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- Ireland ranks best place to invest in Western Europe
03/05/13 Site Selection is pleased to present its fifth annual Best to Invest rankings of nations and metro areas for investment-attraction activity in 2012. - FeedHenry raises €7m in funding, to create more than 100 new jobs
02/05/13 Waterford-headquartered cloud and mobile software player FeedHenry has secured €7m in a funding round led by Intel Capital. - Ireland’s new best pal pays off
29/04/13 - Flowering of a nation’s youth through learning the art of computer code
25/04/13 A formidable new force is making its presence felt in the tech world as coding clubs unleash young talent - Wall Street Journal - Luck O' the Irish: Time to Invest in Ireland?
19/03/13 - Ireland invests €1m in centre to leverage fast-growing data analytics sector
15/03/13 - IT Sligo students named Imagine Cup finalists at Microsoft app and gaming event
06/03/13 - Chinese New Year 2013
08/02/13 - High-tech sector scores substantial job gains
04/01/13 - Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2013
02/01/13 - Why Dublin's Tech Scene Is Booming
21/12/12 - Lake Region Medical Ltd wins Medical Technology Company of the Year Award
17/12/12 Congrats to all in Lake Region Medical who won the Medical Technology Company of the Year Award and TECNOPATH who won the emerging company of the year. - IDA Ireland launches ‘Connect and Invest’ a new marketing initiative to promote Sligo
13/12/12 - FDI Intelligence Digital Marketing Awards – IDA wins best digital marketing strategy, most innovative IPA, top country and best website
07/12/12 - Irish Govt injects €5m into IC4 cloud computing research centre at DCU
27/11/12 - CLARITY research centre has created 60 jobs and three spin-outs over four years
22/11/12 At an event showcasing the work of the CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies in Dublin today, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, applauded the research centre for its contribution to job creation in Ireland. - IDA CEO Barry O'Leary on CNBC and Bloomberg
19/11/12 - Nanoscience institute CRANN creates 50 jobs with €8m in industry funding
19/11/12 CRANN, the nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), secured €8m in industry funding this year, allowing for the creation of 50 full-time research positions. - Jobs in Ireland’s video games industry up 91pc in just three years
16/11/12 Employment in the Irish-based video games industry has increased 91pc since 2009 to a current estimated total of 3,344 workers and has generated revenues of €2bn since 2001, a study of the industry has revealed. - Building a cloud ecosystem
12/11/12 IDA Ireland’s senior vice-president in charge of ICT Pat Howlin says Ireland is building a considerable ecosystem around the cloud in order to be in an unassailable position to capture the opportunities of the world’s next industrial revolution, which will centre on big data and will transcend all industry types. - NUI Galway institute to team up with four Indian institutes on biomaterials research
06/11/12 - Irish Ports in good position to capitalise on growing demand for offshore marine renewable energy services
01/11/12 - Ireland's Start-Up Boom
26/10/12 - Major international medical device conference starts today at University College Dublin
23/10/12 - PayPal Europe boss is first woman to win Smurfit business award in New York
11/10/12 - Taoiseach provides cover story for Time
08/10/12 - Intel Labs spearheads strategy to make Dublin a smart, sustainable city
04/10/12 - Dublin named as one of best new global cities for start-ups – Fortune
24/09/12 Dublin has made it onto a Fortune magazine list of the six global cities and one city-state that are hotbeds for start-ups and innovation. - Xtralis - Feeling secure in right environment
14/09/12 - BioInnovate programme cultivates med-tech innovation in Ireland
10/09/12 - German crane firm Liebherr has lifted Kerry economy for years
04/09/12 - Med tech in Ireland paints a healthy picture
03/09/12 - Biomedical researchers at NUI Galway in Chinese collaboration
14/08/12 A new agreement between biomedical researchers at NUI Galway and organisations in China is aiming to encourage and facilitate the exchange of researchers and academic information, and the development of collaborative research projects to ultimately spawn new treatments for diseases such as cancer. - Irish passion continues to attract Boston commitment
03/08/12 - Conductor of Xilinx's Irish symphony
27/07/12 Kevin Cooney has worked his way up to be corporate vice-president of the world’s largest provider of high-powered microchips, but he insists the success of the Irish operation is due to its workforce If you own a digital TV, drive a car with a sophisticated infotainment system or have recently had a CT scan, there is a good chance that the “brain” whirring away inside the device was supplied by Xilinx, a low-key but highly regarded member of the Irish foreign direct investment community for the past 17 years. - Irish Funds Industry
26/07/12 The vibrant international financial services sector in Ireland carries out a wide range of activities within the banking, insurance and the investment and funds industries. - Can Ireland be the European capital of cloud computing?
