Ireland sets sights on €1bn EU aid for research

Research and innovation minister Seán Sherlock said work would begin as soon as possible on making sure the country’s third- level institutions, companies, and especially small and medium-sized enterprises, could avail of the huge potential the fund will open up.
He was involved in the final push to get the programme, known as Horizon 2020, agreed between the European Parliament, the member states represented by Ireland, and the Commission, led by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan Quinn.