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Lord Mayor runs Camara’s 10K to support digital literacy in Irish schools News
24.05.2012 If you’re reasonably fit and looking for something healthy to do on what promises to be a sunny Saturday, you could join Lord Mayor of Dublin, Andrew Montague, who will be...Tags: Camara -
IGNITE to light a spark under budding entrepreneurs News
24.05.2012 UCC’s IGNITE programme is on the hunt for new applicants looking to kick-start a business idea for its next round starting in October.Categories: Training, Support, Investments, Graduate, Funding, Finding a Job, Enterprise, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg dodges IPO questions at Harvard News
24.05.2012 Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg had plenty to say about gender roles in the workplace but remained fairly tight-lipped about the social network's recent IPO...Categories: Social Media, Leadership & Management, Financial, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Donegal school wins SmartClass digital education prize News
24.05.2012 One hundred and forty incoming first-year students at Loreto Community School in Milford, Co Donegal, are set to start studying their Junior Cert curriculum digitally this... -
Edco’s e-books could make textbooks a thing of the past News
24.05.2012 The full curriculum of post-primary schoolbooks for the next school year are available as e-books, as Edco now plans to tackle primary school editions.Categories: Web, Software Development, Software, Mobile, Internet, Finding a Job, Education, Digital Media, Computers, Apps, Application Design and DevelopmentTags: E-book Readers, E-books, Education, Software, Notebook, Laptops, iPad, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Edco -
BT calls on students to enter Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition News
23.05.2012 BT Ireland has launched the 2013 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, so students from around Ireland have until 1 October to enter their ideas and inventions. -
Cork’s European tech cluster rolls out adopt-a-school initiative News
23.05.2012 The it@cork European tech cluster has introduced a new adopt-a-school scheme that will see household tech names like EMC, IBM, Trend Micro, Quest and McAfee select schools and... -
10 social entrepreneurs get €700K from Arthur Guinness Fund News
23.05.2012 Ten social enterprises are set to receive financial and business support to the value of €700,000 from the 2012 Arthur Guinness Fund. The Minister for the Environment, Community... -
Springboard offers 6,000 new education opportunities News
22.05.2012 The Irish Government has announced 6,000 new part-time higher education places for job seekers via the Springboard programme, focused on areas with skills shortages.Tags: Pharmaceutical, Green Economy, Medical Devices, ICT, Government, Jobs, Skills, Education, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, IDA, -
Primary schools get science and maths awards News
22.05.2012 Ireland’s national science promotion programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has given 420 primary schools awards in science and maths. -
Monty Munford and James Whelton to keynote at dot conf 2012 News
21.05.2012 Content strategy guru Monty Munford will take the stage at this year’s dot conf at the National College of Ireland in Dublin alongside CoderDojo co-founder James Whelton.Categories: Upskilling, Training, Social Media, Marketing, Education, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Google reveals Irish finalists in its Science Fair News
21.05.2012 Google has announced the 90 regional finalists of its second Google Science Fair, and two Irish entries have been selected. -
WebElevate addresses skills shortage with addition to programme News
21.05.2012 With more than 2,500 jobs unfilled in the ICT and gaming sectors, the Digital Skills Academy’s latest programme addresses the skills shortage with a dedicated digital games stream.Tags: Video, Software Development, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Skills, Education, Jobs, Games Industry, Gaming, -
Northern Ireland Assembly opens up its data News
21.05.2012 The Northern Ireland Assembly is opening up its data, so app developers and those who specialise in web analytics can have access to the work of the assembly and its committees.Categories: Web, Software, Multimedia, Mobile, Government, Education, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Dublin-made top-selling educational app expands its adventure News
18.05.2012 Dublin developers are taking chart-topping educational app Curious George at the Zoo to a new level with the addition of new environments for little ones to explore. -
IBM to create several hundred new jobs at Dublin Global Services Hub News
18.05.2012 IBM is to create several hundred new jobs at a new Global Services Integration Hub in Mulhuddart as part of an IDA Ireland-supported investment.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Global CIO, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
Campaign to name new Dublin City bridge after Nobel physicist Ernest Walton News
17.05.2012 What better way to celebrate Dublin’s 2012 tenure as European City of Science than to name the new Marlborough Street bridge in the capital city after Ernest Walton, the Irish...Tags: Education, Government, Knowledge Economy, Science, Atom, Physics, Maths, STEM, TCD, Dublin City Council, Transport, Engineering -
Ireland named best place to invest in Western Europe News
16.05.2012 Ireland has topped the list of the best places to invest in Western Europe, according to the annual Global Best-to-Invest Rankings compiled by international magazine Site... -
Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms News
15.05.2012 Bat experts from all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are at the Eurobats conference in Dublin Castle this week. They are here to discuss how to best protect bats... -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering