Tagged: Tanaiste & News
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2010/2011 F1 in Schools Technology Challenge launched News
20.09.2010 The 2010/2011 season for the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge was launched by Tánaiste Mary Coughlan TD and the 2010 National F1 inSchools Champions, Govannan Racing from... -
Students encouraged to enter software competition News
19.10.2010 A software development competition has been launched that hopes to encourage students to tap into their creative ability on computers. -
Weekend news roundup News
18.10.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Govt to give 698 schools €20m to buy ICT equipment News
15.10.2010 The Government has revealed the next phase of its €150m Smart Schools = Smart Economy Strategy and has followed up on last year’s €23.3m investment in hardware with a further... -
Choose IT 2010/2011 launched to encourage students to get into IT News
21.09.2010 Minister for Education and Skills and Tanaiste, Mary Coughlan TD, has launched Choose IT 2010/2011, developed by the Irish Computer Society to highlight the positive career... -
Nanotech is a €30-billion opportunity for Irish economy News
12.11.2009 Nanotechnology, the science of ultra micro electronics and pharmaceuticals, has the potential to be a major engine of growth in the Irish economy and exports could be doubled...Categories: R&D -
Mobile network 3 to create 90 retail jobs News
10.02.2010 Mobile network 3 is creating 90 jobs in retail nationwide this year as a result of its opening 28 new shops.Categories: BusinessTags: Tanaiste , -
Gala Networks creates 103 new Dublin jobs News
27.01.2010 Internet gaming giant Gala Networks is to create a further 103 new jobs in Dublin with the support of IDA Ireland, it emerged this morning. -
Expect changes to R&D Tax Credit regime in Finance Bill: Leyton News
17.12.2009 Enhancements to the R&D Tax Credit regime are likely to be introduced in the Finance Bill early next year, according to R&D Tax Credit expert Leyton.Categories: BusinessTags: Finance Bill, Tanaiste , -
Entrepreneurs will drive engine of economic recovery, Tanaiste says News
10.12.2009 In what has been described as the toughest Budget in the history of the State, the Government says it has recognised the need to continue to support entrepreneurs, maintain... -
Construction begins on €15-million Ireland-Wales undersea fibre cable News
07.12.2009 An undersea fibre cable that will allow businesses in Ireland and Wales to win their share of the US$42-billion cloud-computing market has begun construction. The... -
Bentley Systems to create 150 new jobs in Dublin News
18.11.2009 One of the world’s largest privately owned software companies, Bentley Systems, revealed this morning that it is to create 150 new jobs at an international Shared Services,...Categories: Business -
UL creates world’s first best-practice web portal for pharma News
09.11.2009 The Tanaiste has unveiled the world’s first pharmaceutical best-practice portal for compound crystallisation which will operate out of the University of Limerick and is designed...Categories: R&D -
60 new jobs as Dublin firm Sysnet invests €1.27 million in expansion News
03.11.2009 Dublin information security consultancy and services company Sysnet is creating 60 new jobs as part of a major €1.27-million expansion plan supported by Enterprise Ireland.Categories: Business -
Facebook’s Dublin HQ officially opens today News
27.10.2009 Social-networking giant Facebook will officially open its Dublin headquarters on Hanover Quay later today.Categories: Business -
Irish software firm Lincor in 1,000-bed hospital deal News
22.10.2009 Promising Irish technology company Lincor Solutions has won a multi-million euro contract to install its MEDIVista technology in the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario,... -
Trinity DNA tech spinoff locates in Canada News
21.10.2009 A Trinity College technology company that has developed a unique DNA traceability system for meat products has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada.Categories: R&DTags: Mary Coughlan TD, Tanaiste , -
Enterprise Ireland partners invest €34m in 104 businesses News
24.07.2009 Enterprise Ireland partnership funds made 104 investments worth €34m in 2008. While the investments were spread across all sectors, there has been a particularly strong focus on...Categories: Business -
Irish firms ratchet up €1.3bn in new exports News
15.07.2009 Enterprise Ireland-supported companies were responsible for achieving export sales of €14.3bn in 2008, of which €1.3bn were brand-new sales.Tags: Enterprise Ireland, R&D, Innovation, Exports, High Potential Start-ups, Tanaiste , DIBUS0709, HPSUs -
Ambitious plan to grow Ireland’s software exports to €2.5bn News
10.07.2009 The Tanaiste and Enterprise Ireland have unveiled a new strategy for the Irish software sector ‘The New Software Economy’, which focuses on new models emerging from cloud...