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Boost for Ireland’s blue economy
With its recently granted seed funding of €1.5 million, Pure Ocean Algae is set to invest double that in the next two years growing its business platform as well as creating new jobs to support the blue economy in West Cork. The macro-algae-based biotechnology company based on the Beara peninsula is the first commercial end-to-end production platform to produce the red seaweed Palmaria palmata, commonly known as Dulse. Dulse is…
Government Second Call €100m Brexit response scheme for Agri-Food Sector
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DAFM opens second call under Brexit scheme for agri-food sector
The second call for applications under the Government’s €100m response scheme for the agri-food sector was announced last week. The scheme was introduced at the end of 2020 in recognition of the sector’s unique exposure to Brexit’s impact and other global trading challenges. Now, up to €30m is available under this second call, which is being administered by Enterprise Ireland. It is open to large, medium and small enterprises, engaged…
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Agri-tech export focus at AgTech / Enterprise Ireland discussion series
Ronan Boyle will be the keynote speaker at AgTech Ireland and Enterprise Ireland discussion groups on exporting for agricultural technology companies. The first of the series starts on Thursday, 26 May, 2022 at University College Dublin (UCD) AgTech at their Lyons Research Centre at 17:00. Boyle is the director of business development with livestock housing solutions business at Easyfix. He has sold Easyfix products in over 30 countries, and will…