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STI Debate in Ireland - A personal Index of Sources

An interesting debate has started up in Ireland in the past few months on the justification for Ireland's investment in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET), now more usually called Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to emphasise the importance of the potential exploitation of the results of research by relevant industries.

This page aims to catalogue some primary inputs to this debate, and does not of itself espouse a particular position. For that see other articles I have published on Ireland and STI. This blog does not have comments enabled, so if you wish to comment please email me at mofoghlu attt tssg.org -- I am happy to add additional content as long is it available publicly on-line.

• Irish Times articles
  • 12th Feb 2010 - Big rise in college 'spin-out' companies - IUA releases 2009 figures http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0212/1224264267079.html
  • 9th Feb 2010 - Invest in education and RD - Barrett http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0209/1224264028886.html
  • 30th Dec - Overcoming R&D's law of diminishing returns http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0104/1224261599678.html
  • 04th Sep - Defending Ireland's strategy for science technology and innovation, Frank Gannon (Director General, SFI) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253647119.html
  • 04th Sep - Chris Horn on Smart Economy Strategy http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253642455.html
  • 04th Sep - Ian Cambell discusses Rory O'Shea's research into university-innovation links http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0904/1224253815205.html
  • 04th Sep - by Michael Casey discusses the links between R&D spending and the smart economy http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0904/1224253641713.html
  • 31st Aug - Article on proposed cuts in science funding by Dick Ahlstrom http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0831/1224253510984.html
  • 27th Aug - Article by Dr Patrick Cunningham (Irish Chief Scientific Officer) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/0827/1224253326151.html
  • 25th Aug - Article on Investment in Research by Liam Donnelly (Teagasc) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0825/1224253194727.html
  • 20th Aug - Article on Science Funding by Michael Hennigan (Finfacts) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0820/1224252951654.html
  • 18th Aug - Article on McCarthy call to cut science funding by Luke O'Neill (TCD) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0818/1224252768970.html
  • 06th Jul - Article on Innovation Taskforce in Innovation Magazine http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2009/0706/1224250001121.html
• Sunday Business Post articles:
  • 30th Aug - Pearse Coyle on spin-outs and innovation http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43986-qqqx=1.asp
  • 16th Aug - Response to Tol's article (see below) by Graham Love (SFI) http://www.thepost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43759-qqqx=1.asp
  • 09th Aug - Article questioning current Irish STI policy by Richard Tol (ESRI) http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=GUEST+WRITER-qqqm=nav-qqqid=43614-qqqx=1.asp
  • 09th Aug - Blog version of Tol article (09th Aug) with comment responses from the Internet http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/08/10/ireland%E2%80%99s-flagging-innovation-strategy-needs-a-radical-overhaul/
• Sunday Tribune
  • 06th Sep - Universities under pressure to commercialise their research by Ken Griffin http://www.tribune.ie/business/article/2009/sep/06/universities-under-pressure-to-commercialise-their/
  • Chris Horn's blog - he is on the Innovation Taskforce
    • 19th Aug - Irish Venture Capital investments 2008/2009 (link to GoogleDocs via twitter): http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxsAN4FL7PFsZjIyNDgxZGUtZmMyYy00N2RkLWE5NWQtNDY1MWVmMGY2YjMx&hl=en
    • 18th Aug - Comment on statistics he gathered on Irish exits 2000-2009 http://chrishornat.blogspot.com/2009/08/irish-technology-exits-2000-2009.html
    • 18th Jul - Comment on 1st meeting of Innovation Taskforce http://chrishornat.blogspot.com/2009/07/innovation-task-force-first-meeting.html
  • Innovation Blog
    • 06th Jul - Post critiquing lack of debate on smart economy by Karl Whelan (UCD) http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/07/06/some-more-contributions-to-innovation-debate/#more-2984
    • 29th Jun - Commenting on Innovation Taskforce by Karl Whelan (UCD) http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/06/29/innovation-taskforce-appointed/#more-2882
  • Ferdinand von Prondzynski' Blog (President of Dublin City University - DCU)
    • 21st Aug - Comment on tone of STI debate http://universitydiary.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/research-economics-and-trench-warfare/
  • UCD/TCD Innovation Alliance Initiative
    • 11 Mar - Announcement of TCD/UCD "Innovation Alliance" http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1121&pressReleaseArchive=2009
  • The Innovation Taskforce
    • Announcement: http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Government_Press_Office/Taoiseach%27s_Press_Releases_2009/Taoiseach_Appoints_Innovation_Taskforce_to_Support_the_Development_of_the_Smart_Economy.html
    • Main web page: http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/
    • Call for Submissions (DEADLINE Fri 18th Sep 2009): http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/Request_for_Submissions/
    • The Innovation Task Force tag on twitter http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23itaskforce <- does a twitter search for the tag
    • Submissions to The Innovation Task Force http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/Submissions_to_Innovation_Taskforce/
  • Mícheál Ó Foghlú's blog
    • 16th Aug - Comment on nature of Research Institutes http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2009/08/does_ireland_need_independent.html

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