Tagged: Smart Economy & News
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Motorways to drive fibre broadband breakthrough News
04.02.2010 One of the major obstacles preventing widespread distribution of fibre broadband across Ireland has been removed. New legislation will mean the National Roads Authority will...Categories: CommsTags: Digital Economy, Smart Economy, -
Young scientists show how kids are the real smart economy we should be investing in News
21.01.2010 Smart kids, smart technology and high-speed broadband will be integral to the nation’s future.Categories: R&D -
Chorus NTL creates 50 jobs News
07.01.2010 Fifty new positions have been created in Chorus NTL’s National Contact Management Centre in Limerick, adding to the current 300 plus staff employed there.Categories: Business -
‘Ireland needs to engineer itself to be at the crossroads of business and science’ News
07.01.2010 Dublin’s role as European City of Science in 2012 is a vital opportunity, says Science Minister.Categories: R&D -
Microsoft enlists grads to create Ireland’s digital schools curriculum News
22.12.2009 Twenty graduates of technology or teacher training college courses are to get work placement positions in Microsoft Ireland to help develop digital material for the school...Categories: Government, R&D -
Satellite firm shows the way to bridge the digital divide News
03.12.2009 Satellite Broadband Ireland is creating 30 new jobs after winning a contract to support 3 in rolling out broadband under the National Broadband Scheme (NBS). Kevin Ryan is CEO...Categories: Comms -
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 -
The National Digital Development Plan – Key Actions News
26.11.2009 Over the past year, the Irish Government has focused its attention on putting in place key components to support the development of a digitally enabled smart economy. If...Categories: R&D, Digital Life -
More than 5,000 FIT graduates now in full-time employment News
18.11.2009 Almost 10 years after the Fast-track to IT (FIT) programme was developed with the IT industry, some 5,000 people are now in full-time employment. -
Talent & Education News
29.10.2009 We are close to the end of the first decade of the 21st century and critical failings in our education system in the form of inadequate ICT equipment, training and connectivity...Categories: R&DTags: Education, Smart Economy, -
Ireland must foster creative entrepreneurship: DHDA News
15.10.2009 Irish people have an innate sense of "creative entrepreneurship", which should be tapped into as a means out of the current recession. So says the Digital Hub Development... -
Irish Government to appoint CIO to manage 21st-century nation News
14.10.2009 The Irish Government is finally going to appoint a digital tsar to manage the Irish public sector’s use of IT, existing e-government infrastructure and national digital assets,...Categories: Government, CIO -
Debate around broadband infrastructure needs to deviate from speed to quality News
08.10.2009 Never mind talking about broadband speeds, how well are our connections faring, really?Categories: Comms -
Medical devices – Ireland’s €6bn share of global mega industry News
02.10.2009 Ireland’s medical-devices industry exports €6bn worth of goods a year and is carving a vital niche out of a global industry worth US$280bn. -
Maths numbers need to add up for Ireland’s Smart Economy News
25.09.2009 Despite spending pressures, the Government must continue to prioritise the teaching of maths and the physical sciences in secondary schools, according to the director general of...Categories: Government, R&D -
Ireland’s ‘Silicon Valley’ will need to be known for wealth creation News
22.09.2009 If Ireland really wants to become the "European Silicon Valley" then it will need to be known not only as a place that firms can come to generate intellectual property and... -
Let’s make Ireland a ‘European Silicon Valley’ - Taoiseach News
20.09.2009 The fact that Ireland is already the European headquarters for some of the world’s biggest technology companies and because of the talent and ingenuity of the Irish people,...Categories: Government, R&D -
Irish PhD students will give Ireland an edge in green economy News
18.08.2009 Intel, Microsoft and the US Embassy are to join forces with public sector bodies IRCSET and Sustainable Energy Ireland to highlight how research collaboration between industry... -
Digital divide in Irish schools – a black and whiteboard issue? News
10.07.2009 While a growing number of Irish schools have received whiteboard technology, it could lead to a wider learning gulf between schools that aren’t being provided with the latest...Categories: Government, Digital Life -
Ireland creates ‘Innovation Taskforce’ to make smart economy a reality News
29.06.2009 The Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD has appointed an Innovation Taskforce to advise the Irish Government on its strategy to position Ireland as ‘an international innovation hub’ and...Categories: R&DTags: Smart Economy,