFI-funded AMBER materials science research centre at Trinity College Dublin, has been awarded a €2.5m
Pharmaceutical research giant APC is to open its new headquarters in Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin, with 100 new high-skill jobs
Irish manufacturing firm Grant Engineering is to create 50 full and part-time jobs at its facility in Birr, Co Offaly as
Aerogen, the global leader in aerosol drug delivery, has been named as a Ruban d’Honneur recipient for excellence in innovation
Chanelle Group, the largest Irish-owned manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, will create 175 jobs in a major expansion of its operations, with
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