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The National Transport Authority has announced allocations totalling €45.39m for 80 sustainable transport projects in Cork City and County. Of the 80 projects in Cork, 39 are entirely new and will receive funding of over €18m. The others are existing projects for... Read More

Five Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres – including ADAPT and CONNECT, which are led by Trinity College Dublin – have received a total investment of €193 million from SFI to build on their successes and continue to grow Ireland’s research infrastructure.... Read More

The lack of clean water and sanitation affects millions globally. Now, funding has been approved for researchers at UCC to help improve the lives of people across the world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre, based in the... Read More

The urgent need for small business to move their business online due to Covid-19 led to a 1,200% increase in the number of trading online vouchers provided by Cork City’s Local Enterprise Office in the past 12 months. The aim of the... Read More

Tyndall have developed an advanced nanoelectrochemical and raman based sensor platform for detection of a wide variety of biomolecules and chemicals. These sensors can be applied to liquid media, e.g., serum, bio-fluids, beverages, tap water, rivers etc., and can provide rapid and... Read More

Cork’s Darren O’Sullivan of Complete Calibrations Hoping for Glory at National Enterprise Awards 2021 County Cork business Complete Calibrations Ltd has been announced as a finalist for this year’s National Enterprise Awards.  An initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, the awards take place virtually... Read More

Festivals and event organisers throughout Cork County are set to benefit from Cork County Council’s dedicated ‘Virtual Festival’ training programme. The need for such a programme was identified from the Council’s engagement with Festival Organisers, with many forced to cancel their events... Read More

The Department of Rural and Community Development has announced successful projects to receive funding under the 2020 Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Cork County Council is delighted to have been awarded €683,690 under the scheme, which will support the delivery of six... Read More

Cork city’s first digital strategy has been published! Cork city’s first digital strategy, which includes an online citizen services portal, smart energy home testbed and extension of the city’s free public WiFi, has been published. The digital strategy aspires to support citizens... Read More

The Cork Smart Gateway is bringing “Innovation through Technology” by hosting a webinar series on different type of technologies and its application in local authorities’ services and businesses. The objective is to enhance CSG’s work and the capacity of the councils and... Read More

Cork County Council is encouraging households and businesses to rethink their fuel choices over the festive period. It is universally agreed that particle pollution from solid fuel burning has detrimental health impacts, even at very low concentrations.  In Ireland, the Environmental Protection... Read More

The awards, hosted by Marty Morrissey, took place online due to the Covid pandemic with 6,000 people logging in from across Ireland to see community groups pick up gongs. Blarney Village took top spot in the Urban Neighbourhoods With a Population under... Read More

A digital celebration of literature and creativity in County Cork As part of the Being Creative initiative, Cork County Council Library & Arts Service has transformed this year’s Children’s Book Festival (CBF) into a digital celebration of literature and creativity in County... Read More

Tyndall National Institute’s newly published Annual Report highlights that Tyndall is leading the way in this competitive €80 billion European programme   Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has announced that Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall)... Read More

Are you guilty of hoarding half empty tins of paint at home, those “just in case” tubs that you finally get around to dumping when they’ve dried up? Householders have traditionally brought their leftover paint to their local Civic Amenity Site for... Read More

The Elements of AI is a free massive open online course (MOOC) developed by the University of Helsinki and the technology company Reaktor. The announcement was made at the Future Human conference held in Dublin. The free Elements of AI online course will... Read More

The IERC (International Energy Research Centre) at Tyndall National Institute, UCC has been awarded €2M in Horizon 2020 funding to lead a 3-year Citizen Engagement and Energy Collective Action project. This project aims to develop a standard framework for the growth of... Read More

Tech company Dell is partnering with the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) on a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform that will help students and researchers build state-of-the-art technology. The new platform powered by a new supercomputer will allow researchers to gain real-time... Read More

University College Cork (UCC) is Ireland’s leading university for industry collaboration, as highlighted in the annual national Knowledge Transfer Ireland report. The Knowledge Transfer Ireland Annual Review assesses the engagement of Irish universities across Ireland with industry, and UCC is Ireland’s leading... Read More

Cork County Council’s Local Community Development Committees (LCDC’s) for North, South and West Cork have this week announced their combined list of projects from across the county to be awarded funding from the Community Enhancement Programme 2020.  The total county wide allocation... Read More

Cork County Council has launched a programme of creative, cultural and wellbeing tutorials and videos ‘Turning Over a New Leaf’ on its YouTube Channel. The ‘Turning Over a New Leaf’ programme was developed by the Council’s Culture Team working alongside its Age... Read More

Cork City Council with support from the Nimbus Research Centre at Cork Institute of Technology, has successfully secured a place in the European Commission’s new Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) programme. The ICC initiative brings together 126 cities to achieve intelligent, socially responsible... Read More

