The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Dara Calleary TD, has today officially opened the CREW (Creative Enterprise and Innovation Hub) marking a significant milestone for creative entrepreneurs and innovators in the west of Ireland. Funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment through Enterprise Ireland’s Regional
Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy puts research and innovation (R&I) at the heart of addressing Ireland’s social, economic and environmental challenges. Impact 2030 will maximise the impact of research and innovation on many national priorities. It will progress objectives shared across the Irish R&I system such as maximising its impact on
Image: Unsplash 45% of consumers expect online orders to be delivered within two days, according to research by GreyOrange. The company, which specialises in the automation of fulfilment operations, polled 1,500 consumers from the UK and Benelux. It found that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated consumers’ demand for immediacy when it comes to delivery options,
Image; www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD have today (Thursday) launched the European Union’s new research and investment programme, Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe will be the biggest programme
Trinity College Dublin has recently announced the first phase of the planned Grand Canal Innovation District (GCID) – its proposed Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub will “provide space for entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovation teams from large corporates,” according to a press release. It will be the venue for organised regular events to bring together academics, […]
Clare County Fire and Rescue Service has been awarded the ‘ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System’ accreditation, which is the world’s first international standard for OH&S. ISO 45001 provides a framework to increase safety, reduce workplace risks and enhance health and wellbeing at work, enabling an organisation to continually
Public Service-wide Innovation Week takes place from today (Monday 19th) until 23rd October. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, today (Monday) launched Public Service Innovation Week. Innovation Week provides us with an opportunity to highlight the importance of continuous improvement in our Public Service. For Ireland to succeed we need a
A new LGMA project to apply robotics to Core reporting is among 34 diverse projects that have successfully secured funding from this year’s call under the Public Service Innovation Fund. A number of local authority projects have also been awarded funding. The Innovation Fund is an initiative of the Our Public Service 2020 reform strategy […]
A new study, conducted by Trainers’ Learning Skillnet and the Irish Institute of Training and Development, was launched earlier this week regarding innovation training in Irish companies. The study showed that 69% of organisations do not have specific innovation training and 8% did not know whether or not their company provides training.The research was shouldered […]
The latest advances in big tech, big data and big science mean very little when it comes down to the age-old traits required when leading a group of people. What does the newest thinking about leadership development say about the need for local government leaders to learn to lead across multiple functions, or influence whole […]
‘Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace’ hopes to build upon Trinity’s position as a European leader in innovation and entrepreneurship and Dublin as a location of choice for technology investment and new start-up creation. Innovation experts and student entrepreneurs gathered for the launch of ‘Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace’. This exciting new initiative at Trinity
Launched in 2014 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is an Enterprise Ireland initiative connecting public sector bodies to organisations and companies with innovative ideas, aimed at solving prevalent issues across local communities nationwide. Contracting authorities can approach Enterprise Ireland with a problem they can’t find solution to in the current market