19/07/12 With frequent jobs announcements in the tech arena, Ireland is capturing more than its fair share of global cloud investments. John Kennedy talks to IDA Ireland’s head of ICT Pat Howlin. - New €2million clustering programme to promote cooperation between businesses and create more jobs
09/07/12 - Ireland: The Hottest Country In The Eurozone
03/07/12 - PayPal’s new international operations centre in Dundalk open for business
03/07/12 Sixty employees began work today at global online payments company PayPal's new operations centre in Dundalk. - Launch of the Centre for Learning Innovation
21/06/12 - Clustering is king for IT firms to invest
11/06/12 - LRM wins Shingo Award
08/06/12 Lake Region Medical Limited (LRM), a Wexford-based Medical Device company has become the first company in the Republic of Ireland, and the first Medical Device manufacturer in Europe to be awarded a global standard in Operational Excellence - the prestigious Shingo Accreditation Bronze Medallion. - Interview - Chris Hickey, President of Total Defense
07/06/12 - Dublin’s European Insurance Forum - Video Review
31/05/12 World leaders in the insurance/reinsurance industry gather at Dublin’s European Insurance Forum to discuss threats and challenges to the global insurance industry. - Strategy pays off for IDA as four more firms commit to Ireland
31/05/12 - CRANN - Giving blue-sky thinking a safe place to land
29/05/12 The Trinity Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nano devices (CRANN) was formed “to harness the cross-disciplinary nanoscience research of individual principal investigators to deliver world-leading research outputs and to enable CRANN researchers to address key industry challenges”. - IDA CEO Barry O'Leary on CNBC
25/05/12 - Kilkenny research and innovation centre opens
24/05/12 - Ireland - A magnet for multinationals
23/05/12 - Ireland named best place to invest in Western Europe
16/05/12 Ireland has topped the list of the best places to invest in Western Europe, according to the annual Global Best-to-Invest Rankings compiled by international magazine Site Selection. - Irish artists breathe new life into German animation scene
16/05/12 Interesting things are starting to happen for Ireland’s animation companies. After establishing themselves in the US and Canada, the next big push is on – into Europe - New Call for Proposals - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre
02/05/12 - Apple to create over 500 jobs in a major expansion in Cork
20/04/12 - Why Multinationals keep choosing Ireland
05/04/12 - Irish Govt invests €1.2m in Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre
02/04/12 - Moving Ireland Forward - Conference, April 18 & 19th
23/03/12 - Ireland - the Domicile of Choice for 2011
22/02/12 Ireland experienced the highest net inflows of UCITS of all fund domiciles in 2011 attracting some Eur 62 billion – almost Eur 50 billion more than the next most successful domicile. In fact, Ireland attracted nearly twice as much as all the other jurisdictions put together during 2011 and experienced growth of 8 per cent. - Ireland/China trade agreements signed
21/02/12 - Med tech sector created 875 jobs and invested €170m last year
01/02/12 - Ireland replaces Singapore as the 'most globalised western economy' - Ernst & Young
01/02/12 - Google funds Dublin centre for advancing STEM education
31/01/12 - Dublin's year as science capital begins
27/01/12 - Ireland - a leading location for Pharmaceutical investment
19/01/12 - Irish Domiciled Funds Exceed €1 Trillion
10/01/12 The assets of Irish domiciled investment funds have reached a record high and passed the €1 trillion mark. Figures from the Central Bank report that the total Irish domiciled assets hit an all time high of in excess of €1 trillion Euro– up 40% from the end of 2009 - Accenture announces 100 new technology jobs
09/01/12 SOME 100 technology jobs are to be created in Ireland by management consultancy group Accenture. The high-skill jobs will be filled over the next year, and will be aimed at graduates and experienced specialists in areas such as Java, cloud computing, mobility and workplace collaboration technologies. - One Billionth Medical Diagnostic Test Manufactured at Abbott’s Longford Site
22/12/11 LONGFORD, 22nd December, 2011 – Abbott’s Diagnostic facility in Longford has reached a major manufacturing milestone, shipping its one billionth medical diagnostic test. The milestone was reached in just six years, which Stefan Molitor, site director, attributes to the highly skilled staff of more than 300 employees working in the highly regulated manufacturing environment. - Barry O'Leary says Dublin's 'Emerald Valley' is key to growth
