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Mon 07 Jul 2010Cowen launches €500m plan for Ireland as innovation hub

TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen will this morning launch an ambitious €500 million plan on which the Government has pinned its hopes of making Ireland the “innovation hub” of Europe.

Mr Cowen will announce details of the “Innovation Fund” at a meeting with business leaders at the New York Stock Exchange today.