  Cork County Council has received a Special Commendation Award in the 2020 RDS Community Woodlands Awards, part of the annual RDS Spring Agriculture and Forestry Awards celebrating and promoting the principles of climate-smart agriculture in Ireland. The Commendation was awarded for... Read More

Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley has officially opened the new Carrigtwohill Playground and Community Campus, including a new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), a replacement for the old playground facility and upgrades to the carpark. Cork County Council... Read More

Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh, has welcomed the news that Cork City has been officially awarded the prestigious Purple Flag for 2020! This international accreditation, awarded by the Association of Cities and Towns Management ACTM, celebrates areas of excellence in... Read More

Cork County Council has welcomed the allocation of more than €6.6m for Active Travel and Climate Change Adaption measures in Cork County under the Government’s July Jobs Stimulus Plan. The allocation is part of an overall €115 million package for sustainable transport... Read More

Seven UCC researchers are to receive funding and support for their enterprise-focused projects under an Irish Research Council initiative. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, this week announced an investment of €4.3 million in a... Read More

Cork Heritage Open Day which is organised by Cork City Council in partnership with the Heritage Council! It is a wonderful celebration of built heritage in the city and will take place on Saturday August 15th. This year due to the Covid... Read More

Cork City has been selected to participate in the 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge which will help to leverage advanced technologies to better plan for smart, sustainable growth. The programme is the successor of the Digital Cities Challenge and it aims to make of... Read More

Cork County Council launches interactive tourism map featuring over 600 places to see and things to do in Cork County As communities begin to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, Cork County Council has created a unique, interactive ‘Rediscover Cork County’ map providing,... Read More

Cork City has been hailed the fifth overall best city in Europe for economic potential, according to the Financial Times FDI European Cities and Regions of Future 2020/2021 league   The influential publisher ranked Cork’s economic potential higher than a range of... Read More

Lord Mayor’s Cultural & Civic Awards This week, Cork City has recognised some of its civic, cultural and community leaders with the annual Lord Mayor’s Cultural & Civic Awards and a Community & Voluntary Recognition Ceremony.  With COVID-19 restrictions, the traditional awards ceremony... Read More

Cork City Council has achieved international certification for its commitment to energy efficiency within the organisation and therefore to reducing its carbon footprint. The international ISO 50001 standard outlines international best practice in energy management within an organisation. Cork City Council’s certification... Read More

An explosion of visual treats await Cork’s public this June as Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service launches ‘Threads’, a new online exhibition by artists Helen Condon, Elena Koyovenko and Mary Murphy. Recognising the importance of the arts Cork County Council... Read More

On 21st of January 2019, Cork Institute of Technology’s Nimbus Research Centre sponsored by SteriTrack (MatrixIT), will host Beyond IoT 2.The event will once again take place in the state-of-the-art conference centre in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Bringing Silicon Valley to... Read More

An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney TD has launched a new SIRO plan to provide Cork city with the best access to the most powerful broadband services in Ireland compared to other cities in the country. It... Read More

Registration is now open for the SEAI/ International Energy Agency Bioenergy Symposium on “Anaerobic Digestion in the Circular Economy” and a Gas Networks Ireland Causeway Workshop which will be held on the 6th September in UCC. Registration is free, with a deadline... Read More

Cork city’s future is digital as it has been selected to take part in a European challenge to ensure its strong economic and population growth is matched with a digital transformation. The European Commission’s Digital Cities Challenge is aimed at stimulating economic... Read More

Cork is getting set to host its first European Researchers’ Night under the banner Cork Discovers – a world of research. On the night there will be a series of free events, at venues within the University College Cork campus and across... Read More

Cork City Council together with the Cork Smart Gateway initiative have launched the €70,000 Small Business Research and Innovation (SBIR) Challenge with Enterprise Ireland. This seed fund challenge invites applicants to deliver innovative ways to prevent and mitigate against instances of graffiti across Cork... Read More

Are you an ambitious entrepreneur or early stage start-up in the Life Sciences, Medical Technology and/or Digital Health Sector, and looking to scale and connect with a global support system? Known as Bridge to MassChallenge Cork or B2MCCork, this is Cork County... Read More

We are launching the Cork Dashboard as part of the SFI-funded Building City Dashboards Project based in Maynooth University. The project is tasked with designing and building interactive and accessible webpages for use by citizens, businesses and local authorities to access real-time and... Read More

Cork has been nominated for an award at the upcoming 2017 TM Forum Smart City in Focus Conference, 19th to 21st September, Yinchuan, China. TM Forum’s Smart City Excellence Awards recognize break-through urban innovation achievements from Cities, Solution Providers and National/International Bodies.... Read More

Cork County Council and Cork Institute of Technology are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the full day conference to be held in Cork on Tuesday September 26th 2017. Speakers are drawn from a range of private and public sector organisations including: Bank... Read More