20/12/11 - Ireland tops the EU for wind energy take-up
15/12/11 - Funds industry continues rapid growth
14/12/11 IRELAND's funds industry continued its breakneck growth last year, with the value of funds serviced here jumping some 26pc as close to 300 extra funds pitched up. - Google gifts €1m to Science Gallery to spawn Global Science Gallery Network
14/12/11 cience Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has been awarded a sweet €1m from Google to develop a Global Science Gallery Network (GSGN). It’s a timely and welcome move from Google seeing as Dublin will be playing host to City of Science 2012. Science Gallery has a goal to create eight global science gallery hubs and to infuse learning about science, maths and art with having fun! - Emirates ready for January take-off in Dublin
14/12/11 IRELAND’S ONLY route between Dublin and Dubai is to commence on January 9th when Emirates beings a daily service to the UAE city. Emirates’ executive vice-president Thierry Antinori said at a reception in Dublin yesterday to officially announce the route that bookings were going “very strongly.” - United Arab Emirates celebrates 40 years with a nod to Ireland
14/12/11 Despite immense oil and gas wealth, the UAE has a high youth jobless rate. Irish exports and inward investment are envied, writes John Armstrong, Irish Times - Video from CNN - A tour of Digital Dublin
13/12/11 - Cook Medical named Irish med tech 'Company of the Year'
09/12/11 - 3D surface anatomy guide could revolutionise medical education
08/12/11 - Irish Distillers announce 60 new jobs
07/12/11 Irish Distillers has announced an investment of €100m at its distillery at Middleton, Co Cork, an expansion that will create 60 new jobs. - Tyndall to partner with Covidien in Advance Sensors Research programme
30/11/11 - Applied Materials joins Irish Strategic Research Cluster on advanced materials for electronics
30/11/11 - OpenHydro and Egis Projects win at Ireland France Business Awards
25/11/11 - Oxford to create 40 jobs in Cork
16/11/11 - Interview: Chris Viehbacher, Chief Executive, Sanofi
01/11/11 - IBM, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland Focus on Renewable Energy
28/10/11 IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimise the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversion devices, represents a significant step toward the ability to successfully and sustainably utilise the ocean as a new renewable energy resource. - Three high growth emerging technology companies announce international operations in Ireland
27/10/11 - Intel locates global Energy and Sustainability Lab in Ireland
14/10/11 Intel has located its new Energy and Sustainability Lab at the major Intel campus in Leixlip. The lab will drive Intel’s research agenda in the application of information technologies to enable a ‘High Tech, Low Carbon’ economy with strong alignment to the EU 2020 sustainability goals. - IDA Ireland Tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs
06/10/11 - Polaris Venture Partners announces opening of Dogpatch Labs Europe in Dublin
30/09/11 - Ross Says Ireland Likely to Be First to Recover
30/09/11 - Ireland's answer to Silicon Valley
30/09/11 - BioWare - Pushing the right buttons
30/09/11 The gaming industry is predicted to reach a global value of €80 billion by 2015, now rivalling the movie industry in terms of glitz and glamour, with big events put together for major launches and well-known names lending their voices, and even faces, to some of the higher profile titles. - Edge Magazine Dublin Gaming Special
29/09/11 - Ireland-US commercial linkages stronger than ever according to American Chamber Report
29/09/11 - Dublin student wins top European young scientist prize
28/09/11 - Interview: Sara Mathew, chief executive Dun and Bradstreet
28/09/11 - CRANN in €130k nanotech deal with Merck
27/09/11 - Interview: Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
23/09/11 - Global crisis turned to advantage for drinks giant
23/09/11 - Ireland a favoured location for science foreign investment – report
21/09/11 Ireland is ranked third in the EU by the World Bank in terms of ease of doing business and fourth in the world for the availability of skilled labour and openness to new ideas, according to a report by IBEC group PharmaChemical Ireland out today. - Dell chief 'thrilled' at Irish transition
16/09/11 DELL CHIEF executive Michael Dell says “the outlook that we have in our business in Ireland has never been brighter”. - Wall Street Journal Video - Irish Economy Pins Hope on Recovery
01/09/11 - Foreign investment 'may surge'
31/08/11 - The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (Lero) signs €300k contract with European Space Agency
