Ireland Research News

Twelve new high-tech and knowledge-intensive business ventures and 28 researchers are taking part on University College Dublin’s (UCD) 2012 entrepreneurship programme.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin (UCD), expects 300 highly-skilled jobs to be created through the 37 companies based at the centre over the coming two years.

Scientists in Ireland & UK have traced the origin of the ‘speed gene’ in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare that lived in the UK around 300 years ago, according to findings published today in the journal Nature Communications.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin, Ireland today announced strong commercialisation results for 2010 at the launch of its latest Annual Report.

13 new high-tech and knowledge-intensive business ventures have joined NovaUCD’s 2011 entrepreneurship program which assists academic and research entrepreneurs at University College Dublin to transform innovative ideas into commercial businesses.

Visiting Ireland at present is Mr Daniel Friel from Donegal but now living in Brisbane. Mr Friel has invented a solar powered address number lighting product which can help solve address identity issues at night-time in an energy saving fashion.

The Fault Analysis Group, a leading research group in University College Dublin has been presented with the NovaUCD 2010 Innovation Award in recognition of its research and commercialisation successes.

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It's bad enough that women still suffer from a gender gap when climbing the corporate ladder, but female entrepreneurs around the world also experience a gender gap when it comes to owning and starting up their own businesses.

Dr Eddie O’Connor founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power will launch the 13th NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar series on Wednesday, October 14.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin is hosting an Open Day on Tuesday, March 24th.

A €30 million initiative to improve aviation safety will unveil its findings at an international conference to be held in Biarritz, France next month.

At its annual conference held last week in Cardiff, entitled ‘Innovation through Co-operation’, ProTon Europe stressed the need for the European Union Member States to continue to invest in research and development and innovation.

NovaUCD the innovation and technology transfer centre is showcasing the latest early stage high-tech and knowledge-intensive ventures emerging at UCD at an event next week.

Amdocs, the US-quoted technology company (NYSE: DOX), and the leading provider of customer experience systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ChangingWorlds Ltd, a spin-out company from UCD’s School of Computer Science and Informatics.

NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin is celebrating its first five years of successful commercialisation activities.

Ireland's largest housing association contend that the only responsible way to stimulate the Irish construction industry is through increased production in the social housing sector.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - Limerick County Council has published the findings of a Severity and Impact report into the flooding events of August 1st 2008 in Newcastle West, County Limerick.

Monday, 1 September 2008 –Access to Information Communications Technologies must be made available to all members of the community if the continued digitalisation of public services is to be deemed a success.