Firms based in Dublin’s Digital Hub have better skilled employees, more job security and grow faster than the average Irish company, a new report revealed today.

IRELAND’S “e-athletes” who will compete in the World Cyber Games in the US — the equivalent of the Olympics for computer gaming — were announced yesterday after a gruelling weekend of gaming.

An ambitious €1.1bn development plan for Carlow was unveiled today by Greencore.

The Government tonight sold part of Dublin’s ‘Silicon Alley’ in a deal worth €118m.

The Government has suspended another computer project – a website – because it didn’t work properly, it emerged tonight.

A consultation process has been announced to establish a new research entity at the former MediaLab Europe site in Dublin.

THE Digital Hub Development Agency in Dublin yesterday reported a doubling of companies in the past 12 months.

Game enthusiasts in Irish third-level institutions can pit their game development skills against their international counterparts with the launch today of the 2005 Dare to be Digital Ireland competition.

The Digital Hub has announced that technology company Havok is to locate its corporate headquarters in The Digital Hub in Dublin.

The Green Party has welcomed the announcement that Paddy Teahon, former chairperson of Campus Stadium Ireland, has resigned as chairman of the Digital Hub.

A new publication is to provide a complete and authoritative guide to the fast-growing digital media sector.