18/08/11 The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (Lero) has signed a research contract worth €300,000 with the European Space Agency to create a potential software framework for future space missions. - Chinese and Irish firms sign energy deal
16/08/11 RENEWABLE ENERGY firm Gaelectric Holdings has signed a deal with XEMC VWEC to co-develop three wind farms in Ireland, with a value of €18 million. - Delivering on digital - how Ireland is becoming the internet capital of Europe
28/07/11 - Multinational Companies Account for Bulk of Irish Exports
27/07/11 - Latest European Funding for Research and Innovation
19/07/11 - Team from Sligo Institute of Technology took top award at Microsoft's 9th Annual Imagine Cup
14/07/11 A group of students from IT Sligo has won the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 - Microsemi Ireland
13/07/11 Microsemi Ireland, based in Ennis, County Clare currently employs 260 people. Microsemi has invested more than $25million in the Ennis facility over the last number of years. - Non-EU investors inject €21bn here
29/06/11 IRELAND WAS the second-largest net recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) from outside the EU last year, new figures show. - Securing data in a shifting landscape
28/06/11 - Dublin Shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014
22/06/11 - Trinity College opens €131m biomedical sciences R&D operation
17/06/11 - Quest ahead of schedule as it seeks new ways to expand
17/06/11 - Irish animation companies gain international recognition
17/06/11 - Social games company Zynga launches in Dublin
14/06/11 - Exporting Electrons, Ireland and Cleantech
31/05/11 As divisional manager of clean technologies for IDA Ireland, George Bennett sees a bright future for the sector both from an indigenous and FDI perspective. - US Investment in Ireland
23/05/11 - CNNMoney Video - What PayPal and Facebook are doing in Ireland
19/05/11 - €55m investment in ideas economy including a €5m investment in a cloud computing centre
12/05/11 - Alkermes to merge with Elan Drug Technologies to create Alkermes plc.
09/05/11 - Minister Bruton announces 170 new jobs at Shannon Free Zone Co. Clare
18/04/11 - IBM awards four Ph.D. Fellowships to researchers in Ireland
01/04/11 IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced four prestigious Ph.D. Fellowship Awards to support university researchers in Ireland who are focusing their studies on smarter cities. - Brothers net $2m funding for web project
31/03/11 - 2PaperDolls French Mobile and Web Based Games Developer Setting Up in Dublin
18/03/11 - YouTube buys Irish firm Green Parrot Pictures
16/03/11 - Some parts of the world 'go green'
16/03/11 Some of the other iconic buildings and attractions around the world which ‘go green’ this year to mark St Patrick’s Day - MMI Clinical & Translational Research Scholars Programme (CTRSP)
15/03/11 - EastPoint announces second annual Jobs and Careers Fair
14/03/11 Following the success of the EastPoint Jobs Fair in April 2010 which attracted over 1,500 interested candidates for 200 roles on offer, a second event will be held on Friday, 25th March 2011 for companies based at the established docklands office park beside Dublin city centre. This year the event will be expanded to include a careers and education section where many of Ireland’s top third level institutions and professional bodies will be on hand with careers and education advice. - Barry O'Leary Interview - The Irish Times
10/03/11 - Video on Bloomberg - Ireland an excellent place to do business
09/03/11 - Ireland Ranked Second Globally as FDI Flows Jump 15%
25/02/11 - Games Industry - Getting to the next level
25/02/11 The burgeoning gaming industry is rapidly eclipsing Hollywood in terms of hype and financial clout, and Ireland is hoping to become a significant player. - Irish Funds Industry Continues Expansion
23/02/11 TOTAL assets under administration in Ireland have reached a record high and are fast approaching the €2 trillion mark. At the same time it has been revealed that the Irish funds industry is now credited with servicing an estimated 43 per cent of the world’s hedge fund assets. - Google acquires landmark Dublin Building to provide more space for existing operations and capacity for future growth
17/02/11 - Expansion of Irish operation just the tonic for Merck
11/02/11 Officialy opened last week, the Dublin shared services facility of pharma giant Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD) is already looking to exceed its initial jobs target. - Major nanotech breakthrough by Tyndall researchers
02/02/11 - Intel and SAP ‘smart grid’ R&D venture in Belfast
