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Limerick Brothers Take National Agriculture Technology Company Award

By Ryan Harmon
A company established by two County Limerick brothers to reduce chemical use in agriculture has won the first national accelerator programme for early-stage AgTech and FoodTech start-up companies. Cotter Agritech founders, Jack and Nick Cotter from Abbeyfeale, were winners of the inaugural UCD Agtech Start-up of the Year award which included a €10,000 prize sponsored by
Education News Technology

Bright Futures in Technology Event at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has opened the Bright Futures in Technology event at the 2022 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Bright Futures in Technology, run by Connecting Women in Technology (CWIT), brings together figures from the world of technology to share their experience with second […]
Education Health News Technology

UCC Researchers Win €4.75m in Highly Competitive European Funding

By Ryan Harmon
University College Cork (UCC) researchers have won highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) funding totalling €4.75m.   UCC researchers secured the most number of awards of any Irish Higher Education Institution in the European Union’s most competitive grant call in 15 years.   Three UCC researchers won the highly prestigious discovery research grants
Environment News Technology

Environmental Data-Driven Smart Mobility to Drive Development of Smart Cities

By Ryan Harmon
Urbanisation’s upward swing has only become more aggressive over the past few years. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs says two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in urban areas by 2050. Smart city solutions can mitigate transport emissions and help achieve carbon emission reduction goals. Smart mobility, in turn, harnesses […]
Business News Technology

Household Digital Consumer Behaviour 2021

By Ryan Harmon
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published a publication of on household “Digital Consumer Behaviour”, covering individuals’ use of e-commerce including shared economy, internet activities, their use of e-Government, online learning and ICT skills. Commenting on the report, Maureen Delamere, Statistician, said, “life in Ireland has changed quite substantially
Business Health News Technology

Amgen Announces Investment of $100m in Dun Laoghaire Plant

By Ryan Harmon
Amgen announced an investment of $100 million for the construction of a new vial filing line with ‘state of the art’ technology and new site infrastructure at its manufacturing plant in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. This investment is one of Amgen’s largest construction projects outside North America and will lead to the creation of 150 construction jobs. The Dun Laoghaire
News Technology

Saving IoT and AI From Itself

By Ryan Harmon
The last thing you probably need to read is yet another article describing the value of IoT and AI. Let’s face it: 99% of the content out there now on this topic is not meant for you. It’s meant for Google SEO. All hail our content overlords! But it says something (scary) when a recent […]
Council Partners News Technology

Free Outdoor Public WiFi Goes Live Across Towns in Mayo Under WiFi4EU Project

By Ryan Harmon
Mayo County Council was successful in securing €60,000 under the WiFi4EU project. This European funding was matched funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development. The WiFi4EU Project provides a free outdoor public Wi-Fi service in 9 locations in County Mayo.  The service is installed in public places such as main streets, public parks […]
Council Partners Environment News Technology

Limerick ‘LIVE’ at CONFIRM Centre to be a Crossroad Moment in ‘Smart Sustainable City’ Journey

By Ryan Harmon
The Science Foundation Ireland research centre in smart manufacturing, which is hosted at UL’s Park Point complex in Castletroy, will be transformed into a showcase that, across Thursday and Friday, will give a flavour of the wave of innovation surging across Limerick as the European Commission’s ‘Smart City’ programme takes hold. LIVE is part of […]