Six projects overseen by Science Foundation Ireland will share a total of €25m to support new research infrastructure, ranging from self-driving vehicles, to ocean observation.

The SmartProbe needle can give women a cancer all-clear immediately, thus sparing them an anxious wait and reducing a test backlog clogged with benign results, says Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan.

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has invested heavily in supporting the third level research brain power needed to underpin the country’s future in renewable energy.

One of the country’s leading research centres has proven it has an appetite for profit by generating a five-fold economic return on public investment — but its director said the societal benefits of its work are equally important.

A revolution in delivering the next generation of high-speed electronic devices is to be led by the return to University College Cork of one of the world’s leading quantum mechanics scientists.

Two members of the board of governors of a groundbreaking perinatal research centre quit following a decision by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) not to award it funding.

An ‘utter lack of transparency’ around the funding process was behind the decision of two board members of a perinatal research clinic to quit. It was the only one of seven centres whose bids for funding failed, writes Catherine Shanahan

A €5m integrated paediatric academic unit, the first of its kind in Ireland, was officially opened yesterday at Cork University Maternity Hospital and will seek to produce world-best healthcare for children, guests at the unveiling heard.

Science Foundation Ireland has announced a plan to attract the best international researchers to the country in order to build on Ireland’s growing reputation as a base for scientific innovation.

The IDA Ireland has confirmed it is to move to a new headquarters in Dublin city.

The Government should focus on providing more secure, well-paid careers for researchers instead of approving “exorbitant” salaries to attract small numbers of leading figures to work here, a union has said.

It is the third time the institution has won the accolade.

Four new world-class research centres are to be opened in Ireland as part of a multimillion-euro investment.

Almost €50,000 was paid in expenses to four directors of the country’s science funding agency to attend board and committee meetings last year.

Less than a third of the staff needed by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation and its agencies to deal with Brexit-related issues have been recruited.

Since the opening of Digital Equipment Corporation in Galway in 1971 its legacy — now in the guise of Hewlett Packard Enterprise — is still as strong as ever, writes Dr Chris Coughlan.

It was the day space age met planet ploughing on the tillage fields of Scraggan.

Ireland’s marine and renewable energy research centre, MaRei, has secured its largest private investment, which will see it explore economic opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

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I would respectfully suggest there is potential for conflict of interest when the same person is appointed director general of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and chief science adviser to the Government.

Almost €250m is to be invested in the establishment of five research centres with collaboration from industry, third-level education institutions, and the Government.

A multi-million euro plan aimed at attracting some of the world’s leading researchers was announced by the Government yesterday.

Anyone tired of slow-streaming or low-quality pictures while watching movies or TV shows online could benefit from potentially revolutionary Irish research.

A €30m research centre that will harness the power of light aims to create 200 jobs over the next six years.

A joint initiative between DCU, NUI Galway, UCC and UCD focusing on the data analytics called Insight, is hoping to create 300 jobs through 12 planned spinout companies.

Three hundred jobs are to be created through a new centre for data analytics.

A new €29m research centre could put Ireland at the forefront of the marine renewable energy research sector.

Researchers gather in Athlone, Co Westmeath, today to figure out how best to tap €1bn of European funding.

The Government has promised that nearly 50,000 jobs will be created during 2014, with jobs minister, Richard Bruton, suggesting such a figure might even be considered “conservative”.

A junior Government minister said he is “not aware of any plans” to legislate in the area of assisted human reproduction (AHR), despite a commitment in the Programme for Government to do so.

A test to identify women likely to give birth more than three weeks before their due date is being worked on by Cork-based researchers.

A Cork-based food and health research facility is to receive €50m in funding from the Government and private industry, with more than 100 jobs to be created by the investment.

The €300m funding for seven research centres by Government and 150 industry partners is a major step on our road to recovery, writes Seán Sherlock

A €300m investment in seven world-class research centres has been hailed as a game-changer for the industry.

A €300m investment in science is being announced for Ireland this morning.

Scientists from agriculture, food, and other scientific and engineering disciplines are to share their expertise following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Science Foundation Ireland and Teagasc.

Some 18 medical research charities have weighed into the controversy surrounding the Government’s decision to appoint as its chief scientific advisor the man who also heads up its science funding agency.

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