28/01/11 Chip giant Intel and business software giant SAP are establishing a stg£1.7m ‘smart grid’ R&D operation with the support of Invest NI. - Irish prospects appear bright from high in Alps
27/01/11 - Ireland (2nd) has overtaken Singapore (3rd) on Ernst & Young’s Globalisation Index
25/01/11 - Irishman's 'Black Ops'
21/01/11 Call of Duty: Black Ops’ is the biggest computer game in history. So far, 68,000 years have been spent playing it. And the lead programmer is from Galway. - PopCap Games to double workforce
17/01/11 Creators of the popular ‘Plants vs Zombies’ computer game, PopCap Games, has said it will double its workforce in Ireland to 110 over the next three years. - The Irishman shaping the future of work
07/01/11 Few people realise it is Irishman PJ Hough at the helm of the global $20bn Microsoft Office business. - NUI Galway researcher secures Google funding
20/12/10 An NUI Galway Researcher at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Dr Alexandre Passant, recently won a Research Award granted by Google to work on the next generation of mobile social networking applications. The grant will fund a team for a year, enabling them to combine theoretical research and implementation, which will make the product directly usable by end-users and advance the state of the art in the domain of social networking applications. A key element of the research will be the protection of privacy for users. - Industries of the future
17/12/10 - Barry O'Leary, CEO IDA Ireland on CNBC
09/12/10 - Facebook plans 100 jobs in Dublin
08/12/10 SOCIAL NETWORKING giant Facebook plans to create 100 jobs at its Dublin base by next year. - Intel Launches SmartBay Wireless Communications Test-bed Infrastructure
18/11/10 SmartBay, a flagship project, is being advanced as a major innovation platform under the SmartOcean Strategy. This strategy aims to facilitate the convergence of expertise in areas in which Ireland has a strong and internationally recognised capabilities (e.g. informatics, communications, sensors, software, control systems, mechanical engineering and materials science) and link these with traditionally strong marine science expertise to enable Irish companies to deliver new products and services for global export markets. - Ireland’s finest to showcase R&D for Silicon Valley’s finest
04/11/10 The IDA and Science Foundation Ireland has led a cohort of the best and brightest of Irish science and industry to Stanford University where they will today showcase the nation’s latest R&D to Silicon Valley’s biggest technology companies. - Betfair to create 100 jobs in Dublin
02/11/10 2nd November 2010 - Online sports betting firm Betfair has announced plans to create up to 100 jobs at a new Dublin office. - Ireland by the numbers - Video from IBEC
02/11/10 - Barry O'Leary on CNBC Squawk Box
26/10/10 - Hughes Blake Research Shows Positive Sentiment to Investment in Ireland by Global Advisors
22/10/10 Dublin, 22 October 2010 - Hughes Blake, the leading Irish Chartered Accountants and Recovery firm, today published research it carried out amongst members of Integra International, the global association of independent accounting and financial consulting firms, who are in Dublin for their Global Conference. - Ireland ranked No.1 location globally for inward investment jobs
22/10/10 - Globe Forum Dublin
22/10/10 - Official launch of Equinoxe AIS at IT Sligo
21/10/10 More than 50 jobs will be created at IT Sligo over the next three years following the official launch today of Equinoxe AIS at the Institute’s Innovation Centre. - HP Creates Jobs in Ireland
21/10/10 - Innovation Ireland Review
14/10/10 - World's Top 100 Tech Leaders To Gather In Dublin
12/10/10 - Brian Lenihan on Bloomberg TV
12/10/10 - Ireland in global top 10 for materials science research
08/10/10 - Corporation Tax – “a cornerstone of Irish policy”
07/10/10 - German Irish Chamber Survey
01/10/10 50 percent of the companies in Ireland represented by the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce believe that Irish competitiveness has improved in the past three years, according to a survey of its members and partners by the Chamber. - Innovation Fund Ireland
24/09/10 - Great Irish inventions
22/09/10 There are a surprising number of Irish inventors and inventions across a range of scientific disciplines. - HP Galway wins second major cloud computing deal
08/09/10 HP’s 500-strong Galway operation has won a second major cloud computing deal with GS1 to deploy a cloud-based product recall system that tracks, traces and recalls potentially harmful food, healthcare and other products from the supply chain. - Kerry brothers’ LA tech start-up bought by US dental giant
