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Tue 11 Nov 2009High-quality RD facilities key - Tánaiste
IT IS vital that Irish companies have access to state-of-the-art research and development facilities that can compete globally if Ireland is to develop a smart economy, according to Tánaiste Mary Coughlan. She was speaking yesterday when she officially opened a €48.7 million facility at the Tyndall Institute in Cork.
Ms Coughlan said that through strategic investments from Science Foundation Ireland, the Tyndall Institute, which is attached to UCC and specialises in information and communications technology hardware research and commercialisation, had established itself as an international centre of excellence.
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