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Survey results reveal opportunities for engineering education at third level

Ahead of the new academic year commencing for third level students across Ireland, Engineers Ireland’s Academic Society has released findings from a recent survey of over 19 higher educational institutions, ...
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Brian O’Driscoll Included in €500k Investment in Zipp Mobility

Zipp Mobility, the Irish micromobility start-up, recently announced that it has secured a €500,000 investment as it ramps up plans to operate several shared e-scooter trials in the UK. Investors ...
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Initiative Ireland Partners with CUDA to Launch New Housing Fund to Deliver Over 1,000 Homes Annually

Pictured (l-r); Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD; Kevin Johnson, CEO, CUDA; Sinead Byrne, COO, Initiative Ireland and Padraig W. Rushe, CEO, Initiative Ireland. (Photographer: Mark ...
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Engineering Excellence Series to shine a light on engineering endeavour in 2020

Engineers Ireland calls on engineering community to submit entries An initiative to recognise excellence in the engineering sector and the positive impact that engineers have made to society during 2020 ...
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EML Signs Contract with Laybuy to Launch 0% Interest Buy Now Pay Later Solution in Australia With Plans for the UK

EML Will Enable Laybuy's Market-disrupting BNPL Digital Product EML PAYMENTS LIMITED’s (ASX: EML) (‘EML’) agreement with Laybuy for a digital card exclusively issued by EML allows for rapid access to ...
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Cúla4 ar Scoil returns for a second series to TG4

After a successful first season, the educational and inspiring programme Cúla4 ar Scoil returns to TG4 next week, and will broadcast from Monday to Thursday on TG4, beginning on Monday August ...
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EML ANNOUNCES RECORD REVENUES OF $121.6M & EBITDA OF $32.5M

Highlights for the twelve months ended 30 June 2020 include: Gross Debit Volume (‘GDV’) of $13.9 billion, up 54% over PCP GDV represents the debit volume processed by the Group ...
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‘DNA Caillte’ (The Lost DNA), new Science & History Docudrama series on TG4

Cutting-edge DNA research is transforming our knowledge of who we are, where we come from, and how we got here. This new documentary series produced by Tile Films for TG4 reveals ...
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Zipp Mobility Gets the Green Light for UK e-Scooter Trials

Pictured at University College Dublin are members of the Zipp Mobility team, (l-r) Will O’Brien, Head of Growth and Government Affairs; Ben Duffy, Operations Lead; Robert Coyle; Investment Lead; Charlie ...
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Blafar Secures Medical Device Industry Quality Management System Standard Certification

Blafar Ltd, which develops functionalised biopolymers, novel bio-compatible injectable hydrogels with multiple bio-applications, as well as bio-inks for 3D printing, recently announced that it has secured an internationally recognised quality ...
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TG4 viewing share up 10% during Lockdown

3.14m individuals or 72% of the population watched TG4 during the Covid-19 lockdown period (12th March - 31st July 2020).  VoD views for the lockdown spell are up 150% on ...
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Fleadh2020 – A celebration of Fleadh Cheoil on TG4

Fleadh 2020 from 6-9 August at 9.30pm Lean leis an gceol, the music continues. TG4 in partnership with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, brings us Fleadh2020, a 4-night celebration of Fleadh Ceoil ...
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EML’s change for good Initiative will Eliminate 25 Million Pieces of Plastic from FinTech

Payments Giant EML is Creating a Better Tomorrow Through its Commitment to Reducing the Use of Plastic Cards in the Communities it Serves Worldwide by 50%. EML PAYMENTS LIMITED (ASX: ...
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Five Things COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Climate Action

Tracy O’Rourke, CEO of Climate Action impact business Vivid Edge* highlights five valuable insights that COVID-19 has taught us about climate action. 1. We are unprepared.Both climate and COVID-19 are ...
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Engineers Ireland welcomes the July Jobs Stimulus and €500 million in additional capital investment

Commenting on the stimulus package, which includes a commitment to increase capital expenditure in 2021 to €9.1 billion, Engineers Ireland’s Director General Caroline Spillane said: “The investment in capital spending will ...
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COVID-19 highlights need for more Medical Scientists in Hospitals

Ireland needs an Integrated Laboratory Information System There is an urgent need for more Medical Scientists working in hospitals, as all hospital laboratories face serious recruitment and retention challenges. There ...
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Invite to join Technology Virtual Clubs

NCBI Labs Technology Clubs invites anyone who is blind or visually impaired and interested in how technology can help overcome any barriers in daily life to participate in their Virtual ...
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University College Dublin Quantum Computer Spin-out Named One to Watch by Nature Research

Equal1 Labs, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out, which is developing a new type of quantum computer based on the latest advances in semiconductor CMOS technology, has been named a ...
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TG4 launches Glúin Nua mentorship scheme at Galway Film Fleadh

Glúin Nua: New Commissioning fund to support emerging directors, writers, and creative producers to create short-form content in the Irish language. A new Commissioning and Mentorship fund is launched by ...
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Twelve Female Scientists Set to Speak at Soapbox Science Dublin 2020

Soapbox Science Dublin 2020 speaker Dr Fatemeh Golpayegani, UCD School of Computer Science who will deliver a talk entitled, Sustainable solutions to urban problems. Illustration by Francesca Tiley. Twelve (12) ...
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