Categorised as: Innovation & News
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Investor Demo Day features four Irish start-ups News
16.05.2012 Four Irish entrepreneurs are pitching their ideas to angel investors, business mentors and start-up communities at an Investor Demo Day at Startupbootcamp Dublin headquarters in...Categories: Enterprise Technology, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Internet, Start-up, TechnologyTags: Venture Capital, -
‘Potential’ targets for gold deposits detected in early analysis of Wicklow/Wexford area News
16.05.2012 Connemara Mining has completed an airborne survey targeting gold deposits over a block of five licences in the Wicklow/Wexford area, and it seems that ‘potential’ gold targets...Tags: Gold, John Teeling, -
Cellulac gets €2.8m EU grant to commercialise biorefining technology News
23.04.2012 Galway-based Cellulac has been approved for a record €2.8m grant by the European Commission to commercialise its biorefining technology which converts agricultural waste into...Categories: Technology, SME, Research & Development, Renewables, Innovation, Funding, European Union -
Maxima to become part of Zinopy after MBO News
16.05.2012 There has been a management buy-out (MBO) at Dublin virtualisation firm Maxima which will lead to it trading under the Zinopy name from now on and becoming a division of the...Tags: technology, -
Small firms can now accept card payments on the go with Payjack News
15.05.2012 WorldNet has created a new solution called Payjack specifically for small businesses in Ireland, enabling them to accept card payments on the go by turning their phone into a...Categories: Enterprise Technology, Innovation, Internet, Mobile, Research & Development, SME, Technology -
Taoiseach & Tánaiste launch The Gathering Ireland 2013 News
11.05.2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore have asked every community in Ireland to get involved in The Gathering Ireland 2013, the biggest tourism event ever held in Ireland.Categories: World Economy, Visual Arts, Travel, Tourism, Theatre, Start-up, Sport, Sponsorship, Special Events, SME, New Media, Mobile, Media, Markets, Marketing Strategy, Market Research, Literature, Life, Jobs, Irish Economy, Internet, Innovation, Government, Food & Wine, Festivals, Education, Economy, Cinema, Agri-Food, AdvertisingTags: Leo Varadkar , Enda Kenny -
Dragons’ Den winner signs €150,000 contract with SuperValu and Centra News
10.05.2012 Dragons’ Den winner Jason O’Reilly has proven his idea was worth the investment, following a €150,000 deal with SuperValu which sees him supply his silicone sports watches...Categories: Advertising, Boardroom, Company News, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Gadgets, Innovation, Investment, Media, Retail, Sales, SME, Sponsorship, Start-up -
Index to measure economic Impact of creative sector in Temple Bar announced News
10.05.2012 Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) has announced plans to develop a new index that will attempt, for the first time, to measure the economic and social impact of Dublin's unique...Categories: European Union, Festivals, Food & Wine, Innovation, Irish Economy, Property, Special Events, Tourism, Visual ArtsTags: -
Bord Bia launches Bloom 2012 News
08.05.2012 Bord Bia has announced the return of gardening, food and family festival Bloom, which will take place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin this June Bank Holiday weekend. The popular...Tags: Bord Bia, -
New tool can turn ideas into app prototypes in minutes News
08.05.2012 A start-up company based in Dublin and Berlin, Fluid Software, has come up with an app which allows developers to turn an idea into an app prototype running on mobile in under... -
Sage Pay targets small businesses with new mobile card payment product News
04.05.2012 Sage Pay has launched a new mobile card payment facility that it says will allow hundreds of thousands of small businesses in Ireland and the UK accept chip and PIN card... -
MotionFox expands listings outside Dublin News
03.05.2012 Shortlisted in this year's Startup Awards, Dublin-based MotionFox has signed up its first stockist outside the capital – in Ballina, Co Mayo – for its innovative high-viz vest,...Tags: -
Netwatch invests in R&D for long-term international growth News
02.05.2012 Carlow-based company Netwatch has developed innovative surveillance technology which it plans to integrate into its remote solution and sell to clients in Ireland, the UK,...Tags: R&D, -
Technology University can create ecosystem for innovation - WIT News
02.05.2012 The Annual Research Day at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) today highlighted the importance of research and innovation as a driver for economic growth and social renewal.Categories: Education, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Government, Innovation, Irish Economy, Jobs, Research & Development, TechnologyTags: -
12 new ventures commence UCD’s entrepreneurship programme News
02.05.2012 Twelve new high-tech and knowledge-intensive business ventures and 28 researchers are taking part on University College Dublin’s 2012 entrepreneurship programme.Categories: Technology, Start-up, SME, Research & Development, Jobs, Irish Economy, Investment, Innovation, Industry, Green Tech, Gadgets, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Education, AwardsTags: NovaUCD, -
First Irish firm to be awarded prestigious quality mark News
30.04.2012 Irish-owned archaeological consultancy Rubicon Heritage Services has announced that it is the first archaeological company outside of the UK to be awarded the ‘Registered...Tags: -
Cisco makes €26m investment in Galway, 115 engineering positions created News
30.04.2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today announced that Cisco, the world’s largest supplier of networking products, is to invest €26m at its Galway Research and Development (R&D) facility...Categories: Technology, Research & Development, New Media, Media, Manufacturing, Jobs, Irish Economy, Innovation, Government, Education, Company News, CareersTags: Cisco -
US$200m expansion of Amgen's Dun Laoghaire plant expected to result in 100 new jobs News
26.04.2012 Amgen and the Irish Government today announced the start of a US$200m-plus expansion programme in Ireland that is expected to result in the creation of 100 jobs. -
Three new board members for Crann News
26.04.2012 Dublin Chamber chief executive Gina Quin and Julie O’Neill, president IBEC and general manager of Gilead Sciences, are among three new members to be appointed recently to the... -
Info2Innovate directory for SMEs launched News
25.04.2012 A new online directory of innovation supports and services in Europe geared towards SMEs in Ireland has been launched by Minister for Business John Perry TD.Categories: SME, Skills, Research & Development, Innovation, European Union, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Enterprise TechnologyTags: SMEs,