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Interview: Commissioner Neelie Kroes on the Digital Assembly, Dublin’s Digital Masterplan and women in IT (video) News
19.06.2013 Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission, responsible for Europe’s Digital Agenda, took time out from a busy schedule at the Digital Agenda Assembly today to help...Categories: Telecommunications, Leadership & Management, Government, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
22 energy-efficiency projects to support Irish jobs News
19.06.2013 As part of the Government’s jobs action plan, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is set to support 22 Irish energy-efficiency projects spanning both the public...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
European Digital Agenda Assembly opens in Dublin to plot EU’s digital strategy News
19.06.2013 Some 600 delegates from across Europe’s civil and private spheres have descended upon Dublin this morning for the start of the European Digital Agenda Assembly. For the next two... -
Award-winning Prof Michael Coey becomes first Irish member of European Academy of Science News
19.06.2013 Prof Michael Coey, a principal investigator at CRANN in Dublin, has joined the ranks of Nobel Prize and Fields medal winners by having been elected to the European Academy of... -
Microsoft gathers European youth ambassadors in Dublin to address unemployment News
17.06.2013 On Tuesday, 18 June, Microsoft will host 60 youth ambassadors from across Europe at a focused workshop entitled ‘Driving Digital Jobs in Europe’.Categories: Government, Careers and Employment -
Two Irish firms chosen for EU research project to revolutionise medical devices News
17.06.2013 Galway-based medical device manufacturer Crospon, and Adama Innovations, a new spin-out from the Irish nanoscience institute CRANN, have been selected to take part in a European... -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
E-government improving, but citizens want more, more, more News
28.05.2013 Almost half (46pc) of European Union (EU) citizens go online to use e-government services but many of them said they are more satisfied with online banking and online shopping... -
UL researchers awarded €480k to develop exoskeleton innovation News
28.05.2013 A research team at University of Limerick (UL) has been awarded €480,000 in funding as part of a €5.8m EU project called Robomate to develop an exoskeleton for industrial... -
New Atlantic Ocean research alliance to involve EU, Canada and US News
24.05.2013 The Marine Institute in Galway was today the setting for the signing of an agreement between the EU, the US and Canada to pave the way for collaborative scientific and...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
20-20 vision – Ireland is still only at the start of its fibre journey News
17.05.2013 Ireland’s fibre journey is not a fait accompli and if anything time is of the essence if the Government is to reach its goal of having a minimum of 30Mbps for every home by... -
Scientists pioneer graphene sensor to potentially improve air quality testing News
07.05.2013 Researchers at the Irish nanoscience institute CRANN have manufactured a new graphene-based sensor they believe could have future commercial applications in air quality control... -
Irish researchers to lead Alzheimer’s drug trials News
07.05.2013 A group of Irish researchers is to lead an 18-month drug trial to test a possible new treatment for Alzheimer’s. They will be testing the blood pressure drug Nilvadipine in a... -
Ireland tops the EU for third-level education attainment – Eurostat News
26.04.2013 Ireland has the highest proportion of young people who have successfully completed third-level education in the EU – that’s according to new figures from the statistical office... -
Girls in ICT Day kicks off with debate in Brussels on ICT careers News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and events are taking place all over the world to put the spotlight on getting more girls and young women to consider careers in ICT. The European... -
EU ministers to converge in Dublin for energy talks this week News
22.04.2013 Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, will be hosting an informal meeting with EU energy ministers at Dublin Castle this week to thrash out ideas on topics such as ICT and... -
Political pirate Rickard Falkvinge is out to prove a point News
16.04.2013 A fortnight ago, when the third season of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones was broadcast, digital pirates around the world illegally downloaded the episode more than 1m times –... -
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 -
Neelie Kroes gathers Leaders Club to help foster more European start-ups News
21.03.2013 Vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner in charge of the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes is leading a group of nine successful entrepreneurs that will meet... -
Cybercrime profits fund other crimes - Europol News
20.03.2013 Profits from cybercrime are being used to fund other criminal activity, while the volume and impact of online threats is increasing, Europol has said.