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UCD and Met Éireann launch new AI forecasting centre

A new centre has been launched at University College Dublin (UCD) which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland's preparation for the growing risks posed by climate change.

Ireland • 19 Sep

Assist Professor Paul Brooks of UCD's School of Biology and Environmental Science, Lis Royle Consents Manager, Codling Wind Park and Sean Leake Offshore and EIA Consents Manager, Codling Wind Park

Biodiversity research project launched by UCD and Codling

University College Dublin and Codling Wind Park, which will be located off the Co Wicklow coast, are launching a new research project which aims to promote and enhance marine biodiversity along the Irish coast.

Business • 21 Oct 24

Proveye founders, Jerome O'Connell and Professor Nick Holden, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering

Proveye secures €1m in seed funding

Proveye, an Irish start-up that uses advanced image processing techniques to solve problems in the agriculture industry, has closed a €1 million seed funding round.

Business • 25 Jan 23

Dr Aviva Cohen, CEO and co-founder of seamlessCARE and angel investor Dr Frank Dolphin

seamlessCARE secures €700,000 in seed funding

seamlessCARE, a University College Dublin digital health spin-out company has secured €700,000 in seed funding from angel investor and former HSE chairman Dr Frank Dolphin and Enterprise Ireland.

Business • 09 Jun 22

Suzanne Winkels, Head of Transport Strategy, Buckinghamshire Council; Clive Harriss, Buckinghamshire Council Cabinet Member for Sports and Leisure, and Will O'Brien, Vice-President of Growth and Government Affairs, Zipp Mobility.

Zipp Mobility expands e-scooter trials in British towns

Irish start-up Zipp Mobility has started operating e-scooter trials in two British towns, Aylesbury and High Wycombe.

Business • 19 Nov 20

Researchers at UCD examined long lifespans of certain bat species

Research into lifespans of bats could help slow ageing

Irish scientists have discovered a key reason why certain species of bats have extraordinarily long lifespans relative to their tiny body size.

Science and Technology • 07 Feb 18

A prominent pro-life activist, Katie Ascough was elected President of UCD earlier this year

UCD students vote to impeach union president

UCD students have voted to remove the president of their students' Union Katie Ascough after she stopped the union from publishing information on abortion in a publication aimed at first year students.

Education • 27 Oct 17

Research could help doctors treat different forms of melanoma

Skin cancer biomarkers identified in research

Researchers at University College Dublin have identified biomarkers strongly associated with the survival of patients with skin cancer.

Science • 07 Jun 17

The incident at Belfield is being investigated by gardaí based in Donnybrook

Alleged assault on UCD campus investigated

An investigation is under way into an alleged assault on the Belfield campus of University College Dublin on 24 November.

News • 29 Nov 16

UCD fell 22 places in the rankings, and now sits 176th

Colleges blame under-investment for rankings slide

All but one of Ireland's universities have fallen in international university rankings published today, with the presidents of Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin blaming the decline on under-investment.

News • 06 Sep 16

The Aquarius Undersea Reef Base is 6km off the coast of Florida

Irish doctor to embark on undersea NASA mission

An Irish doctor is one of six people who have been selected to take part in a NASA mission later this month.

News • 07 Jul 16

The researchers say the laboratory results are not conclusive and that definitive trials are needed

Anaesthesia type may affect cancer recurrence

The type of anaesthesia used during breast cancer surgery could affect the risk of cancer recurrence, according to new research from University College Dublin.

News • 10 Jul 14