Elaine Burke
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Cork cybersecurity start-up Vaultree selected for EIC Accelerator
Vaultree is among 78 selected companies that will share in up to €470m of funding through a combination of grants and equity investment. → Read More
Dublin’s new life sciences hotbed opens in Cherrywood
The Campus in Cherrywood has already attracted an Irish and an international start-up to set up shop in its life sciences ecosystem. → Read More
Irish women awarded top EU innovator prizes
Dr Ciara Clancy and Niamh Donnelly were among the six winners of the European Innovation Council’s women innovators awards. → Read More
10 terms you need to know when working with tech teams
Do you know your front-end from your back-end? Or how being agile fits into a scrum? Brush up on your tech terms with this jargon translator. → Read More
Technimark’s €26m Longford investment will create 80 medical manufacturing jobs
Longford will be home to Technimark’s first European innovation centre, with new high-skill jobs to be created over two years. → Read More
Killarney maths team takes top prize at SciFest 2022
Three Leaving Cert students from Killarney Community College will go on to present their award-winning STEM project at ISEF 2023. → Read More
Zendesk to cut about 300 jobs globally, impacting Dublin HQ
Zendesk is the latest in a string of tech companies with international headquarters in Ireland to announce job losses. → Read More
Dropbox CEO says tech sector should prepare for the worst
Visiting the company’s new Dublin studio, Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston offered a level-headed view of the current chaos on the tech scene. → Read More
Meta could be next to make significant job cuts worldwide
Losses are expected to be announced by Meta and Intel as Ireland’s jobs market is rocked by tech restructuring. → Read More
EY Ireland is expanding across the island with 900 new jobs
Jobs for experienced hires and graduates are being created as EY prepares to split into two separate businesses. → Read More
Everyangle looks ahead to US and UK growth after €2.7m funding
The Dublin-headquartered company is hiring now as it plots an international expansion of its computer vision platform for CCTV analysis. → Read More
DigiTally: A digital stocktaking solution based on years of experience
Patrick McDermott has pivoted to tech for his latest stocktaking tools targeting retailers and food-service businesses. → Read More
Kanye West is buying Parler to create an ‘uncancellable’ environment
Ye has entered into an agreement to buy Parler, the social media app favoured by conservatives, after he was suspended from other platforms. → Read More
Coalescent Mobile Robotics: Irishwoman’s retail robots start-up in Denmark
Clionadh Martin is building her mobile robots for supermarkets out of the robotics hub of Odense. → Read More
Dublin and Galway to share 300 new jobs at Fidelity Investments
200 jobs will be created at Fidelity in Galway and a further 100 in Dublin, with flexible working arrangements available. → Read More
5 energised European innovators to watch
The 2022 EIT Awards celebrated the most innovative ventures, entrepreneurial graduates and leadership role models in Europe. → Read More
iPhones call 911 after confusing rollercoasters with car crashes
The new safety feature in the iPhone 14 models and new Apple Watches has been experiencing some ups and downs. → Read More
Machine Compare Marketplace: A circular economy for industrial machinery
This green-tech start-up from Manchester is rounding up the world’s spare parts to cut costs, manufacturing and unnecessary emissions. → Read More
Intercom co-founder Eoghan McCabe returns as CEO
Eoghan McCabe, who stepped down from the CEO role in 2020, said he is back to finish what he started at Intercom. → Read More
Tines strikes again with additional $55m Series B funding
Tipped to be Ireland’s next unicorn, Tines has extended its Series B round and pushed its value beyond $300m. → Read More