Category Archives: innovation

Discovering our new ‘Hidden Ireland’

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

This piece appeared in the Irish Times on 8th April last. – “And not one of them speaking about recession!” So exclaimed Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell in her radio interview with Pat Kenny on RTE Radio 1 on Tuesday 26th March … Continue reading →

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Irish Times/Intertrade Ireland Innovation Awards

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

On the evening of Friday 22nd March next, at the magnificent Titanic building in Belfast, the winners of the Irish Times Intertrade Ireland awards will be announced for 2013. This brings to a conclusion a process started early last December … Continue reading →

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Technology industry still has a lot to learn about how Washington DC works..

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

This piece appeared in the Irish Times on february 25th last. The Irish Times have recently installed a new CRM and unfortunately many of my own articles are no longer tagged therein,  and so difficult to find – maybe there’s … Continue reading →

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“Go West, Young Man” – “Go for the Best, whereever”

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

I wrote this for the Irish Times on the 25th June 2012.   In it I revisit the influence of the Irish on San Francisco;  some current parallels between the Irish and Californian economies;  and the primary challenge of any … Continue reading →

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Drinking from the Information Firehose

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

This piece was published in the Irish Times on the 4th June 2012. In it I plea for a better dashboard to handle social media, email and the web than the current generation of Flipboard, Tweetdeck, etc…

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The day the IT industry changed (yet again..)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

I wrote this piece on the rise of the smart phone and tablet for the Irish Times innovation magazine published today.  The main reason was to express my own excitement about how the IT industry seems to continually reinvent itself, … Continue reading →

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The “What the Heck!?!” Web

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

This is my article in the Irish Times published today,  on the semantic web and the opportunities.  It is of course based on my work with Sophia and also DERI.

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Online newspaper strategy: are the traditional newspapers myopic ?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

In last wednesday’s Irish Times,  the former editor Conor Brady penned a thoughtful opinion piece on the demise of professional journalism in face of the internet,  and how traditional newspapers need legislative and/or fiscal protection.   It is freely available … Continue reading →

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Gap emerging in Irish VC funds ?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

My article below appeared in last Friday’s Irish Times Innovation Magazine…

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Government’s Jobs Initiative

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

The post below first appeared in the Irish Times Innovation Magazine on Friday last, 27th May.  I was asked to comment on the recent “Jobs Initiative” announced by the new Irish Government…..

Posted in Dail, economy, Enterpreneurship, innovation, Ireland, Irish Times | 4 Comments