Month: July 2017

The European Union has named Ireland’s Northern and Western region as European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) 2018 recognising the “enormous strides” the region has taken to foster entrepreneurship and arrest decades of economic decline. The counties coming under the scope of the award are Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal, as well as the counties of Connacht – […]

€1.3m in fresh funding has been awarded to 34 European research teams, working on offshore renewable energy technologies. The Marine and Renewable Energy Ireland centre (MaREI) based in University College Cork (UCC) is currently heading up a €10.5m EU project to accelerate offshore renewable energy technology and infrastructure. The project provides support to developers

Cork, Dublin and Galway have been named among the best cities in Europe for cultural vibrancy and cultural infrastructure in a special European Report launched in Brussels. The first edition of the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor considers how 168 cities across 30 European countries perform when it comes to Cultural Vibrancy, the Creative Economy […]

Ireland’s national maritime festival SeaFest attracted 101,113 visitors to Galway Harbour during the three day event, generating €6.3 million for the city. The figures, just released show a 68% growth in attendance in just one year. Last year SeaFest attracted 60,000 visitors to the festival in Galway, and in 2015, its inaugural year, it netted […]

A new survey of 1,000 of business professionals across Ireland, has shown the vast majority (85%) have insufficient IT skills. The survey, carried out by Code Institute, asked participants to carry out a “tech diagnostic” test, which included 10 entry-level technical questions about modern IT, from what is the Internet of Things and what is […]