Aligned with its ambitious international growth strategy, BJSS, the leading technology consultancy for business, has announced plans to establish a new delivery centre in Ireland, which will lead to the creation of 75 new roles. Founded in 1993, BJSS offers clients support from service design at the early stages right through to outsourced project […]
Clare County Council is once again delighted to partner with Motion by Electronomous to bring leading global players within the mobility, automotive and aviation ecosystem to the brand-new Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon. Founders, investors, mobility startups, OEMs, Tier 1s, technologists and organisations like Cubic Transportation Systems, Free Now, Jaguar Land
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth, Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, and Assistant Garda Commissioner, Paul Cleary, have launched a joint public awareness campaign for October’s European Cyber Security Month. This year’s campaign focuses on the twin themes of phishing and ransomware, urging vigilance and
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD announced Ireland’s first-ever Computer Science Week taking place from 8-15 October. The week’s events will showcase the exciting benefits and cutting-edge opportunities of Computer Science for students while shining a light on the impressive developments in classrooms around Ireland. Organised by the Professional Development Service
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, and Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins, have announced significant investment to support the establishment of a new Film and Digital Media Centre of Excellence in Limerick. This key project in Limerick forms part of a first phase of […]
IDA Ireland and Skillnet Ireland have announced a new collaboration between IDA Ireland’s Disruptive Technologies Partnering Portal (DTTP) and The Innovation Exchange from Skillnet Ireland. The partnership has an objective to accelerate world class partnerships between multinationals and Irish SMEs in digital, disruptive, and sustainable technology solutions that can drive
The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) has commenced construction work on an ambitious therapeutics expansion of its existing facility in Dublin, Ireland. This expansion will increase NIBRT’s capacity and capability to conduct manufacturing-focused research and training in advanced therapeutics. Advanced therapeutics is a category of
Eaton’s Country Manager for Ireland, Phil Kane discusses digitalization and the importance of OT network security. In various industries around the world, there’s a major movement towards going digital. You’ve probably heard of the IoT – and now the IIoT, or the Industrial Internet of Things, is bringing digital connectivity to manufacturing floors, commercial buildings
A new report from Technology Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the technology sector in Ireland, has said that a 10% increase in cloud adoption by the Irish public sector could produce economic benefits of €473 million annually. The report also finds that through greater cloud usage, the public sector would reduce its ICT energy usage […]
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, has announced that the Public Service Innovation Conference 2022 will be hosted in partnership with Microsoft Ireland. The conference, the flagship event of National Public Service Innovation Week 2022, takes place on Monday, 24 October, in Cork City Hall. This partnership meets commitments set out […]
Xerotech, which has worked with the European Space Agency on building battery safety tech, has announced the creation of 50 new jobs at its Galway manufacturing facility. Xerotech has already significantly ramped up its staff headcount since 2020 to cope with demand for its services. Last year, the company announced plans to take on 70 people as […]
Shannon is the base for a new campus focusing on the development of mobility technologies. Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) celebrated its official opening on 15 July. It will provide an R&D and testing site for mobility technologies spanning ground and air uses. Projects at FMCI will cover areas such as uncrewed drones, electric vehicle […]
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has launched a €65 million fund to drive solutions to the green transition and to digital transformation. The National Challenge Fund consists of eight challenges, three in digital transformation and five in green transition. The first two challenges are now open for proposals. […]
The agriculture sector has room to improve and could feasibly reduce agri-emissions by up to 30% by employing emerging technologies, according to Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist. Mitloehner said departure from business as usual will be required along with farmers embracing innovation and the adoption of new technologies. However, he told a recent
Google has developed a free online digital skills course for Irish businesses to get online and expand their services both locally and internationally. The You’re the Business digital upskilling programme has been created in association with Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices. It comes in response to research that suggests Irish SMEs are lagging behind
Irish deep-tech company Impedans has raised €3.5m in funding for its sensor technology that is used in areas such as chip making. Impedans develops intelligent sensing platforms for radio-frequency (RF) and plasma process monitoring. Use cases of the technology include process development, tool design, process control, fault detection and classification, primarily in the
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, and the Minister of State for eGovernment, Ossian Smyth, have launched a public consultation to gather views from individual users of digital public services. This fulfils a commitment in Connecting Government 2030, the Digital and ICT Strategy for Ireland’s Public Service, which Minister McGrath and Minister
Space tech developed by Irish based firms could have crucial role to play in solving real issues on our planet. Two Irish-based companies Curtiss-Wright and Realtime Technologies have copntributed critical technology to the new European Space Agency (ESA) rocket Vega-C which launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket on which the Irish companies
Yapstone, the global payments processor, celebrates ten years in Ireland this month. Established in San Francisco, the Drogheda offices serve as Yapstone’s international HQ and is home to a range of departments that support their global customer base, from engineering and marketing to customer operations and product development. With the support from the team in […]
The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, welcomed the publication of the report of the Future of Media Commission and announced a major government initiative to support Ireland’s media sector. The Future of Media Commission, established by Government in September 2020, was