The Taoiseach has defended the resourcing of gardaí after two pals were gunned down just hours apart in brutal gangland-style executions in Dublin.

Technology experts in Waterford are bidding to tackle one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer using miniature, implantable devices.

There was “very little documentation” provided to justify continuing a multimillion-euro contract for the provision of IT services to An Garda Síochána, the Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday.

Great strides are being made to close the tech sector’s gender gap, but, as with many other industries, parity remains a long way off.

A leading cyber-security firm has unveiled ambitious expansion plans after opening a new €1.5m hi-tech security operations centre in Cork.

Gardaí need greater powers to protect children from online predators including the ability to obtain data from companies such as Facebook and Microsoft.

Ireland has been urged to follow Denmark’s lead and appoint a dedicated technology ambassador to Silicon Valley.

Leaving Certificate 2017 only ended yesterday evening for around 3,500 students of applied maths and religious education.

Gardaí investigating child sex offences should have the power to seek a court order to obtain data from internet giants based here, according to a leading expert.

AT A macro level, it was ignorance, not a deliberate abuse of power. At a micro level, and in one microcosm in particular — Bandon Garda Station — things were a lot murkier, with talk (though no proof) of evidence tampering and improper conduct among certain gardaí.

The Irish economy could grow by 50%, over the next four years, with 140,000 jobs created if the country can take a leading role in the creation of the EU’s planned Digital Single Market, according to a new report.

There are, no doubt, some things Gordon Jeyes will miss when he steps down as Tusla chief executive this Friday, and you have to imagine the view from his desk is one of them, writes Noel Baker.

Irish workers suffered more than those in other EU countries, with their wages stagnating, despite a big rise in productivity, a study of employment and social developments in the EU has found.

Ireland is attracting huge amounts of inward foreign investment, but the country can not take for granted that the flows that helped drive the economy out of crisis will be repeated, a leading economist has warned.

The chances of giving all primary schools the same high-speed broadband that is now available at secondary level are slim but the move remains a priority, the Department of Education has said.

Irish workers are among the world’s elite in terms of tech skills having risen one place to eighth in the World Economic Forum’s latest rankings.

Ireland’s unemployment rate could fall to as low as 7% by 2017, Davy Stockbrokers has suggested.

Funding on the up at CIT’s Rubicon

If you are the type of person who gets lost in a shopping centre, then help is at hand — Google Maps has moved indoors.

Ireland has the third-lowest business startup costs in the world — a distinction we share with Britain — but weaker internet services mean the UK substantially outranks us in a global index measuring opportunity and entrepreneurship.

The pace of growth in the information and communication technology sector has outstripped all others in the service economy in the past year.

An Irish woman who has risen to the top echelons of Twitter’s global executive ranks will address a special tech conference in Cork next month.

An expected 15% increase in the number of students attending second-level schools by 2020 could lead to a shortage of teachers in particular subjects, principals have warned.

Amazon has announced it is to increase the size of its Dublin office moving its Dublin Development Centre to a new premises at Burlington Plaza.

Kids are building their technology skills as schools sign up in their hundreds to a digital teaching programme.

New funding worth €21m is being made available to boost the number of technology start-ups and help turn innovative ideas into sustainable jobs.

One Dublin-based business consulting firm has enjoyed a €32.48m contract trove from the Department of Social Protection over the past five years.

Ireland’s position at the top of the competitiveness league for the availability of skilled labour is in jeopardy because of shortfalls in key areas.

US-based website publisher Squarespace has selected Dublin as the location for its first overseas office; a move which will create 100 jobs here.

Cork and Tralee institutes of technology plan to begin work on merging into a multi-campus college before applying for technological university (TU) status in a year’s time.

Ireland has seen off international competition to land 112 hi-tech jobs from leading global financial services company Zurich Insurance Group.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton rejected allegations Ireland would be left relying too much on the IT industry after a leading insurance firm announced it is to create more than 100 jobs at two new IT hubs in Dublin.

Sixty-two IT jobs have been announced in Limerick, after Worldwide TechServices (WWTS) said it would establish its European headquarters in the city.

LAST week, along with Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton, I opened the Demonstrator Innovation Hub in University College Cork.

BETWEEN Apr and Jun 2011 — the first few months of the Government’s term — 1.82m people were employed, according to the CSO.

More than €8bn being offered to researchers by the EU is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the short term and come up with solutions to some of the globe’s major problems.

Ireland could become a world leader in cloud computing thanks to a new €1.2m research programme.

Ireland could become a world leader in cloud computing thanks to a new €1.2m research programme, it was claimed today.

Investment in dairy processing facilities will be needed to keep Ireland’s hopes of expanding its €8.9bn export-valued agri-food sector on track, Teagasc director Prof Gerry Boyle has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs.

Proposals to filter emails sent to TDs and prevent “waste” from clogging up mailboxes are being considered following a recent avalanche of complaints.

SENATOR Martin Conway had his first operation on his eyes to save his sight at six months old.

FOREIGN-OWNED multinational companies account for more than 75% of Ireland’s total annual exports, new figures show.

BUSINESS confidence is stabilising and the outlook for profits and job creation is increasingly positive, according to a Cork Chamber survey.