Fred Klinkenberg examines the potential for Ireland's education sector to generate millions of euro in business from Nigerian students, numbers of which may increase due to the UK's intention to exit the EU.
Irish start-up company Kastus Technologies has launched two new revolutionary superbug-killing products at the current four-day Arab Health trade event in Dubai.
Signifying their latest foray into medtech, UCC has licensed a surgical medical device called the SecuRetract to Skellig Surgical. The product is designed to manipulate organs that obscure and limit the ability to perform keyhole surgery.
Net employment is expected to rise by 10,000 in Ireland's international financial services sector by 2020, under a new strategy launched by the Government. The planned increase equates to a near 30 percent rise in the current number of jobs in the sector in firms that are supported by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA.
Dublin-based software company OpenApp has won a €5m contract with the EU. The investment will be used to develop a health app to speed up the medical diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.
Russian businesswoman Anastasia Volkova launched her app 'Surviving Russian' onto the Irish market in 2015, following her frustration with the quality of Russian-language books available for beginners in Ireland.
An Irish company designing ways to reduce costs for wastewater treatment has been named in the 2017 Global Cleantech 100 list for the second year running
Trish Dromey meets the entrepreneurs behind CBL Equipment. The company has just signed a significant distribution deal for its energy efficient chafing dish.
Orla Battersby, Manager of the High Potential Start-Up division at Enterprise Ireland, encourages both online and offline networking as she highlights the local community as a valuable resource for start-up businesses.
Soapbox Labs, set up by Dr. Patricia Scanlon, uses deep neural net speech recognition technology to analyse children's speech in noisy 'real world' environments.
When entrepreneur Nicola McDonnell started looking at what products were available to make life more comfortable for her daughter who has eczema, she quickly discovered there were very few. This led to the creation of the Shruggi, the first in a planned range of products from her new company, Itchy Little Monkeys.
Celtic Nutrition, a Waterford-based company producing health supplements, has launched its first supplement onto Irish and global markets. ‘Body Balance for a Healthy Heart’ supplies the body with essential daily nutrients.
Rob Laffan, founder of TippyTalk, says Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund gave the business credibility among potential investors - both nationally and internationally - and this helped towards securing investment www.enterprise-ireland.com/csf