The Nimbus Centre invites you and your colleagues to a business breakfast on Sept 22nd where experts will discuss the commercial realities of a post Brexit market place, and how technology innovation can progress your business. Speakers will also offer advice on... Read More

The Smart Cities Agenda recognises that cities, globally, are growing at a rapid rate which, in turn brings with it many challenges. These include traffic congestion, inadequate energy, lack of basic services, poor quality/insufficient housing stock, poor management of the environment, climate... Read More

Thalman Health has qualified for support and funding from the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) in Ireland. Led by Tyndall National Institute, the ESA Space Solutions Centre Ireland consortium, which incorporates ESA BIC, launched last year to help start-ups... Read More

Cork Smart Gateway is delighted to continue its sponsorship of the Smart Technology Innovation Award. The it@cork Leaders Awards is an annual event recognising the leading companies in Cork’s IT community. From global multinationals to schools and start-ups, the awards recognise those who have gone further... Read More

Cork City will host the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Third International Conference on Learning Cities. As the first European city to host this prestigious global conference, Cork will welcome over 650 participants from over 95 UNESCO member countries... Read More

ISAX (Ireland Smart Ageing Exchange) has launched the first Smart Ageing Innovation Awards in association with Bank of Ireland. The 2017 Smart Ageing Innovation Awards will recognise and celebrate companies with innovative products, technologies or services across multiple sectors all of which... Read More

Cork County Council, in conjunction with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), has recently launched a new service design centre in Cork called Service rePublic. Following on from this, Cork County Council and CIT are hosting an International Service Design Conference in Fota... Read More

  Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Declan Hurley, has welcomed the announcement that Cork County Council and the Science Foundation Ireland CONNECT Research Centre will jointly fund a €150,000 project which could revolutionise testing for mastitis in milking cows. This... Read More

Patrick O’Donovan TD, Minister of State for Open Government and eGovernment launched the publication of a national Open Data Strategy for 2017-2022 on July 14th. At the launch, Minister Donovan commented, “Openness and transparency is a key government priority. Opening up government data will... Read More

The Cork Smart Gateway was delighted to have the opportunity to represent Cork and the Growsmarter Project during EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) at the Greater Birmingham and West Midlands Office, Brussels in June 2017. This session featured representatives from nine Horizon... Read More

The latest issue of Silicon Valley Global highlights the activities of the Cork Smart Gateway and discusses Cork’s Smart Agenda. Focusing in particular on the importance of citizen engagement  to progressing this agenda, the piece details a number of smart citizen engagement... Read More

 July 13, 2017 — Creators of Bitcart, an Irish-based discount gift card platform, have today announced the launch of a landmark product called Festy, a QR code and NFC integrated wristband that allows festival and bar goers to pay for food and drinks using... Read More

New Irish Company, TAPSTAK is intent on transforming the way we interact with the world around us have created one smartphone App to interact with everything. The goal is to remove friction, confusion and hesitation from real-world interactions, such as entering competitions,... Read More

  13/04/2017   Seed Fund Challenge invites applicants to deliver innovative ways to help Cork’s elderly citizens maintain a good quality of life.   Cork County Council together with the Cork Smart Gateway initiative and the Age Friendly Alliance launched the €80k... Read More

The IERC 2017 conference will take place on 30th March 2017 in FotaIsland Hotel, Cork. The event will bring together an exciting line up of speakers including Marie Donnelly (European Commission), Paul Mulvaney(ESB Innovation), SebHenbest(Bloomberg), Thomas Kallstenius(iMEC), Martin Atkins (QUB / Green... Read More

Cork is booming for cool Oracle projects and because of this the first ever Oracle User meetup in the Rebel city has been organised. The aim of this group is to build a community to share information about the most interesting Oracle... Read More

The RebelBio Future conference (Formerly SynBioFuture) returns this February 9th 2017, with a line-up of influential speakers from the fields of synthetic biology, cellular agriculture, astrobiology, DNA storage and more. Looking forward and divining from the trends of today, the speakers and... Read More

Cork County Council has launched a new online portal for customers to engage and interact with the local authority. The ‘Your Council’ system allows members of the public to access over 40 different online services with more expected to be added throughout... Read More

A joint initiative between Cork County Council and the Cork County Age Friendly Alliance, the Age Friendly Towns Programme sets out to significantly improve the quality of life for older adults living in the towns and to engage with older people in... Read More

Advancing smart city programmes across Ireland is the focus of the All Ireland Smart Cities Forum, which was launched this week at the “Getting Smarter about Smart Cities” event in Cork, hosted by Minister for Data Protection, Dara Murphy TD, in conjunction... Read More

