Graduates Sent on Placements Abroad to Increase Exports
Fifty post-graduate students are preparing to spend 12 months overseas on placements as part of the Graduates for International Growth Programme (G4IG), a partnership between Enterprise Ireland and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business.
Irish Students reach Microsoft Image Cup Final
Team HERMES, a group of six students from IT Sligo are one of only six teams within their software design category to make it into the finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011, which will be held today in New York.
Government Establishes Cloud Network Group
The Minister for Enterprise has launched a cross-Government steering group aiming to ensure the State is a leader in cloud-based technologies in a step towards securing 8,600 jobs that could be created in the sector.
Leading Cancer Researcher wins top NovaUCD Award
Professor William Gallagher, a leading cancer biology researched from UCD’s school of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, was presented with the NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award.
Gilmore Praises New Design & Innovation Hub
Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore has praised the establishment of Fumbally Exchange, a new ‘innovation hub’ based on Clanbrassil street in Dublin as ‘inspirational’.
Ireland secures additional €300m from EU Business & Research fund
Irish businesses and educational institutions are set to receive another €300m in funding from the EU as part of the FP7 fund.
Irish companies to get access to Silicon Valley Investors
A new enterprise centre at Limerick Institute of Technology will provide start-up companies with access to Silicon Valley expertise and was opened by Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
‘DubLinked’ data network to generate new commercial opportunities for the Dublin region
The four Dublin Local Authorities with NUI Maynooth and supported by IBM, have announced the establishment of data-sharing network dubbed ‘Dublinked’.
