Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris today (Monday, 21 June 2021) awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize to a project that will help a dairy farm achieve net-zero emissions by 2027. The prize also awards €2 million to the winner, Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C […]
Day: 21 June 2021
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is set to launch new ways of working for its UK and Ireland-based colleagues, following feedback from colleagues – gathered through surveys and crowdsourcing – and clients.
In this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking to the co-founder of Mirr, Jack O’Regan Kenny. As mentioned, Jack is the co-founder of the Irish tech startup Mirr, which has patented and developed a new touchscreen smart mirror. It looks like a reflective mirror, but has the full functionality of a tablet. Jack […]
170 schools have today been notified that they have been selected for inclusion in the first round of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme to support walking and cycling infrastructure for primary and post-primary schools. The scheme was announced in March of this year, with 932 schools (representing almost one in four schools in […]
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced that €1.4 million is to be provided to front-line youth services and clubs nationally to support their reopening as COVID-19 restrictions are being eased. The re-engagement and support of volunteers who are the backbone of youth services nationally is a key focus […]
Picture above: Cork City Council, Lord Mayor, Cllr Colm Kelleher. Image courtesy of Cork City Council via Twitter. The new Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher was elected on Friday last week at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cork City Council. The Ballincollig-based Fianna Fáil councillor was elected 21 votes to 7 Due […]