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Tom Flanagan, UCD’s director of enterprise: “NovaUCD will be able to accommodate up to 450 people”

UCD invests €6.5m to boost capacity of start-up hub

Capacity is set to double at NovaUCD, University College Dublin’s start-up hub, with investment of €6.5 million planned for the site on its Belfield Campus in Clonskeagh.

The project to renovate and extend the facility’s east courtyard commenced recently, and is expected to be completed within 12 months.

NovaUCD, based on UCD’s Belfield campus, opened in 2003 and is home to 25 start-ups.

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