Tagged: EU Commission & News
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Microbiology lecturer at UL gets €75,000 Marie Curie Fellowship News
15.05.2012 Dr Achim Schmalenberger, a lecturer in microbiology at University of Limerick (UL), has been awarded a €75,000 Marie Curie grant by the European Commission to take his soil... -
Irish firms lower greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 News
10.04.2012 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today said that emissions from Irish companies covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) dropped from 17.36m tonnes in 2010 to...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
World’s first 4D flight lands in Stockholm News
10.02.2012 The world’s first-ever 4D flight has taken place this morning. The Airbus A320 test aircraft took off from Toulouse and headed to Copenhagen before swooping in over Stockholm,... -
IBM Science of Cities pulls scientific minds to Dublin News
28.10.2011 As Dublin prepares to be City of Science 2012, it was fitting that European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was at the IBM campus in Mulhuddart,... -
EU seeks 1,500 Irish volunteers to help with broadband study News
08.12.2011 The European Commission is seeking 1,500 volunteers in Ireland to help provide broadband performance benchmarks to help guide the commission’s €9bn investment in broadband...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Education, eCommerce, Communications, Economy -
Floor tiles that kill pathogens feature at EU innovation summit News
05.12.2011 Floor tiles created in Ireland that kill MRSA, E. coli and other disease-causing pathogens is being showcased at the first-ever, two-day European Innovation Convention taking...Tags: Medical Technologies, Ireland, EU, Innovation, R&D, Brussels, EU Commission, Enterprise Ireland, DIT -
EU aims for an ‘Innovation Union’ via R&D link-ups News
25.11.2011 European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was in Ireland yesterday to visit Tyndall National Institute, where she gave a heads-up on the EU's new...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Global CIO, Financial Results, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, CIO, Careers and Employment, Bio Tech -
Ireland’s winning Microsoft Imagine Cup team in EU capital News
08.11.2011 The winning IT Sligo team Team Hermes, which competed against 350,000 students from 183 countries to win one of the world’s most prestigious student technology awards, is today...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Education, Economy, Development -
How Ireland can spur on green jobs News
01.09.2011 If Ireland pursues energy efficiency strategies there is no doubt new green jobs can be created, the head of the European Commission Representation in Ireland Barbara Nolan told... -
Green jobs potential for Ireland’s all-island economy News
31.08.2011 Energy efficiency is one of Europe’s fastest-growing sectors with an annual turnover of €319bn, so green job creation in Ireland and energy efficiency will to be thrashed out at...Categories: Sustainability, Recruitment, R&D, Jobs, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Green Tech, Careers and Employment -
Turning sand into silicon chips News
25.08.2011 The nations that produce tomorrow’s cutting edge technologies will be best positioned for economic growth, says Intel’s Eamonn Sinnott. He tells JOHN KENNEDY that advanced...Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Business, Digital Media, Hardware, Investments, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, R&D, Wireless Communications -
European experts gather for Green Week 2011 in Brussels News
24.05.2011 Resource efficiency, looking at how to move towards a low-carbon economy and calling on people to “use less and live better” are key themes of the European Commission’s Green...Categories: Sustainability, Resources, Renewable Energy, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Consumer Tech, Green Tech -
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EU reveals e-govt action plan to boost services 50pc News
15.12.2010 The European Commission has revealed a new action plan under the Digital Agenda to move governments to increase services to citizens online by 50pc and to businesses by 80pc. -
New roaming charges come into force today News
01.07.2010 New roaming charges will come into force across the EU today that will lower the cost of mobile phone use for European citizens who use their handset abroad. -
Broadband more important than electricity – Labour MEP News
11.05.2010 Labour MEP Alan Kelly has hit out at Ireland’s preparedness for the smart economy, pointing out that the country is 18 leagues behind Germany on patents and warns this is linked... -
Fibre plan needed to support further FDI growth News
28.05.2010 Ireland’s success in winning major foreign direct investment (FDI) projects must not be undermined by ongoing fibre infrastructure problems, the chairman of ALTO Ronan Lupton... -
EU raids offices of electrical equipment producers News
03.02.2010 The European Commission said today that it has raided the offices of electrical equipment producers under the suspicion that they are operating a cartel.Categories:Tags: EU Commission, -
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn EU’s new R&D commissioner News
27.11.2009 Former Fianna Fail minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been named the new EU Commissioner responsible for research and innovation, the Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD said today at...Categories: Government, R&D -
EU citizens to get better broadband and privacy rights News
25.11.2009 Some 500 million EU citizens will soon benefit from more consumer choice, better coverage with faster internet broadband and from greater rights to privacy, thanks to a telecoms...