The Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, has said that he intends to act on the recommendations of the report of the Copyright Review Committee, and that he and Minister Richard Bruton hope to bring proposals for copyright reform to the government in 2014. “I can assure you that it is […]
It was barely promoted; indeed it was hardly mentioned since the Copyright Review Committee Report was announced over two months ago. But the Public Forum on the Report, to be held next Monday at 5pm at the Royal Irish Academy, is all booked out. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have confirmed to technology.ie that […]
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, has announced the establishment of a new fund of €125 million managed by MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland which will focus on investing in Irish SMEs. Enterprise Ireland has made a €25million commitment, under the Government’s Development Capital Scheme, to the first and final close […]
The final report of the independent Copyright Review Committee has just been published. The report is aimed at identifying barriers for innovation in the digital environment, and developing proposals for reducing them in order to provide greater support for growth and jobs in the digital industry. The publication has been welcomed by the Minister for […]
The Irish ISP association (hotline.ie) wrote to Mr Richard Bruton, Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation last month about the newspaper copyright debacle. They finally got a “reply” but it doesn’t really address their concerns- if anything it just punts the issue to the copyright review. You can download the hotline.ie’s original letter here and the […]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 6, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Gene Murphy of Redeem&Get joins us to talk about the Dublin Web Summit and his company’s success winning the ESB Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Award. Michele joins us from Vienna where he’s attending a meeting of RIPE and […]
