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Galway medtech Versono Medical raises €6.7m in funding

Company will use funding to bring intravascular device to market

Tue May 03 2022 - 07:44

Eliminating the need for painful removal of implants with biodegradable option

US firm to manufacture its biodegradable contraceptive implants in Galway

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 05:14

Tympany Medical raises €3.5m for specialised ear surgery device

NUI Galway spinout founded by Dr Elizabeth McGloughlin and Rory O’Callaghan

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 17:19

Apps, grants, public transport: How to plug Ireland into electric revolution

Distance from public transport means many homes in rural areas have more than one vehicle

Mon Nov 01 2021 - 02:30

‘I never thought I’d like the country but turns out it’s exactly what I want’

The pandemic has encouraged some workers to take the plunge and swap city for rural living

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 05:00

Hideaway home with island views beside Westport for €645,000

Mayo market town offers plethora of amenities and retains sense of community

Thu Aug 19 2021 - 06:00

Galway’s Locker gets $700,000 in pre-seed funding

Mobile platform brings sports content to fans

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 14:24

More than 95% of people favour some form of remote working after pandemic

Survey shows three-quarters of organisations undecided how teams will work after Covid-19

Tue May 18 2021 - 10:02

Sligo-based Nektr Technologies raises €1m from investors

Western Development Commission providing half of the funding

Thu May 06 2021 - 05:30

Co Mayo-based machine learning start-up Peroptyx raises €1.7m

Company is chaired by Dennis Jennings, who played a role in development of the internet

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 12:38

High Irish mortgage rates, Ifac’s budget access, and the cost of having a baby

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 06:30

Atlantic Therapeutics secures additional funding from backers

Boost for Galway-based company pioneering wearable treatment for urinary incontinence

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 05:30

Galway-based Mirai Medical raises €3m in funding

Company is developing an outpatient cancer treatment that targets tumours in seconds

Wed Jan 06 2021 - 05:30

Coronavirus pandemic moves data analytics front and centre

Global industry valued at €30bn and growing sector in Ireland could help drive economy

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 05:15

‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19

Ballaghaderreen is among the towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideas

Sat Nov 14 2020 - 06:03

Medtech start-up Venari raises €4.5m in seed funding

NUI Galway spin-out behind device for treatment of chronic venous disease

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 07:35

Remote working in the west: ‘So far it’s been great, really surprising’

For some people working remotely has meant making a move across the country

Sat Aug 29 2020 - 03:03

Farewell to the city: Is it time to move to a house in the country?

Remote working, cheaper housing, cleaner air: there’s a lot to be said for quitting the city

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 06:00

Lockdown exit: Are young people again in the firing line?

Smart Money: Burden of Covid-19 economic crisis will not be shared equally

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 12:37

Irish insolvency tech start-up Cerebreon raises €1.69m

Donegal-headquartered company develops fintech software for the insolvency sector

Tue Mar 31 2020 - 13:54

Remote working: why has it taken so long?

Arresting the spread of Covid-19 is behind the current surge in home-working, but it has many other benefits, both for individuals and the communities in which they live

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 06:15

Not-for-profit Grow Remote secures €500,000 in funding

Community project connects remote workers with companies looking to hire staff

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 13:55

Galway sports tech company selected as first participant in World Rugby trial

N-Pro has raised funds from backers including British advertising agency M&C Saatchi

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 17:27

Bluedrop Medical raises €1.2m in seed fund for diabetes device

Galway-based medtech start-up has secured €3.7 million in investment so far this year

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 03:18

More midnight rural train links, committee recommends

Galway medtech company wins €3.6m funding

Signum Surgical plans to commercialise a device to treat a colorectal condition

Mon Apr 08 2019 - 14:19

Six rural towns to get up to €100k for plans to woo more residents

Ballinrobe, Banagher, Boyle, Callan, Cappoquin, Castleblayney selected for pilot project

Thu Oct 11 2018 - 17:43

Galway start-up looking to treat joint pain raises €2.75m

Seed funding aimed at commercialising implant to treat arthritis of thumb joint

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 06:06

Neurent raises €9.3m to put paid to chronic runny noses

Galway medical device firm developing rhinitis cure device for use in doctors’ offices

Mon May 28 2018 - 06:02

Study of jobs in the west could help State plan for the future

Galway is a success story, with large labour catchment area and highly educated workforce

Fri May 18 2018 - 05:23

€8m investment in cinema ‘most appalling waste of public funds’

State money used to build art-house cinema for private company’s profit, Pac hears

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 16:37

Galway arthouse cinema board ‘co-operating fully’ with watchdog

Charities Regulator inquiry at Picture Palace ‘not in itself finding of any wrongdoing’

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 16:15

Sligo looks to future in wake of shop closures

‘All Sligo got out of its gateway status was a sign at the entrance to the town’

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 20:29

Sligo has lowest employment growth rate in the country

Five of the six counties with lowest rates are in the west, along with Tipperary

Mon Nov 20 2017 - 01:00