18/08/10 - China gets first seanchaí as Irish boy masters Mandarin
16/08/10 - Tyndall gets funding boost for electronics and medical devices research
11/08/10 - New website aims to shape the future of online copyrighting
10/08/10 - Irish Govt invests €37m in industry-led research centres
09/08/10 - SITA - next generation of software developers trained in Letterkenny
05/08/10 - Irish scientist wins European Young Researcher Award
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19/07/10- Ireland now more attractive for FDI
19/07/10 - Fox Business News - Barry O'Leary Interview (Ireland Takes Steps to Turn Economy Around)
09/07/10 - Business leaders in Ireland more positive about foreign direct investment
08/07/10 - Ireland and the US Pharmaceutical industry
01/07/10 - Disney TV contract for Brown Bag Films
01/07/10 - Fox Business News - Barry O'Leary Interview
29/06/10 - New StratusLab project wins €2.3m in funding
25/06/10 - The Street - Barry O'Leary Interview
22/06/10 - Irish energy firm wins at Energy Innovation Awards
22/06/10 - Citrix says it will continue to create jobs at plant in East Wall
18/06/10 CITRIX SYSTEMS will continue to create jobs at its Irish operation, the company’s chief executive has confirmed. The software company employs 140 people at its customer technical support operations in East Point, Dublin, having added 50 jobs in the past year. - AOL Global software unit to create 50 jobs in Dublin
09/06/10 - Dublin hub for credit card giant
04/06/10 - Sound investment: DTS boosts Limerick operation
04/06/10 - The cloud is made in Ireland says Microsoft, as Office 2010 gets ready to roll
04/06/10 - Ireland has the skills to be serious video game player
02/06/10 - The Special 1 is returning to England for the World Cup
19/05/10 - Google ranked as most reputable company in Ireland
12/05/10 - Diving into ocean innovation
12/05/10 The SMARTOCEAN Innovation Cluster Strategy, launched for consultation in Galway last month, aims to bring together existing ICT knowhow and significant science and technology investments in our 220 million acre marine environment to develop new products and services for global markets. - World-class imaging lab opens in Ireland
28/04/10 - TCD Scientists Lead European Research to Develop New Nanomedical Technology for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
12/04/10 - Dell in for the long haul
07/04/10 - Dublin Rapidly Becoming the Internet Capital of Europe
01/04/10 - Barry O'Leary, CEO IDA Ireland on CNBC
18/03/10 - IDA Marketing Campaign shortlisted for AIM Awards
12/03/10 - Innovation Taskforce Report Launch
11/03/10 - Dubliner wins Oscar for visual effects on Avatar
10/03/10 - Second Academy Award® nomination for Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films
03/03/10 - NUI Galway-University of Limerick Strategic Alliance to Drive Vital Research and Academic Excellence
19/02/10 - Ireland creates a competition to ignite your imagination and reward your thinking
18/02/10 - Bell's ringing endorsement of research
05/02/10 - Ocean Energy signs major deal with US multinational
05/02/10 - Liam O’Mahony appointed as the new Chairperson of IDA Ireland
05/02/10 - Irish animators drawing international attention
02/02/10 - Maxim gets to work
02/02/10 - Ireland ranks first in Europe in 2010 Index of Economic Freedom
22/01/10 - CNBC Asia & Europe Interview with Denis Molumby, IDA Ireland
21/01/10 - Technology Project from Co. Cork Wins the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010
19/01/10 - Irish R&D funding outperforms EU average
15/01/10 - Ireland easiest country in Europe in which to pay business taxes
05/01/10 - China's still-thriving economy is a target of Irish trade policy
04/01/10 - Ireland’s attractiveness as the domicile of choice for Investment Funds is further enhanced as it retains its Pro-enterprise tax policy
21/12/09 - Lero recognised globally as research centre of excellence
11/12/09 - Budget 2010 Links
09/12/09 - HP Dublin - How an inkjet nozzle fires 36,000 times a second
25/11/09 - Google in Dublin - An inside look at working in Google
19/11/09 - Irish firm Openhydro deploys world's first commercial tidal turbine in Canada
17/11/09 - Recent International Press Coverage
13/11/09 - Micro cooler to earn University of Limerick millions in royalties
13/11/09 - University of Limerick creates world’s first best-practice web portal for pharmaceutical compound crystallisation
09/11/09 - Irish schools to spearhead Bill Gates’ 'Schools of the Future' drive
09/11/09 - Up, up and away - A Disney R&D group, headed up Irishman Dr Joe Marks, has 3 joint research projects underway with Ireland's research centre Clarity
