The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe TD, today [Thursday] launched a €7 million fund that will help academics turn research into jobs by bringing new products and services to the market.

Minister O'Keeffe urged academic researchers to apply for support ...read more

ICON, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Net revenues for the quarter were $224 million, representing a 2% increase over ...read more

The Taoiseach, together with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government has (26th July) launched the Government's Infrastructure Investment Priorities for 2010 - 2016 at the new National Convention Centre in Dublin.

The Taoiseach said: "Over ...read more

IDA has (July 22nd 2010) welcomed a report by The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) and Forfas showing significant improvements in the cost of doing business in Ireland. The report analyses Ireland's relative cost competitiveness performance in the areas of labour, property, utilities, and ...read more

2009 highlights significant increase in seed and early stage funding for entrepreneurs and business start ups

Feargal Ó Móráin, Director of Corporate and Investment Services at Enterprise Ireland, has (Thursday 22 July 2010)launched the Enterprise Ireland Seed & Venture Capital ...read more