The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Seán Sherlock, T.D. has announced €23 million in new funding to help support 40 of Ireland’s most promising young research talent to become fully independent researchers. The funding which is being awarded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) will help ensure that Ireland’s most talented young researchers can be encouraged […]
Blacknight’s new data centre will be officially launched at 3pm by the Minister of State for Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD. You can watch it live here: Live streaming video by Ustream
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 […]
A new research centre, with the potential to position Ireland at the forefront of the Marine Renewable Energy Industry has been officially launched by the Minister for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock, T.D. MaREI, Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, is based at University College Cork (UCC) and will receive funding of €19million from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise […]
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 […]
Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, is in Thomond Park Limerick this morning, to officially launch the Technology Gateways programme. It’s a scheme designed to support Irish companies using research and development expertise provided within the Institutes of Technology. The map shows the distribution of the 12 Gateways, located in 8 ITs, and […]
Recently the victim of a burglary, Michele puts a brave face on things as he Skypes Conn this week from an aged laptop. We discuss April Fool tech gags, including Google Maps with 8-bit graphics and get nostalgic for simpler times. Nowadays we’ve got hundreds of times more computing power in our pockets. What would […]
