Researchers from across Europe, led by University of Limerick (UL), have begun a project to produce carbon fibre from forestry by-products. Carbon fibre is a reinforcement which when added to
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Meat ingredient supplier Dawn Farms announced plans to create 150 new jobs over the next five years. The investment by Dawn Farms which will amount to over €25m over the
Post written by Ian Collins, Partner at EY Ireland. Previously published on Fora.ie The burden for small firms investing in research should be lifted. Ireland’s tax regime already ranks among the best
Post provided by Mazars. From building technologies and enhanced decision-making systems, the advances in both digital technology and connectivity with established engineering systems and principles has created the much needed
Accenture announced on Friday plans to hire more than 300 technology and design professionals in Ireland this year. This includes 100 new roles at The Dock, the company’s multi-disciplinary research
The latest report on Government investment in research and development (R&D), published by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on Thursday, shows that the Irish government allocated €761 Million for
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced on Thursday awards of over €28 million for collaborative inter-institutional research projects under the Department’s competitive research funding programmes.
Eight out of ten CFOs were confident about prospects for the economy in the year ahead, according to a survey executed in Summer 2016 by PwC. The survey report, released
A research technical paper published by the Central Bank of Ireland on Monday, shows that the cost of bank finance “increased disproportionately for smaller enterprises” during the euro crisis. The
Biotech start-up EpiCor Therapeutics won the UCD Start-Up of the Year Award 2016 on Thursday, November 17. It received a €20,000 prize as part of the overall winner award of
Research by Knowledge Transfer Ireland found that 748 collaborative new research agreements between research performing organisations and industry were signed in 2015, a record number, according to a November 18
Fleetmatics has recently announced that they plan to create 75 jobs based in Dublin by 2018.
100 new high-skill jobs are to be created in Dublin over the next 18 months by a pharmaceutical research company. APC Ltd helps drug companies to convert molecules developed in
The Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland jointly announce another solid performance for Ireland in 2015 in relation to Starting Grants from the prestigious European Research Council (ERC). Six Irish researchers
The Government launches today a new five-year science strategy, which aims to double total spending on research and development in Ireland to €5 billion by 2020. The strategy, titled Innovation
A new €26 million world class geoscience research centre iCRAG has been opened at University College Dublin to focus on the discovery, de-risking and sourcing of raw materials. Minister for Skills,
Ms Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills, formally launched an expanded Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Irish Software Research Centre, based in the University of Limerick in a €46.4
The Taoiseach, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and IDA Ireland, the foreign direct investment agency of the Irish Government, welcome today’s significant announcement that Apple will be expanding its
Individual, tailor-made drug testing could soon become a reality. The 3D stem cell printing team at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have made a new breakthrough which could pave the way
Since last year, Irish energy research projects have successfully secured €18m in EU funds for Ireland. That is according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) who today