Global Entrepreneurship Week gets underway this weekend, and startup weekends are being held in four Irish cities as part of the Global Startup Battle. Galway Startup Weekend is kicking off in about an hour at NUI Galway. Participants with ideas will make 60 second pitches which then get whittled down to the top ideas. Teams will be formed […]
The winners of the €3000 schools science video competition, ReelLIFE SCIENCE, are today announced as part of Science Week 2014. The primary school category winners are Sooey National School, Co. Sligo, with Julien Torrades from Summerhill College, Sligo taking first place at secondary school level. Primary and secondary schools from all over Ireland were challenged […]
The 19th annual National Science Week is underway with a host of fun and exciting science events, seminars, demonstrations and tours taking place across the country. Over 800 events will take place in Dublin, Donegal, Galway, Sligo, Mayo, Waterford, Cork, Limerick and across the Midlands aiming to entertain, educate and enthral young and old alike with […]
Galway’s first Startup Weekend will be held from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014. Co-organiser John Breslin of NUI Galway has been in touch with the details: Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of different backgrounds, including software developers, marketers, designers, and other enthusiasts. They gather to to pitch ideas, form […]
Johnny Beirne knows about organising business and networking events: he’s been involved in runnning two of them. He knows it can be a challenge to find good speakers, but he also knows that speaking at such events is an opportunity for experts and thought leaders to promote themselves and their businesses, and that many will do so for little […]
Colaiste Lurgan, which is an Irish language summer school in Galway, have got quite a bit of media coverage over the last year or so due to their cover versions of popular songs translated into Irish. Their rendition of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has clocked up over 4 million views on Youtube. Their latest cover is […]
Galway company RealSim Games have released the first trailer for their 3D model of Medieval Galway, circa 1651, based on the famous Pictorial Map of Galway. Commissioned by Galway City Museum, it’s an exciting view of a beautiful city whose medieval character remains evident to this day. Maith sibh! Posted by RealSim Games. HT: James Larkin Related articles […]
He’s been a global business leader in a successful career with Silicon Valley multinationals, and he’s well known to many in Ireland as an investor on Dragon’s Den. Now Barry O’Sullivan has got out of the leather chair and is going to work as CEO of his new startup based in Galway city: Altocloud.[youtube]http://youtu.be/3mjJg3vyZVE[/youtube] Altocloud […]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/EuhJ22KGnSQ[/youtube] A Capital Gains Tax rate of 33% is a tax on risk, and operates as a disincentive to entrepreneurship in Ireland, which amounts to “economic illiteracy”. That’s the view of Galway based entrepreneur and campaigner Declan Ganley, which he expressed recently in an opinion piece in The Sunday Business Post. A few days […]
Startup Galway has got off to a great start with Trustev’s Pat Phelan and VC Dermot Berkery headlining its first two gatherings. And they’ve just announced their third event will feature entrepreneur and campaigner Declan Ganley. From the event description on Eventbite: Declan Ganley is one of Galway’s most successful technology entrepreneurs. He founded Rivada […]
