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Yuka Nagashima: Girls Werent Born Hating Science

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“Women entrepreneurs do not need to be fixed. We are not broken.” There are rare moments in a writer’s career whe... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Decoding The Tech Enigma

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US Congress releases treasure trove of Russian Facebook ads The front of the US Capitol building in Washington DC. Ima... Read more

Irish Start-ups Urged To Compete For Share Of $5m VentureClash Pool

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Irish start-ups in areas including digital health, fintech, insuretech and internet of things (IoT) are being urged to ... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Design Your Tomorrow

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How Fire’s Colm Lyon ignited Europe’s fintech revolution Fire CEO and Realex founder Colm Lyon. Image: Fire John ... Read more

How Fires Colm Lyon Ignited Europes Fintech Revolution

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Before people talked about fintech in Europe, there was Colm Lyon and the company he founded, Realex Payments. And befo... Read more

Edwards Lifesciences Joe Nuzzolese: Be Ready For Industry 4.0

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Structural heart disease monitoring company Edwards Lifesciences is planning to build a major operation in Ireland’... Read more

Galway Start-up Kite Medical Secures €1.5m In Funding

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NUI Galway BioInnovate programme spin-out Kite Medical has closed a €1.5m investment round. The round comprises a mix... Read more

Nvidia And Arm Partner To Meld AI And IoT In Major Evolutionary Step

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The big news this week from an internet of things (IoT) perspective was China-based iPhone supplier Foxconn announcing ... Read more

Techstars And Startup Boost Join Forces On Global Pre-accelerator

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In an interesting twist, Startup Boost, the successor to the Startup Next pre-accelerator retired by Techstars, is onc... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Celebrate Your Heroes

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Women Invent 100: Everyday heroes taking steps towards progress in 2018 Image: MJgraphics/Shutterstock Progress takes... Read more

The Best And Brightest Sought For National Startup Awards

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With an overall prize fund of €15,000, the winner of the National Startup Awards could walk away with €5,000 to gro... Read more

Huckletrees Andrew Lynch: We Want To Give Ambition A Home

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In 2009, Andrew Lynch had just earned his degree in quantity surveying from Waterford Institute of Technology. It was a... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Who Wants To Engineer Tomorrow?

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Which Irish tech sectors are absolutely killing it right now? Image: Peter Eleven/Shutterstock Ireland’s indigenous... Read more

The Power To Change Wealth Inequality Lies In VCs Like Sydney Thomas

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Some people bide their time until the opportunity to take their rightful ‘seat at the table’ finally presents itsel... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Kick-start The Sci-tech New Year

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Computer science will now be a Leaving Cert subject The Irish Government hopes that the new computer science subject w... Read more

Renault Gives Us Glimpse Of The Future With Autonomous-ready Concept

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There was some major Irish success in the world of internet of things (IoT) hardware manufacturing, with Dublin-based D... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Make Way For The Future Of Medtech

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Medtech Rising: Ireland will benefit from $522bn global medtech market Connemara, Co Galway. Galway is a major medtec... Read more

IoT Medication-compliance Devices Set To Skyrocket In Number By 2022

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Apple is at the centre of a major security issue with its internet of things (IoT) software HomeKit, which was found to... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Nuggets Of Wisdom About Fintech

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20 of Europe’s hottest fintech start-ups to watch in 2018 Image: Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock Who are the fint... Read more

Giant Leap Forward For Limerick Redevelopment As EIB Confirms Investment

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Yesterday (16 November), the European Investment Bank (EIB) confirmed a record commitment for an urban Ireland investme... Read more