Silicon Republic: XOCEAN's new Technical Centre and 24-hour Control Room will act as a hub for operating XOCEAN’s fleet of USVs globally, meaning operators remain onshore and operations can continue 24/7.

Sunday Independent: Long sales cycles, difficulty moving to implementation and a patchwork of legacy systems are some of the challenges facing startups in the travel technology space.

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Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and ABP Food Group have agreed a new partnership that will see the development of a DkIT ‘talent upskilling pathway’ in science, engineering and business.

Led by Shane O’Sullivan, a recent graduate of the New Frontiers Programme at the Technological University Dublin and IADT Dún Laoghaire, Glimpse has developed an ad-tech offering called Consensys which received the 2019 Bolton Trust/PwC Innovation Award.

FarmHedge, which is a spin-out from the University of Limerick, has been commercially active since the end of last year and now has customers in Ireland, Austria and Germany where the app is being used by farmers not only to buy goods but also to sell their crops.

For Irish companies exporting to the UK, movements in the sterling/euro exchange rate impacts on your business and its profitability. Use Enterprise Ireland's Currency Impact Calculator to assess your level of foreign exchange risk.

Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has unveiled a €500,000 fund for the Lean Principles Programme for pig farmers. The roll out of the scheme follows a pilot with a sample 29 pig producers, hosted by the Department of Agriculture, Bord Bia, Teagasc and Enterprise Ireland.

NDRC at ArcLabs is once again on the lookout for start-ups to join the South East accelerator programme. Applications are open until 30 June, 2019, with NDRC at ArcLabs’ second accelerator beginning in August this year.

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Successfully progressing innovation from idea to implementation stage in the travel sector is notoriously hard. At Travel Tech Summit: The Future of Travel, leaders from the global airline industry revealed how it’s done.

Enterprise Ireland client companies can increase their exposure to overseas businesses and can avail of several marketing opportunities through the #IrishAdvantage campaign. Find out how you can register your business here. 

Ambitious plans by the UK government mean that the country’s offshore wind industry is one of the most exciting and vibrant energy sectors in Europe, translating into exciting opportunities for Irish companies.

Given our small and open economy, the need to drive competitiveness has never been more urgent. Now with our Operational Excellence Offer you can access our range of competitiveness supports with a one stop shop application and assessment.