People with language skills are high on the wanted list for gaming company EA after they announced a major jobs investment in Galway yesterday.

There is a solid pipeline of upcoming IDA job announcements in the online gaming sector — raising hopes for the almost 100 people expected to lose their jobs at PopCap Games.

The European Space Agency will be monitoring trees from space in conjunction with a Cork company.

Enterprise Ireland has appointed an “ambassador” for Irish business to the Middle East, with similar posts planned for the US and China later this year.

THE Government wants to encourage entrepreneurs back to Ireland by investing in their companies.

The Government has launched a new €10m international start-up fund to draw high tech overseas entrepeneurs to Ireland.

WITH every chance you could become a billionaire with the click of a button, technology has now become very cool.

TO survive in the tough business environment of 2010, small firms will have to deliver value for money, and will need resilience, as well as the ability to adapt, delegates attending yesterday’s annual conference of the Small Firms Association were told.

Dublin: DemonWare and Jolt Games founder Dylan Collins was named the Irish Internet Association and Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary 2010 last night.

The explosion in the popularity of online gaming is creating 15 new highly skilled technical and software jobs in Co Down, it was announced today.

Sixteen young entrepreneurs from all over Ireland have been selected as finalists in the Shell LiveWIRE Young Business Start Up Awards.