[16.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]ICT training company http://www.newhorizonsireland.com/ is to run a series of basic computer training courses in Dublin during the summer in response to widespread computer illiteracy in the Irish population.
The company claimed nearly half the country has virtually no computer skills whatsoever, citing every day examples of parents […]

[15.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A major recruitment drive is now on for applicants hoping to take part in the human spaceflight missions of the 21st century.
In Dublin yesterday was Leo Hennessy, special advisor the European Space Agency’s (ESA) scientific directorate, who was aiming to encourage budding Irish astronauts to strive for the […]

[13.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme aims to bring about education through affordable technology but will infighting and competition muddy the waters?
A vision to eradicate poverty through education resulted in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nicholas Negroponte.
Alongside […]

[06.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Funding of almost €3m has been made available for four new research projects under the Mathematics Initiative by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
The Mathematics Initiative aims to facilitate closer links between Ireland’s mathematicians and researchers in industry, science, engineering, finance, education and other sectors.
The award-winning projects are based at […]

[06.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at University of Limerick, has been awarded funding by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for two science teacher assistant researchers (STARs).
The SFI STARs programme is an initiative through which teachers can receive support to conduct research within an SFI-funded research team during […]

[02.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Bio-pharma giant Pfizer is to make a major €190m investment in a new biotech facility in Cork that will result in the creation of 100 new jobs, as well as a further 500 construction and service jobs.
In what has been an uneasy news week for multinationals in Ireland, […]

[02.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]It is envisaged that 20pc of jobs in the ICT sector will require digital media training by 2012. RTÉ director general Cathal Goan has warned that there is a clear need to develop and merge skills in development, entrepreneurship and technology for the digital media sector.
“There is a […]

[01.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) has announced plans to create an Open Access Repository (OAR) for published research findings and papers.
An OAR is an information storage and retrieval system where published research findings and papers are stored and made available for full, open […]

[30.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Every organisation needs to learn how to retain and attract skilled and mobile knowledge workers from Ireland, together with those from every corner of the globe.
Knowledge has long been thought to be an intangible thing; something that cannot be easily anchored, ring-fenced or audited as an asset on […]

[29.04.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Infringement of intellectual property (IP) rights is a big business, estimated at €150bn, and European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has called on various sectors damaged by this, including technology and pharma, to unite to fight this tide.
“This is more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of 150 small countries,” […]