A seminar ‘Getting Smarter about Smart Cities: Smart city technologies and data privacy’, hosted by Minister for Data Protection, Dara Murphy T.D. will take place on Friday, 9 December 2016. This event will take place from 9.30 am – 2.00 pm in... Read More

Insight’s Professor Barry O’Sullivan has been named Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year 2016. This is the second time an Insight director has been awarded researcher of the year since the centre was established in November 2013 and it’s the fifth... Read More

Researchers at IPIC & the Tyndall National Institute have developed a technical step that could enable the use of quantum computers and have published details in the leading journal Nature Photonics. Conventional digital computing uses ‘on-off’ switches, but quantum computing looks to... Read More

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Séamus McGrath together with Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Tim Lucey received the Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland Public Sector Award 2016 at a presentation in Kilmainham on the 3rd November 2016. The award... Read More

The it@cork Leader’s Awards is an annual event recognising the leading companies in Cork’s IT community. From global multinationals to schools and start-ups, the awards recognise those who have gone further than most in the use of technology in their respective organisations and businesses. The Cork... Read More

The second National Digital Week will take place from November 10th – 12th in Skibbereen, West Cork, with 1,600 entrepreneurs, digital marketers, technology enthusiasts and those embarking on a digital journey, expected to attend. National Digital Week aims to develop entrepreneurship by... Read More

InfiniLED – a spinout company of the Tyndall Research Institute, has been acquired by US Virtual Reality company Oculus. The acquisition will see low-power LED technology developed in Ireland being applied to enhance performance in VR devices. Based on a breakthrough by Tyndall researcher... Read More

September 2016:  The Health Innovation Hub Ireland is Ireland’s first national hub to directly improve treatment and care for patients. Government funding of €5 million for the establishment of the Hub which is led by UCc through the Department of Health and... Read More

Inspired by a double workplace tragedy, a team of eight students at CIT have developed an award winning innovation. The HydroFLOcean device has been developed to prevent workers from getting trapped underwater and drowning while working on a work platform. The new HydroFLOcean... Read More

Tyndall National Institute in Cork is the site of a European Space Agency (ESA) Space Solutions Centre providing funding to start-ups with big ideas. Currently, the ESA Space Solutions Centre in Ireland is seeking entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for using space technology to... Read More

Sensors, streetlights, bike lanes and phone apps are just a part of what is becoming the new urban landscape. Pauline Riordan of Dublinked and Aidan O’Riordan of Cork City Council talk to the Council Journal about Smart Cities and how technology is... Read More

Intel and Tyndall National Institute in Cork have announced the renewal of a $1.5 million research partnership. Intel has committed to invest $1.5 million over the next three years in developing innovative technology with Ireland’s leading ICT research institute, building on the... Read More

Cork County Council has became the first Local Authority in Ireland to be fully accredited to ISO50001, the international standard for energy management, and in achieving this accreditation has now reached its legislative requirements under the EU Energy Efficiency Regulations 2014 ahead... Read More

The International Space University Summer Space Programme (SSP17) will take place at Cork Institute of Technology from June 26th – August 25th 2017. Being awarded SSP17 represents a significant achievement for Ireland (this being the first time an SSP has been held... Read More

CIT Computing lecturers Dr Donna O’Shea and Dr Sean McSweeney have been selected by Google to participate in their Internet of Things (IoT) Technology Research Award Programme. This Google programme was sponsored by father of the Internet Vint Cerf (now Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist) and... Read More

PRESS RELEASE 5 May 2016 CORK SMART GATEWAY LAUNCHES New Collaborative Initiative to Drive Cork’s Smart Agenda for Citizens Cork, 5 May 2016: Creating a “smarter region” is the focus of a new collaborative initiative, Cork Smart Gateway, which launched this week. ... Read More

Tyndall National Institute was one of seven partners that have just completed a European Funded Project called GreenCom. The aim of the GreenCom project is to utilise the flexibility and intelligence in the low-voltage demand and local supply side infrastructure to create... Read More

The Cork Smart Gateway is launching in Ireland’s smartest building, One Albert Quay on Wednesday, 4th May from 8:30am to 10:45am. Click here to register your attendance For more information contact claire_davis@corksmartgateway.ie.

ShowGuider, an Irish technological innovation company based at the Nimbus Research Centre, CIT, has won a contract to develop an interactive 3D model for the Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA). The model will assist visitors navigate their way around the near-700,000... Read More

Cork Cashes Out has been deemed a success. The project which was developed by the Cork City Centre Forum was designed to promote Cork city a cash-free zone. Recently released figures show that the number of contactless payments in the Cork City... Read More

Cork Institute of Technology’s Innovation Week 2016 will kick off on Monday 7th March with an official launch taking place around a supersized box in the Main Atrium of the Bishopstown campus. The annual event, which is now in its 6th year,... Read More