06/11/09 - Vast Digitalisation of historical documents is underway
06/11/09 - Irish games industry grows 400pc in seven years
05/11/09 There are now more than 1,400 people employed in the games-development and related industries sector in Ireland and with new opportunities in mobile and social gaming, this figure is projected to grow. - How a corner of Dublin is spearheading the new social age of online advertising
05/11/09 - UCD spin-out shortlisted for EU-wide entrepreneurship competition
04/11/09 University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company HeyStaks Technologies has been selected as one of three shortlisted finalists for the first, Europe-wide, UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers. - State-of-the-art €47.8-million Tyndall Institute to drive the nano economy
03/11/09 A new state-of-the-art €47.8-million research building at the Government-funded Tyndall Institute will drive Ireland’s ambitions in the area of nanoscale semiconductor research. - IDA Ireland website on the shortlist for Ireland’s Golden Spider Awards 2009
03/11/09 - Catching the global ocean energy wave
23/10/09 - Google finds most of its best answers in Ireland
20/10/09 GOOGLE’S IRISH operations will expand as a result of the internet company’s renewed investments in staff and products which it announced at its third-quarter results presentation last week. - UCD nanotech lab to target €113bn energy tech market
14/10/09 - Financial services research cluster launched
14/10/09 - IDA Ireland website wins Irish Web Award
12/10/09 - Where ideas see the light - Technological innovation is alive and well in Ireland
09/10/09 - Irish universities move up the world rankings
09/10/09 - Our young scientists key to economy's future success
09/10/09 - Immune system expert emerges from shortlist to win Boyle medal
07/10/09 Prof Luke O’Neill wins the medal and an accompanying €20,000 cash prize. He was selected yesterday from among a group of four shortlisted candidates. - Ireland ranked 4th in world in use of electricity from wind energy
06/10/09 - Dublin firm CarTrawler shines at Travolution Awards 2009
06/10/09 - Windows of Opportunity – The Friday Interview with Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International
02/10/09 - Backing Ireland for a robust innovation environment
02/10/09 - Jeremy Lewis the CEO of Big Fish Games Limited
01/10/09 - Projecting the sweet smell of research
01/10/09 - Galway firm brings first 3-D medical app to iPhone
29/09/09 - Ireland’s cloudy climate an asset for cloud computing
25/09/09 The new 303,000 sq-foot facility, based in Dublin, will help meet the continued growth in demand for Microsoft’s Online, Live and Cloud services, such as Bing, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite, Windows Live, and the Windows Azure platform. - Irish Govt invests €15m in new systems biology research centre
15/09/09 - Students battle for biz tech supremacy at IBM expo
15/09/09 - Interxion to invest €12m in new Dublin data centre
14/09/09 - IBM Study - “The New Voice of the CIO”
14/09/09 - Irish student comes fifth in global Microsoft competition
11/09/09 - Ongoing FDI is crucial to the future economic recovery of our island
10/09/09 - IDA Win Leads to Irish Hosting Deal
08/09/09 - Luke O'Neill - Professor of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin
01/09/09 Leading Immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill of the School of Biochemistry and Immunology in Trinity College Dublin is known for his pioneering work on the molecular understanding of innate immunity and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Hear more from Luke about his work. - Dr. Steve Collins
01/09/09 Dr Steve Collins co-founded Havok, the well known Irish gaming firm in 1998.... - Ireland's top growth industries
26/08/09 - Gaming firm Gala hiring staff as free model pays off
21/08/09 - The Global Property Index confirms that Ireland provides strong, enforceable protection for all aspects of intellectual property
19/08/09 - Millionaire Auctomatic founder aces leaving cert
13/08/09 - Social web dominates Eircom Innovation Fund
12/08/09 - NIBRT and Roche announce Research Collaboration
11/08/09 - At Avaya’s R&D operation in Sandyford in Dublin, some 110 skilled innovators are hard at work developing the technologies that are taken for granted by digital natives but are already creeping into the business world
06/08/09 - Ireland introduces additional innovative support for business
06/08/09 - Why Ireland for Brazil
05/08/09 - COO of Facebook is friends with Ireland
05/08/09 - A deserted office, no power, no productivity, no life – where has everyone gone?
