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Aviation Thought Leader and Author Backs Travacoin

Travacoin, which has developed a payment platform that enables airlines to save time and money by using a blockchain-based token for refunds and compensation, has today announced Shashank Nigam, a ...
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University College Dublin Physicist Member of International Team which Uses Asteroid to Measure Smallest Star Size in the Night Sky to Date

Scientists of the VERITAS Collaboration, including a University College Dublin (UCD) physicist, Associate Professor John Quinn, who is the VERITAS spokesperson, have today published a paper in the Nature Astronomy journal ...
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Initiative Ireland Secures €1.5 million Investment and Launches UK Subsidiary

Initiative Ireland, a social impact finance firm specialising in the provision of lower-cost alternative finance loans to experienced developers, today announced that it has secured a €1.5 million investment. The ...
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Engineers Ireland and NIBRT collaborate to launch new Engineering and Biopharmaceutical Operations Diploma

Engineers Ireland has announced the expansion of its Diploma course offering to engineers wishing to improve their continuing professional development (CPD). The professional membership body for engineers in Ireland in ...
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Cashless coffee store opens doors in Dublin

A cashless coffee store has opened its doors this week in Dublin’s George’s Street. Customers at Bear Market Coffee’s new outlet will be able to purchase their americanos and flat ...
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Balbriggan launches free town centre wi-fi

Balbriggan has become the first location on the east coast to launch free high-speed public Wi-Fi. Powered by Magnet Networks, Our Balbriggan Free Town Wi-Fi is the latest step in ...
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THEYA Healthcare Secures €665,000 in Funding and Plans Expansion into US Market

THEYA Healthcare the award-winning Irish company, which designs and manufactures healthcare garments, today announced that it has secured €665,000 in funding. The funding, raised from private angel investors and Enterprise ...
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TG4 Offer Year Long Work Experience Positions to Graduates and Newcomers

TG4 is inviting applications from graduates, or newcomers to the industry, to participate in a year-long work experience programme with the station. Four of these work experience positions are available ...
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Engineers Ireland welcomes the inclusion of Civil Engineers and Mechanical and Electrical Engineers to the Critical Skills List of Occupations

The inclusion of Civil Engineers and Mechanical and Electrical Engineers with BIM capabilities to the Critical Skills List of Occupations has today been welcomed by Engineers Ireland. The addition of ...
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Global Day of the Engineer to mark essential role of engineers in society

In advance of Global Day of the Engineer tomorrow, Wednesday, 3 April, and the CAO closing date for late applications on 1 May, Engineers Ireland is calling on more young ...
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UCD Mathematician Awarded €2.5 million in ERC Funding to Develop more Accurate Models for Breaking Ocean Waves

Professor Frederic Dias, an applied mathematician at University College Dublin (UCD), and a global leader in fluid dynamics research has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant ...
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Initiative Ireland’s Housing 2019 Report Raises Concerns over Undersupply of Housing Nationwide and a ‘Supply Mismatch’ within Greater Dublin Area

Initiative Ireland today released its annual housing report, entitled Housing 2019. The report provides a performance review on the supply of houses across the country and highlights key concerns regarding a ...
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Ireland’s First Dedicated 5G/IoT Accelerator Programme Open for Applications

Entrepreneurs can now apply to take part in Ireland’s first dedicated 5G/IoT Accelerator Programme. The programme, a collaboration between Vodafone, Ericsson, and NovaUCD, was announced as part of the launch ...
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CAO – Engineers Ireland welcomes increased interest in engineering as a career choice

Engineers Ireland has welcomed reported data from the Central Applications Office (CAO) that shows an 11 percent rise in first preference applications by 2nd level pupils for 3rd level engineering courses ...
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Irish Entrepreneur Named as Finalist in Global 2019 Cartier Women’s Initiative

Irish entrepreneur, Tracy O’Rourke, CEO and Founder of Vivid Edge, an energy efficiency specialist company, has been named as a finalist of the prestigious 2019 Cartier Women’s Initiative. Pictured at ...
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From combat engineering displays to designing your own zoo: Engineers Week 2019 kicks off tomorrow!

Here's what's happening: Thousands of participants to take part in over 600 Engineers Week events nationwide Float your Boat workshops, Engineering Superhero shows, Lego Challenges, site visits and much more ...
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Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales Seeking to Grow Research Links Between Irish and Welsh Universities

Professor Halligan delivers keynote address at University College Dublin Professor Peter Halligan, an internationally renowned psychologist and neuroscientist, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Welsh Government, today delivered a keynote ...
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Output Sports to Pitch at Start-up Competition in Boston

Output Sports a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company, has been selected to pitch at a start-up competition being held as part of the 13th MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Output Sports ...
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Fíorscéal – Can cognitive sciences help us build a better kind of school?

On TG4 the Irish Television Channel watch: Fíorscéal: School of Tomorrow Fíorscéal on the 28th February at 10.30pm we focus on the School of Tomorrow: Can cognitive sciences help us build ...
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€760 million Raised by NovaUCD Supported Companies over the Last 15 years

Companies currently employ over 1,040 staff and have an annual turnover in excess of €113 million Pictured are Julie Sinnamon, CEO, Enterprise Ireland and Tom Flanagan, UCD Director of Enterprise ...
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