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Jaguar Land Rover and Nvidia Team Up On Autonomous Driving Tech

By Ryan Harmon 2 March 2022

Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with Nvidia to make software for autonomous driving tech and connected services in cars, starting in 2025. The luxury carmaker owned by India’s Tata Motors said that it has entered a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia, a gaming graphics and chip technology company, to help it accelerate in the increasingly […]

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Irish Fintech Investment & Venture Capital Trends

By Ryan Harmon 1 March 2022

KPMG has published its Pulse of Fintech biannual report, highlighting global and regional fintech investment trends and Venture Pulse Q4’21 report, tracking venture capital (VC) activity around the globe, including in Ireland. Key findings from the Pulse of Fintech report, which tracks M&A, venture capital and private equity activity, show that the Irish fintech

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Dublin City Council Launches Dedicated Telecoms Unit to Accelerate Digital Infrastructure Investments

By Ryan Harmon 28 February 2022

Dublin City Council (DCC) have launched a new Telecoms Unit to accelerate the rollout of digital infrastructure and 5G deployments across the city. The Unit will offer a ‘one stop shop’ service to support the delivery of telecoms both underground (ducting) and over ground (supporting mobile and wireless services). With 5G services expected to facilitate […]

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Innovate Limerick Call for Tech and Film Delegates for Virtual SXSW Festival 2022

By Ryan Harmon 24 February 2022

Innovate Limerick and Local Enterprise Office Limerick are continuing their relationship with the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas with a call out for Tech and Film Delegates to join their virtual delegation for this year’s event. This year the festival is holding a hybrid event from March 11th – 20th and applications are now open […]

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Digital Supply Chain: The Journey Ahead

By Ryan Harmon 22 February 2022

Disruption has become a constant condition of doing business. The organisations that are more likely to thrive are those which not only adapt to continuous change but become the drivers of change – and nowhere is this more relevant than an organisation’s supply chain. In Ireland, we’re seeing a growing focus amongst our substantial MNC […]

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Major Initiatives to Support Remote Working

By Ryan Harmon 22 February 2022

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced a number of major new initiatives that will support Remote Working across the country. For the first time, workers will now be able to book office or desk space in their local hub through a new mobile app called Connected Hubs. Minister Humphreys […]

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Free Public Wi-Fi Rolled Out Across Galway City

By Ryan Harmon 22 February 2022

Residents and visitors to Galway City can now look out for a range of new, free Wi-Fi hotspots that have been rolled out in various public spaces across the city. Galway City Council received the maximum allowance of funding of €60,000 under the WiFi4EU initiative, with a further €60,000 in matched funding from the Department […]

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Irish Brands that are Killing it on Social Media

By Ryan Harmon 18 February 2022

It’s no secret that social media marketing is now an integral part of digital marketing. It can be a great way to promote a small business just starting off, as it is inexpensive, easy to use, and can reach a large number of potential consumers. With so many businesses now using social media, however, it […]

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Stats Perform Limerick Will Reach Over 300 Employees by Year-End

By Ryan Harmon 17 February 2022

Stats Perform, the sports tech leader in data and AI, has announced it has established a Global Rugby Centre of Excellence in Limerick City. Stats Perform operates across 25 countries, including Ireland. The company is actively recruiting for a number of open positions and by year-end will celebrate the significant milestone of reaching 60 full-time and […]

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Irish Healthcare Firms Target Middle East

By Ryan Harmon 11 February 2022

More than 200 meetings between Irish healthcare firms and buyers in the Middle East were brokered by Enterprise Ireland last week. More than 20 Irish companies took part in the Arab Health exhibition in Dubai. These included enterprises such as Aerogen, AceTech, Fleming Medical, CF Pharma Ireland Ltd, HealthSectorTalent, and HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd. The Irish medtech

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Irish Tech Teams’ Work on James Webb Space Telescope is Out of This World

By Ryan Harmon 4 February 2022

Several Irish teams have contributed to the historic launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope was launched on 25 December from the Guiana Space Centre in South America, as a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). A successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, it is […]

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Galway Broadband Connection Point Network Launch

By Ryan Harmon 3 February 2022

Galway County Council and the Government of Ireland are pleased to announce the launch of Galway County’s Broadband Connection Point network. At present 12 BCPs under the Connected Communities Initiative are live in the county with a further 10 to follow. Connected Communities is an initiative of the Government of Ireland, in partnership with Vodafone […]

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VidMob Expands Dublin EMEA Operation

By Ryan Harmon 3 February 2022

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD,  met the U.S CEO and co-founder of VidMob, a world-leading platform for intelligent creative that has relocated its EMEA operation to Dublin. Alex Collmer, CEO met with Government officials, IDA Ireland, clients and associates from the social media and digital tech sphere, at an […]

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Launch of ‘Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework’

By Ryan Harmon 2 February 2022

The government have launched a new national digital strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, to drive and enable the digital transition across the Irish economy and society. The pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives, not least through increased digital usage. Many more people are working remotely or learning online, as well […]

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Minister for Disabilities Announces €2m for Digital and Assistive Technology Projects

By Ryan Harmon 1 February 2022

The Minister for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte, has announced €2m for 11 projects under the HSE’s CREATE initiative, which aims to improve access to digital and assistive technology for people with disabilities. The Cooperative Real Engagement for Assistive Technology Enhancement (CREATE) initiative seeks to ensure that service users and providers work together to identify

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€19.8m for Energy Research Projects in Ireland

By Ryan Harmon 31 January 2022

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland have announced that it has awarded 49 new projects €19.8 million in Government funding, supporting and enabling a wide range of energy research in Ireland.  The projects bring together leading academic institutes, industry partners, and not-for-profits to tackle key areas in our national efforts to transition to a low carbon […]

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HID Global Wins Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs Contract

By Ryan Harmon 26 January 2022

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has been awarded Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs (“DFA”) contract for the Passport Issuance and Processing System. The contract will see HID Global provide a new operating system for the Department’s Passport Service. HID Global’s HID Integrale™ software system makes the management of

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Irish Firms Urged to Boost Growth by Having a Strategy for Digitalisation

By Ryan Harmon 24 January 2022

Digitalisation has risen to the top of the agenda for many Irish companies as they look forward to a post-pandemic world. Conor O’Donovan, Enterprise Ireland head of global marketing, corporate communications and digital, says, “it’s fundamentally a competitiveness issue.” “OECD research shows that adoption of digital technologies leads to higher levels of

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Limerick Brothers Take National Agriculture Technology Company Award

By Ryan Harmon 21 January 2022

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

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Blockchain: Explained in Plain English

By Ryan Harmon 19 January 2022

This is not just another article about blockchain technology. This is blockchain explained in plain English. If you and technology haven’t got friendly yet, but you’ve googled ‘blockchain’ at least once – and then given up, overwhelmed with all the information coming at you and flooding your brain – don’t click away! When blockchain was first