Tagged: Government & News
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Campaign to name new Dublin City bridge after Nobel physicist Ernest Walton News
17.05.2012 What better way to celebrate Dublin’s 2012 tenure as European City of Science than to name the new Marlborough Street bridge in the capital city after Ernest Walton, the Irish...Tags: Education, Government, Knowledge Economy, Science, Atom, Physics, Maths, STEM, TCD, Dublin City Council, Transport, Engineering -
DIT to centralise its campuses at €500m Dublin 7 site News
14.05.2012 An Bord Pleanála has today approved Dublin Institute of Technology’s €500m plan to centralise all 39 of its existing colleges on one site as part of the new 73-acre Grangegorman... -
E-invoicing could save European governments €40bn News
09.05.2012 Electronic invoicing could save European governments at least €40bn. Across Europe, governments consume between 45pc and 65pc of goods and services.Categories: Investments, Internet, Government, Financial, Enterprise Applications, eCommerce, Digital Business -
Micro-businesses need support, argues new CPA president News
01.05.2012 Self-employment is an area of “untapped opportunity” in Ireland and needs encouragement and support. That’s according to Niall Byrne of Niall Byrne & Co, who has just been... -
Nanoscience institute CRANN gets three new board members News
26.04.2012 CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has added three new members to its board, as the institute ramps up its...Categories: Research, Science, Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Graduate, Government, Funding, Energy, EconomyTags: TCD, exporting, R&D, Technology Transfer, Ireland, Nanoscience, SFI, Nanotechnology, CRANN, Government -
Water meters and how to cut back on water use News
17.04.2012 As the water meter debacle continues to dominate the news today, we take a look at how people can go about conserving water and reducing their water footprint. Also, it has just... -
Irish Govt reveals e-government strategy up to 2015 News
12.04.2012 The Irish Government has revealed a new e-government strategy that contains 44 actions across eight priority areas. Projects include an online passport service, a national...Categories: Software & Web Development, IT Management, Hosting Services, Government, Data Management, CIO -
€150m Development Capital Scheme targets medium-sized firms News
12.04.2012 The Irish Government has launched the €150m Development Capital Scheme to address the funding gap for mid-sized Irish businesses. It asked fund managers to signal their interest... -
Irish academic awarded honorary professorship in China News
30.03.2012 Prof Diarmuid Hegarty, the president of Griffith College, has been awarded an honorary professorship from the Beijing Information, Science and Technology University in China.... -
Science Council urges Govt to seize €80bn innovation opportunity News
29.03.2012 The Advisory Council for Science Technology and Innovation (ACSTI) has today called on the Irish Government to come up with a strategic and focused approach to secure a... -
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China News
27.03.2012 Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting China to speak with government officials as the consumer electronics giant looks to further its investment in the area. It will be Cook's first... -
Discover Fingal app wins open data competition News
22.03.2012 Tourism app Discover Fingal was voted the winner of Fingal County Council’s Apps4Fingal competition which aimed to help the council show how using public data generates business... -
New online platform for people to rant to their hearts' content News
22.03.2012 Feel like having a bit of rant? Something irking you? Well, a new website should help you along quite nicely. With the tagline ‘De-Stressing the Nation!’ Rantbook.co is aiming...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Economy, Government, Media, Mobile, Networking, Search Engines, Social Media, Web, Web 2.0 -
New internship programme to let Irish people pursue career in Asia News
16.03.2012 The Farmleigh Internship Programme for Asia has launched, aiming to offer internship opportunities in Asia to 1,000 Irish professionals within the next five years. -
Hollywood stars support ConnectIreland's jobs drive (video) News
13.03.2012 Hollywood actor Martin Sheen, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley have come together to promote the new IDA-backed ConnectIreland initiative. -
Primary schoolers and Ireland’s science and maths drive News
12.03.2012 The Irish Government’s Discover Science and Engineering initiative is calling for all national primary schools to register for its 2012 maths and science awards programme.Categories: Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Tech, Green -
Govt’s €500m scientific research budget to target key job-creating areas News
01.03.2012 The report findings from the Research Prioritisation Steering Group have just been announced at Science Gallery Dublin. The steering group, chaired by Jim O’Hara, former Intel... -
Public debate on ‘Irish SOPA’ to begin before weekend News
01.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review is expected to go live by the weekend and will be open to the public, as well as IIA members. -
Removing child pornography online more effective than blocking it - ISPAI News
29.02.2012 Paul Durrant, general manager of Internet Services Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) hit back at claims that Irish ISPs were not doing enough to battle child pornography... -
Seanad to urge new laws for Irish ISPs to block child abuse material News
24.02.2012 A group of senators will next week put forward a private members motion urging Justice Minister Alan Shatter TD to put in place legislation that will require Irish internet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Security, Search, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Government, Consumer Tech