In June Barry Andrews, CEO, GOAL, delivered a TEDxUCD 2014 talk entitled ‘Why No One Cares About Syria’ which has now received more than 10,000 views on YouTube.

Neuromod Devices, the Irish medtech start-up headquartered at NovaUCD, has announced the appointment of Padraig Rushe as the company’s new Chief Commercial Officer. The company is preparing to launch its innovative treatment for Tinnitus across Europe in 2015.

Obeo Ltd, a new National College of Art and Design spin-out company and a graduate of the UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator programme, has launched a novel food waste recycling product.

The European Space Agency has contracted engineers at University College Dublin to find new ways to reduce vibrations during lift-off in future launcher designs.