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Ex-SFI chief got €200,000 payout as part of legal deal

The former Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, Professor Philip Nolan received a payout of €200,000 - plus an additional €275,000 for his legal costs - as part of the settlement of his legal action concerning the termination of his SFI contract in May 2024.

Business • 09 Sep

Professor Philip Nolan said he was 'very pleased' the legal proceedings had been fully resolved

'No findings of misconduct' against Nolan - SFI

Science Foundation Ireland has said the termination of Professor Philip Nolan's contract with the agency was "never intended to imply any finding of wrongdoing on his part".

Ireland • 13 Dec 24

The research centre has helped to expand Ireland's attractiveness as a global hub for the medtech sector

CÚRAM delivers 12-fold return on government investment

An economic report on CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland research centre for medical devices, puts its value to the economy at €756m.

Business • 18 Jun 24

The projects have researchers based in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the US

€7m investment for US-Ireland programme projects

A €7m investment has been announced through the US-Ireland programme, which will help fund six research projects in the coming years.

Business • 15 Mar 24

Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison

SFI medals for Stripe founders, University Professor

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has presented the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St Patrick's Day Science Medal to John and Patrick Collison, the founders of payment company Stripe, which is now valued at $95 billion.

Business • 16 Mar 22

The 'Open Ireland' project is backed by the Science Foundation Ireland funded CONNECT centre, based at Trinity College Dublin

€2m experimental communication network launched today

A new €2m experimental communication network is being launched today to drive research here.

Business • 22 Sep 20

Under the measures, Enterprise Ireland would secure the capacity to extend loans to client companies

Cabinet to consider boost for companies hit by Brexit

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, is expected to seek Cabinet approval for a series of supports for agencies involved in guiding companies through the difficulties posed by Brexit.

Brexit Countdown • 01 Oct 19

RadioSpace is the first large-scale facility for the research and testing of radio and wireless technologies needed for 5G and the future IoT

National 5G Test Centre opens at Maynooth University

Maynooth University has today opened the country's €1.5m National 5G Test Centre.

Business • 30 May 19

SFI's Dr Ciarán Seoighe, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Denis McCarthy, CEO Fexco and Professor John O'Halloran, Deputy President UCC at the launch of FINTECHNEXT

€3m Fexco-UCC research collaboration launched today

A financial technology research collaboration between technology company Fexco, University College Cork and Science Foundation Ireland, has been launched today.

Business • 12 Apr 19

One of the new centres will be focusing on training researchers in the area of genomics

SFI invests €100m in post-grad training centres

Science Foundation Ireland is investing €100 million in six specialist centres to train postgraduate researchers.

Business • 06 Mar 19

SFI funding dropped for major perinatal research centre

One of Ireland's highest-profile research centres is facing an uncertain future after Science Foundation Ireland decided not to provide a new round of funding to it.

Science • 01 Oct 18

Former president Mary Robinson helped unveil the stamps

Irish scientific discoveries get stamp of approval

Four new stamps highlighting Irish scientific discoveries made by scientists who work in pioneering research and development in Ireland have been launched by An Post.

Science • 05 Sep 18

NUI Galway researchers were involved in the transatlantic development effort

NUI Galway team helps develop new cardiac device

Researchers based at NUI Galway have helped develop an implantable device that could be used to deliver treatments directly to the parts of the heart impacted by cardiac arrest.

Connacht • 12 Jun 18

The funding will go to the INFANT reseach centre at University College Cork

€1m funding for clinical trials for children

A research centre in Cork has received funding of almost €1 million to improve clinical trials of treatments for babies and young children.

Health • 05 Jun 18

Business and Enterprise minister Heather Humphreys said the centre will transform manufacturing here

Limerick-based research centre to create 106 jobs

More than one hundred jobs are to be created at a Science Foundation Ireland research centre in Limerick.

Munster • 16 May 18

Professor Margaret Murnane and David McCourt receiving their medals in Washington D.C. today

St Patrick's Day science medal recipients announced

A leading physicist and a technology entrepreneur have been named the recipients of this year's St Patrick's Day medals.

Science • 14 Mar 18

Research will focus on how internet connect objects can be used to improve quality of life

€14m 'internet of things' study to be launched

A €14.5 million research programme to study how internet connected objects can be used to improve the quality of life of ordinary citizens living in urban areas is being launched today.

Technology • 31 Jan 18

2017 saw €43m invested in 26 impactful research projects under the SFI Investigators Programme

Call for extra €100m in annual science funding

The Director General of Science Foundation Ireland has called for the organisation's budget to be increased by €100 million over the next three to four years in order to meet growing demand for research funding.

Ireland • 09 Jan 18

Out of the €26m, €10.6m will go to Science Foundation Ireland

€26m funding announced for research and development

The Government has announced €26 million in additional funding for research, development and innovation this year.

Science • 07 Dec 17

Dr Rachel McLoughlin will investigate mechanisms that might allow MRSA to suppress or avoid detection by the immune system

TCD biomedical researchers awarded €5.5m funding

Three Trinity College Dublin based scientists are to share €5.55 million in funding for projects in the area of biomedical research.

Science • 23 Oct 17

Ireland is unlikely to meet its goal for science funding under Innovation 2020

ESO Budget win won't appease wider science community

There weren't too many people cheering out loud when Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe unveiled his budget for next year.

Budget 2018 • 11 Oct 17

Science Foundation Ireland's Director General Professor Mark Ferguson

Science Foundation Ireland invests €43m in 26 projects

A total of €43m is set to be invested in 26 research projects by Science Foundation Ireland.

Business • 21 Sep 17

In total 17 research organisations in Ireland are collaborating in the new centres,

Four research centres opened under €114m investment

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald have officially launched four new scientific research centres.

Science • 07 Sep 17

Public and private spending on the area of research and development is around 1.7% of GNP at the moment

SFI invested €184m in R&D last year

The Minister responsible for research and development has expressed doubt about whether Ireland will reach its target of doubling spending on it by 2020.

Business • 13 Jul 17

SFI's Professor Mark Ferguson, DCU's Professor Brian MacCraith, Minister Pat Breen, Professor Reimund Neugebauer and Professor Fritz Klocke

€5m Fraunhofer Project Centre opens in Ireland

A new €5m centre which aims to develop devices capable of rapidly diagnosing illnesses using small amounts of bodily fluids has launched at Dublin City University.

Business • 09 May 17