Tagged: Knowledge Economy & News
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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 -
Seed scheme could triple angel investing for NI start-ups – Halo News
05.04.2012 Northern Ireland’s new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) could potentially more than triple business angel investment levels in start-ups in the region, particularly in...Categories: Intellectual Property, Funding, Enterprise, Economy, Internet, Investments, R&D, Science -
Broadband rollout ‘single most important investment’ for job creation News
29.03.2012 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has clearly grasped a point that his predecessors in times of plenty have failed to grasp. He said today that the nationwide rollout of... -
NI Science Park facility to house 500 knowledge jobs News
02.03.2012 Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) has announced its new stg£6m development is aiming to host up to 500 knowledge jobs when the facility opens, most likely in August.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Careers and Employment, Energy -
Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report News
27.02.2012 Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country...Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Investments, Project Management, R&D, Science -
Researchers get €250k for drug treatment and telecoms studies News
23.02.2012 Three groups at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been awarded almost €250,000 by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to progress their research around drug delivery... -
UCD spins out five new tech start-ups News
21.02.2012 Five new start-ups spun out of research programmes at University College Dublin in 2011 are aiming to take on a combined 50 new hires by the end of 2013. All five ventures are...Tags: UCD, NovaUCD, Ireland, Innovation, Technology Transfer, R&D, Jobs, Spin-out, Smart Economy, Knowledge Economy, Education -
Boston University and Intune Networks to create BURST network News
20.02.2012 Boston University and Irish firm Intune Networks are partnering to create the Boston University Research Switch and Transport (BURST) network, which will be based upon Intune...Categories: Telecommunications, Social Media, Search Engines, R&D, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Govt to create a new digital strategy for Ireland News
10.11.2011 The Irish Government is to draw up a new Knowledge Society framework to ensure greater digital engagement among businesses and citizens, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte... -
Govt science adviser on Europe’s city of science (video) News
30.01.2012 With Dublin having now officially launched as the 2012 European City of Science, the Irish Government’s chief scientific adviser, Prof Patrick Cunningham, talks about how Dublin...Categories: Science, R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Jobs, Intellectual Property, Government, Funding, Education, Economy -
Ireland’s IERC gets €1m energy research funding boost News
30.01.2012 Ireland’s International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has been given a €1m cash injection from the Government, via Enterprise Ireland, to ramp up its energy research projects....Categories: Energy, Economy, CIO, Engineer, Engineering, Government, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Jobs, Networking, Private Irish Business, R&D, Renewable Energy, Research, Science, Sustainability -
50,000 knowledge economy jobs predicted for Northern Ireland News
27.10.2011 If Northern Ireland can be transformed into the UK’s leading knowledge economy it would result in an extra 25,500 direct jobs across 6,000 new technology businesses and an... -
Govt invests €4.3m in molecular medicine PhDs News
11.10.2011 The Government has launched the Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Programme (CTRSP), a PhD programme developed by the partner institutes of Molecular Medicine Ireland... -
Northern Ireland Science Park expansion to accommodate 500 jobs News
02.08.2011 The Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) will expand its facilities by almost a third, allowing for space to accommodate 500 jobs. -
Ireland’s crisis presents opportunity for green recovery News
28.04.2011 As the world moves towards a green growth regime, Ireland must decide what kind of economy it wants to see emerge from the current crisis. That is according to former UN climate... -
Tech Jobs - Why Ireland needs to get switched on to tech careers News
16.02.2011 It is a tale of two countries. One is steeped in recession where bright young graduates believe emigration is their only option. The other has a technology industry that is the... -
UCD plan aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship News
01.10.2010 University College Dublin (UCD) has unveiled a new plan that sets out to play a major role in Ireland’s economic recovery. -
Clonmel tech firm reveals European expansion News
27.09.2010 A Clonmel-based mobile computing and barcode technology company, VisionID, has announced its workforce will increase by 25pc.Categories: Jobs, Careers and Employment -
Brewing up Java skills for the knowledge economy News
04.02.2010 Last year’s economic downturn had a significant impact on the technology sector: not only did many long-time software engineers find themselves out of work, but they also found...Categories: Upskilling, R&D -
Start-up programme will divine Google founders' energy News
06.05.2010 The Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship and Invent DCU’s Tech Venture Creation Programme for post-doctoral researchers is aiming to create the next generation of tech start-ups.Tags: Knowledge Economy, Invent DCU,