Tagged: European Union
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#OI2Dublin - Dublin Declaration sets out a new business model for the European Union (video) News
22.05.2013 A new 10-point declaration drafted at the Open Innovation 2.0 conference at Dublin Castle is to be presented to the president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. The...Categories: Science, Research, Recruitment, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
DIT and RED-T take part in €6m pan-European solar farm R&D project News
23.04.2013 DIT has joined forces with Dublin renewable energy company RED-T to embark on a three-year €6m European research project on solar energy involving 12 companies across Europe....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Funding, Energy -
Ireland’s unemployment rate sixth-highest in EU News
03.04.2013 According to the latest figures from Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union, unemployment across the EU rose slightly in February 2013, while year-on-year...Categories: Careers and Employment -
Taskforce of European data regulators to target Google over privacy changes News
02.04.2013 Internet giant Google could face a bevy of massive fines after it emerged that at least six European data-protection commissioners could take co-ordinated action over its... -
Data protection awareness up as firms seek to avoid fines News
18.02.2013 Awareness of data protection requirements is increasing in Ireland, with 80pc of a survey group saying they now have a named person responsible for this area in their... -
Failure to invest in fibre broadband could make Europe an economic backwater News
15.02.2013 European nations and their respective incumbents’ inability to embark on ambitious fibre infrastructure plans that will prepare their countries for the 21st century and beyond... -
Kroes’ disappointment as 2020 broadband plan for rural areas potentially in tatters News
11.02.2013 The European Union’s decision to chop €7bn off the €9.2bn earmarked to meet the Digital Agenda goals of 100Mbps for half of Europe could impact on countries' ability to deliver...Categories: Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Digital Business, Communications -
Citizen Today: Cities for Citizens Reports
12.07.2011 Ernst & Young reports on the findings of its year-long examination into the biggest challenges facing urban communities around the globe. -
Next Generation Innovation Policy Reports
13.07.2011 The future of EU innovation policy to support market growth. -
Restart: Ernst & Young's 2011 European Attractiveness Survey Reports
12.07.2011 The world has a growing number of important spheres of economic influence. -
UCC-led researchers secure €6m in FP7 funding to carry out pre-eclampsia testing News
05.11.2012 Under its FP7 research programme, the European Union has awarded €6m in funding to a consortium led by researchers at University College Cork (UCC) that’s working on bringing a... -
20 new jobs for Cork as Dutch company buys OceanModus News
16.01.2012 Cork manufacturing software company OceanModus has been acquired by Dutch software firm ATS BV for an undisclosed sum. Some 20 new jobs are to be created over the next three... -
Google and EU regulators reach ‘understanding’ over alleged market dominance News
25.07.2012 Internet giant Google is understood to have reached an understanding with EU antitrust regulators over alleged anti-competitive behaviour and dominance of the search market.Categories: Search Engines, Search, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
OPINION - The European Union’s single patent system is in doubt again News
21.07.2012 The European Union’s single patent system is in doubt again following legal bickering between the European Council and the European Parliament over the draft law establishing... -
EU to target Huawei and ZTE in trade subsidies action News
28.05.2012 Huawei and ZTE, two of China’s biggest telecoms equipment makers, are to be the target of a major EU trade case alleging they benefited from illegal government subsidies. -
EU gives Google the opportunity to resolve anti-trust concerns News
21.05.2012 A statement from the European Commission lists four major concerns regarding the search giant’s competitive dominance and requests that these issues be resolved in a matter of...Tags: Google, Search, Android, Mobile, OS, European Commission, European Union, Anti-trust, Microsoft, -
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