Blathnaid O'Dea Reporter
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Blathnaid O’Dea joined Silicon Republic in 2021 as Careers reporter, coming from a background in the Humanities.

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almost 2 years ago
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Undersea cables could be used as a vast network of environmental sensors

Researchers say splitting subsea cables into a sensor array ‘has the potential to transform our understanding of both...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sharon Vosmek: Advocacy that endures beyond investment is crucial

Astia CEO Sharon Vosmek spoke about the company’s Edge programme, which advocates for black women founders.

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6 women founders to present their start-ups at SheGenerate showcase

SheGenerate is an all-women accelerator-lite programme organised by AwakenHub. The final on 14 June will take place o...

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WhizzKids celebrates 20 years teaching Irish children to code

A tech and coding camp for kids aged eight to 15, WhizzKids began in University of Limerick in 2002 and has since spr...

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Climate is as important as price when buying IT, survey suggests

A survey co-commissioned by Irish IT services company Datapac found that SMEs in Ireland are mostly increasing their ...

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Binance raises $500m fund to back Web3 tech

Binance Labs, the VC arm of the crypto exchange, is spreading its new fund over three stages to support Web3 and bloc...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish team wins big at EU space entrepreneurship competition

Irish team Altiwave was one of 11 winners of the #myEUspace competition which challenged European start-ups to develo...

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almost 2 years ago
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UCD student nets Mary Mulvihill award for project on Norway archipelago

2022 winner Samantha Tobias’s illustrated essay analysed the implications of rising sea levels for the Vegaøyan archi...

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almost 2 years ago
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10 NI start-ups net £10,000 funding each to develop their ideas

The 10 start-ups secured proof-of-concept funding after completing the first phase of the Catalyst Co-Founders progra...

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Data start-up Manta to scale European operation from new Dublin office

Manta CEO Tomas Kratky said the Dublin office would play ‘a critical role’ as the company grows its customer success ...

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almost 2 years ago
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SFI backs 47 projects to make STEM more accessible to the public

The projects being funded by SFI include a workshop teaching AI to teens and a project exploring infectious diseases ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Galway is Ireland’s first ‘10-gigabit city’ in Siro roll-out

More than 33,000 businesses in Galway can now avail of 10Gb broadband speeds as part of a €20m investment in the city...

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