After Brexit, using home knowledge to our advantage

In the wake of the Brexit vote, Ireland has doubled down on positioning itself as the natural destination for foreign direct investment in the EU, especially in IT

Jim Friars, chief executive of the Irish Computer Society

Martin Delaney, technology leader at Maynooth University Innovation Value Institute, said that there was a growing demand for research that produces skills directly relevant to business.

“One of the Enterprise Ireland initiatives is around technology centres; there are about 12 of them, and IVI is one of them. The idea came out out of the Nordics, mostly Sweden, but also from Austria. The idea is that the research has immediate and practical value ...