Kehlan Kirwan from The Small Business Show examines how Ireland is embracing innovation that is the hallmark of Silicon Valley and how SMEs are at the forefront of this.

Philomena Lee, Robbie and Claudine Keane, The Strypes and Snow Patrol were some of the guests at the US-Ireland Alliance’s ninth Oscar Wilde party which saw TV host Conan O’Brien and YouTube founder Chad Hurley honoured.

Former RTÉ journalist Mark Little has sold Storyful, the social media news agency he founded, to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for €18m.

More than 300 of Ireland’s internet community will gather in Dublin this Friday for the dot conf a conference which seeks to support the growth and development of the web industry in Ireland.

The newest RTÉ “Dragon” Sean O’Sullivan said yesterday heexpects revenues at his Avego group to increase by between 50% and 100% on 2011.

With the eurozone crisis showing no sign of letting up and the Irish economy receding in the last quarter, Brian O’Grady looks at what the current climate is like for start-up businesses seeking investment