To ensure Irish start-ups and scale-ups continue to outperform on the global stage, Enterprise Ireland announced a new €21m Startup Ireland National Accelerator Programme last week. Set to run over three years, the programme will succeed the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC).
An Irish data centre giant has been asked to pay over €2.67m to Wicklow County Council in development contribution fees for the latest phase of its huge Arklow data centre project.
Russia-linked industrial giant Aughinish Alumina is planning further expansion of its industrial-scale waste-processing equipment at its controversial Shannon estuary site in Co Limerick.