05/08/09 - Babelgum helps Coldplay get its Strawberry Swing on iPhone
04/08/09 - Ireland overhauls patent rules
31/07/09 - The Friday Interview - Peter Fitz-Gerald, Randox Laboratories
31/07/09 - PwC launches new Doing Business and Investing in Ireland Guide
20/07/09 - Ambitious plan to grow Ireland’s software exports to €2.5bn
10/07/09 - Irish software firm brings the cloud to three continents
06/07/09 - Galway Medical Devices firm storms Europe
06/07/09 - Taoiseach Officially Opens Abbott Mature Products Management Ltd
02/07/09 - Selling Ireland's technology sector: 'the diamond in the rubble'
01/07/09 - ‘…it is the people who give Ireland a distinct advantage’ so says William H Kucheman, Senior Vice President of Boston Scientific
26/06/09 - Tax Changes Make Ireland Prime Location for Global Venture Capital Firms – PwC Report
24/06/09 Recent budgetary changes in taxation have made Ireland a prime location for the establishment of global Venture Capital and Research & Development operations according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. - The Friday Interview - Barry O'Sullivan, senior vice president, Cisco
18/06/09 - Bell Labs and IDA celebrate four years of successful open innovation in the Irish Republic
28/05/09 - IDA Ireland - Best National Investment Promotion Agency in Western Europe according to the 2008 Global Best to Invest Rankings from Site Selection
20/05/09 - €7m cash injection for a smarter, greener economy
18/05/09 - Countdown has NUI over the moon
14/05/09 AT 2.12PM today Irish time, two satellites will lift off from French Guyana in South America on top of an Ariane 5 rocket with a mission to answer some of the most profound questions in science. - Taking a clinical approach - The Friday Interview / Stefan Oschmann, Merck
01/05/09 THE FRIDAY INTERVIEW/Stefan Oschmann, Merck: IF ALL goes to plan, Stefan Oschmann will be kept busy over the next year or so bedding down the acquisition of Schering-Plough. With the $41.1 billion deal still in the balance, though, that’s a subject the Merck executive can’t discuss right now. - Ireland’s young innovators ready to take on the world
01/05/09 Despite a grilling from a Dragon’s Den-style panel, intense competition from colleges around the country and the prospect of searing global competition in Cairo, Ireland can rest easy in the knowledge that its young innovators dare to dream the dream. - Galway’s DERI scoops second place in Global Elsevier Grand Challenge
01/05/09 The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), based at NUI Galway, has won second place in the prestigious Elsevier Grand Challenge. - Why Ireland’s knowledge industries will lead the nation to economic recovery
30/04/09 Ireland is not the sick man of Europe that some commentators would have you believe. Astute global investors – including the elite of Silicon Valley – still believe Ireland has the fundamental qualities for investment. Ireland is not only alive and kicking, it is open for business. - HSBC hub boost for local operation
02/04/09 - €30 Million Collaborative Research Programme led by RCSI
26/03/09 Dr Jimmy Devins, Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation officially launched the National Biophotonics and Imaging Platform Ireland (NBIP Ireland) at its inaugural scientific conference in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). - Cloud computing meets water computing in Galway’s SmartBay
16/03/09 IBM and the Marine Institute Ireland (MII) have completed the SmartBay pilot information system to monitor wave conditions, marine life and pollution levels in and around Galway Bay. - ‘Internet’s power shifts to Ireland, and Dublin has a key role to play’
12/03/09 In their short history, social-networking sites have been maligned as a place only teenagers go to get into trouble. But there is nothing like a good recession to focus minds, and the importance of these networks as key marketplaces in a world focused on cost reduction is set to grow exponentially. - Spotlight on Ireland - Ireland has recommitted to investing in science
26/02/09 Despite the current economic environment Ireland has recommitted to investing in science. Quirin Schiermeier, Nature Magazine’s Germany correspondent examines renewed investment in science in Ireland. - Science Foundation Ireland Research Clusters launched
25/02/09 Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan, has announced the creation of five new Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Research Clusters (SRCs), representing a EUR23.9 million investment in collaborative research activities involving seven academic institutions and 22 companies. - Dublin student gets a tasty slice of Apple's pie
30/01/09 TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Dublin student Steven Troughton-Smith has emerged as Ireland’s most successful software developer for Apple’s iPhone, generating revenues of up to $1,000 a day. - Openhydro wins Innovation prize for tidal technology firm
05/01/09 DUBLIN-BASED tidal energy company Openhydro was awarded a prize for best renewable innovation last month in a green energy competition run by the Scottish Enterprise Board.
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