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Million-Euro Idea in SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge Revealed

By Ryan Harmon
Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced the winners of the first SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge. Over a period of 18 months, 10 teams competed for funding to develop disruptive solutions to key Defence Organisation challenges for use across the
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Venture Capital Investment into Irish Tech Firms Totals €1.3 Billion in 2022 

By Ryan Harmon
Venture capital investment into Irish tech firms and SMEs in 2022 totalled €1.33 billion, no change on the previous year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) VenturePulse survey published in association with William Fry. Fourth quarter funding fell sharply to €244.6m, down by 47% from €458.5m, compared to the same period 2021. Leo Hamill,
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16,000 Cork Homes and Businesses Ready to Connect to National Broadband Ireland High Speed Fibre

By Ryan Harmon
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high speed fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has announced that over 8,000 premises in the Midleton Deployment Area are now ready to connect, bringing the total number of Cork homes, farms and businesses which can connect to […]
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Accessibility and AI Set to Be the Key Digital Trends in eCommerce in Ireland This Year

By Ryan Harmon
Digital Business Ireland, Ireland’s leading representative body for the Irish eCommerce sector, has published details of five emerging digital enterprises that are set to make their mark on the industry in 2023. Entitled ‘Tech Companies to Watch in 2023’, the campaign profiles a diverse cohort of digital businesses focused on accessibility, application development, online
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New Augmented Reality App Shows Dublin As You’ve Never Seen It Before!

By Ryan Harmon
Dublin City Council launched Dublin Discovery Trails – ‘Doors into Docklands’, the first in a series of mobile app based immersive discovery trails with innovative Augmented Reality. The App, which has been co funded by Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland through its Destination Town Investment Scheme will help to further unlock the tourism potential of the Docklands
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Data Centre Outlook for 2023

By Ryan Harmon
Ciaran Forde, Data Centre Segment Leader at Eaton, discusses his thoughts on data centre outlook in 2023. To say that 2022 has been a disruptive year is an understatement. Much of last year’s outlook for the data centre sector was concerned with balancing the growth in digitalisation with more sustainable practices. But we had no […]
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Tyndall and Silicon Catalyst In-Kind Partnership Positioned to Scale Semiconductor Start-Ups

By Ryan Harmon
Tyndall National Institute has announced that it has joined with US-based incubator, Silicon Catalyst, as an In-Kind Partner to their Portfolio Companies. Silicon Catalyst is the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions. This partnership is timely with the adoption of the European and US Chips Acts this year, and further highlights