Bruton announces €55m funding of initiatives for commercialising Irish R&D; More funds for failed ’smart economy’ project?
May 12th, 2011 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today announced five major initiatives aimed at commercialising Irish R&D; supporting innovation and high growth businesses. Announcements included a first centre in cloud computing to make Ireland a world leader in this high growth sector. The announcement appears like more funds for the failed 'smart economy' project before there is a serious assessment of the €2.5bn annual science budget.