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Irish start-up Clevermiles makes finals of Castrol 20/20 Challenge News
22.05.2012 New Irish start-up Clevermiles, which has developed an app to inspire safer driving, has been named as one of five finalists for the Castrol 20/20 Challenge in the UK. -
DIT to centralise its campuses at €500m Dublin 7 site News
14.05.2012 An Bord Pleanála has today approved Dublin Institute of Technology’s €500m plan to centralise all 39 of its existing colleges on one site as part of the new 73-acre Grangegorman... -
New Sweat for Equity programme to get start-ups going News
11.05.2012 Techies, creatives and those with ideas for new start-ups can now apply for Swequity Exchange, a new programme that the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Ireland is... -
Cisco to take on 100 new hires at Galway facility – reports News
30.04.2012 Cisco Systems is expected to announce this morning that it is to create 100 new jobs at its Oranmore, Co Galway plant, with recruitment due to start soon, according to reports. -
Nanoscience institute CRANN gets three new board members News
26.04.2012 CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has added three new members to its board, as the institute ramps up its...Categories: Research, Science, Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Graduate, Government, Funding, Energy, EconomyTags: TCD, exporting, R&D, Technology Transfer, Ireland, Nanoscience, SFI, Nanotechnology, CRANN, Government -
Cloud start-up gets €300K investment; plans 15 jobs News
25.04.2012 Careergro, a new HR start-up that has tapped into the cloud to create a career development tool for employees and companies, has gleaned a €300,000 cash injection from private... -
Dogpatch Labs Europe start-up hub sees six US$1m-plus investments News
17.04.2012 It’s just a mere six months since US venture capital player Polaris located its Dogpatch Labs Europe start-up hub in Dublin, and already the lab has seen off six US$1m-plus... -
Bill Liao on why Ireland needs to grow its tech talent right now (video) News
20.04.2012 At Angel MeetUp this week in Dublin, internet entrepreneur and investor Bill Liao pleaded with people to support the new Open Ireland movement. He also spoke about Ireland's...Categories: Apps, Digital Marketing, Economy, Funding, Graduate, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, Management, Marketing, Software & Web Development -
Irish software start-up gleans European innovation award News
17.04.2012 Xcelerit, a new software spin-out from the Science Foundation Ireland CTVR telecommunications research centre at Trinity College Dublin, has today won the PRACE innovation... -
Junior Achievement and Prometric to promote STEM subjects in schools News
17.04.2012 Junior Achievement Ireland is set to partner with test development and delivery firm Prometric to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in secondary...Categories: Science, Life Sciences, Graduate, Engineering, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Dara O Briain in science show School Of Hard Sums News
16.04.2012 Irish comedian Dara O Briain has been dabbling in a lot of science lately. Fresh from his hugely popular Stargazing show on the BBC, which he co-presented with Prof Brian Cox, O... -
TCD computer scientist gets top innovation accolade News
12.04.2012 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has presented its 2012 Innovation Award to computer scientist and technology entrepreneur Dr Gerard Lacey. -
Young innovators to converge in Dublin for Sandbox launch News
10.04.2012 Sandbox, the global network for young innovators under the age of 30, is launching a Dublin hub next week. There will be a plethora of young entrepreneurs from ventures such as...Categories: Science, R&D, Networking, Investments, Internet, Graduate, Engineer, Education, Digital Media -
15 new start-ups enter digital accelerator at NDRC News
04.04.2012 New Irish digital start-ups, ranging from a music analytics service to a mobile app for people with eating disorders, have just started the Launchpad accelerator programme at...Tags: Cloud, Funding, SaaS, Social Media, Start-ups, NDRC, Networking, Venture Capital, Bill Liao, digital -
Android app for election canvassing wins student contest News
04.04.2012 Brendan Finucane, a final-year student in business information systems at University College Cork (UCC), has taken first prize in a Dragons’ Den-style competition for his app,... -
Galway transition-year students launch NerdMe venture News
03.04.2012 With second-level students scrambling to cram in as much information as possible before the Junior and Leaving Cert exams in June, three enterprising transition-year students... -
Students win TechnoDen prize for VisualEyes invention News
02.04.2012 A group of transition-year students have won the TechnoDen competition in Cork for their VisualEyes product, a portable visual aid that’s based on echolocation.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Computers, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Undergraduate Awards seek out the world’s brightest students News
02.04.2012 University students from Ireland, the US, the UK and Canada have until 2 July to get their entries in for this year’s Undergraduate Awards programme, which looks set to be a... -
Teacher wins European award for classroom tech News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland teacher David Young from Limavady High School has won out over 122 European entries to glean the ‘Cutting Edge Use of Technology’ category at Microsoft's... -
Irish academic awarded honorary professorship in China News
30.03.2012 Prof Diarmuid Hegarty, the president of Griffith College, has been awarded an honorary professorship from the Beijing Information, Science and Technology University in China....