Sunday Independent: Global Irish construction industry services and goods exports were valued at €1.7 billion in 2016, while the number of people employed by firms supported by Enterprise Ireland is projected to increase from 33,000 last year to 40,000 by 2020.

The students won €10k for 'MacGlas', a novel vision aid designed to help people suffering from Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in the western world.

The mission included 28 Irish companies that participated in 80 one-to-one meetings with their Polish and Czech counterparts. The firms examined opportunities across engineering, electronics, software, travel IT and medical devices.

Enterprise Ireland has launched a new €750,000 Competitive Start Fund for Fintech and Deep Tech start-up companies that have the capacity to succeed in global markets.

AID:Tech’s platform enables entitlements like aid, welfare, remittances, donations and healthcare to be digitised and delivered through blockchain technology in a completely transparent manner.

Irish engineering consultancy firm Nicholas O'Dwyer has signed a €10m contract to carry out work on the $1.2bn Lusaka to Ndola road in Zambia.

Galway company AuriGen Medical has won European Union funding to develop a medical device to help patients manage an irregular heartbeat.

What do you do when you have successfully built your brand and your business has reached saturation in your home market? The textbooks suggest you develop new products or you develop new markets.

“The establishment of this facility highlights another milestone achievement for Wisetek in the continued growth and success of our US business,” - Sean Sheehan, CEO of Wisetek.

Volograms Ltd, a High Performance Start-Up with Enterprise Ireland that operates in the developing field of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) has secured its first seed investment of €600,000.

Last week, Enterprise Ireland hosted a seminar on business opportunities with the World Bank. Jointly delivered by the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the seminar heard from speakers from the World Bank Group (WBG) and from Geoscience Ireland member companies.

In recent months, the food-ordering start-up raised €500,000 in a funding round led by Enterprise Ireland and involving six angel investors.

AllinAll Ingredients' new facility at Rosemount includes a Pilot Plant which provides the infrastructure and scientific equipment which food scientists use to trial, develop and demonstrate new products.

With a focus on constant improvement, development and implementation of new and innovative ways of working, you would be forgiven for mistaking Ardmac for a start-up, rather than the experienced international construction company it is today.

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