Irish Examiner view: A cluster we can be proud of

A Cork-based group has been helping to develop a valuable ICT cluster in the South-West.

The group, it@cork, has been awarded the prestigious European industrial cluster quality standard 'BRONZE Label — Striving for Cluster Excellence'. File picture: iStock

Since March, the word ‘cluster’ has been associated with one thing only — but in the IT business sector, clusters are a growing and essential element of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

It is within that community in Europe that a Cork-based not-for-profit independent business organisation has just scooped a major EU award.