Delighted to sponsor the award winning Confey College team at the VEX Robotics World Championship. Congratulations team on winning a Judges Award at the championship – fantastic achievement with over 2000 teams competing from around the world!
By Fergal O’Brien – Business Correspondent The first ever Masters in Circuit Design in Europe has been announced by Maynooth University, aimed at helping to grow Ireland’s semiconductor industry. The new course – the Master of Engineering Science in Integrated Circuit Design – includes an embedded, paid internship. It is the Read more…
From: Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Published on: 13 January 2026 Dr Denis Doyle, Board Chair, Tyndall, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, Professor William Scanlon, CEO, Tyndall, and Professor John O’Halloran, President, UCC Minister James Lawless says investment Read more…
Date Posted : 15 September 2025 On Friday, August 29th, Tyndall National Institute hosted Building a Future with Chips: Career Opportunities in the Irish Semiconductor Sector, a one-day event that brought together 80 undergraduate STEM students from across Ireland and representatives from 12 leading organisations in the semiconductor space. Jointly organised by Read more…
Director, I-C3 | Tyndall Head of Group – Ireland’s Semiconductor Competence Centre Contract: Full Time/Fixed Term This is your opportunity to make a strategic contribution to the next phase of semiconductor research, industrial innovation, SME expansion and talent development for the semiconductor sector in Ireland. You will establish and nurture Read more…
The national winners of the MIDAS Ireland sponsored CANSAT competition, the Confey College team visited the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands last week. They were joined by the other national winners from 25 European Countries. During their time there, the students presented their winning project to Read more…
We are delighted that Ireland’s well established and very successful semiconductor is being recognized as strategically important with a Semiconductor Advisory Council to be established to provide the necessary future leadership. The strategy identifies many opportunities for growth and future development, with specific actions listed to support these opportunities, which Read more…
The company has been going from strength to strength, showing that Ireland punches well above its weight in the space-tech arena. Many astronauts who travel to space and are able to look back at the Earth from this incredibly unique vantage point experience a transformative shift in their consciousness. They Read more…
Ireland is home to both international chip giants and home-grown deep-tech start-ups, highlighting its strength in the semiconductor sphere. Global semiconductor demand continues to surge along with the adoption of the latest offerings in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), cloud computing, data centres, electric vehicles and more. Ireland boasts an impressive Read more…
