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IGNITE is UCC's award-winning start-up programme, helping students and graduates become entrepreneurs and turn ideas into successful businesses.
Nice one. We've had a considerable number of applications for our July 2025 start. Thank you everyone who shared our updates and spread the word!
May 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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🚀 #Pint25 in #Cork  
 
🚼🐟🧠🩸Tiny Signals, Big Impact: The Secrets of Baby Brains (ISL supported)

📅May 20th 📍Crawford and Co 
 
Interested in baby’s sleep, risks of iodine deficiency, cerebral palsy and transfusion medicine? FREE ticket here: pintofscience.ie/event/our-bo...
May 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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As part of the Pint of Science 2025 festival, I'll be at the Harcourt Bar & Garden on May 21st to chat about employment rights in the #gigeconomy

Free tickets available below. Pop along for a 🍸 of debate!

@pintofscienceie.bsky.social
@maynoothlaw.bsky.social

pintofscience.ie/event/the-wi...
The Winding Road: Rights, Roles, and Recovery
Our laws, policies and systems are meant to protect the most vulnerable in our societies, but are they actually working as they should? Walk in the shoes o…
pintofscience.ie
April 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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@zapwilliams.bsky.social, Amiee, and I will talk about the involvement of gut microbes in various neurological processes in just over a week! 🦠

@pintofscienceie.bsky.social
🚀#Pint25 in #Cork

🧠 🚺 🦠 The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Microbes Talk to Your Mind

📅May 19th 📍The Roundy

Interested in microbiome, women's health, lifestyle changes and Alzheimer's? FREE ticket here: pintofscience.ie/event/beauti...

@pintofscienceie.bsky.social Elisabeth O'Flaherty
May 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Applications close for the IGNITE Graduate Incubation programme at 5pm today. This is your moment. submit.link/3DQ

What you get:
✅ A programme valued at €20,000
✅ €5,000 funding
✅ Mentorship, workshops & a powerful peer network
✅ No equity taken
✅ Real-world experience + alumni community
May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Be like Anna. Apply to @igniteucc.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Only 5 days left to apply for IGNITE! 💡

Turn your idea into Ireland’s next start-up success.

🕔 Deadline: May 12
👉ignite.ucc.ie

#IGNITEUCC #StartUpLife #EquityFree #Innovation #DeadlineAlert
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
⏰ 6 days left to apply!

Big ideas take time, start building yours with IGNITE.

Deadline: May 12
💻 ignite.ucc.ie #IGNITEUCC

#StartupJourney #Entrepreneurship #6DaysLeft
May 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Workshops, coaching, funding - everything you need to launch.
IGNITE gives you:
💡 Practical workshops and expert mentoring
🚀 Personal coaching to fast-track your success
🎓 Research and expertise from UCC
🏢 Workspace and funding to grow
🤝 A network of founders that lasts a lifetime
May 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Is this you?
It’s a long weekend. The sun is out. Maybe there’s a barbecue on the go. And yet, part of you is thinking about that business idea.

You’re not alone. We’re everywhere. Many joined IGNITE.

In just 10 days, applications close for the IGNITE startup incubation programme. Take the leap!
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
14 days to apply to our amazing incubation programme. Tell your friends too! ignite.submit.com/show/61
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
IGNITE supports your start-up journey with funding, mentorship & more.

Start: July 2025 | Apply by: May 12
🔗 ignite.ucc.ie

#FounderVoices #IGNITEUCC #StartUpJourney #WomenInBusiness #Entrepreneurship #HerNutrea
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Applications are now open for IGNITE's July 2025 intake!

✅ Full-time Programme
✅ No equity taken
✅ Mentorship + €5K support

Apply by 12 May 2025: ignite.ucc.ie

#IGNITEUCC #StartUpLife #UCCInnovation #Entrepreneurship
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
IGNITE featured in The Sunday Times, Irish Examiner & ThinkBusiness!
Our founders are turning bold ideas into impactful businesses.

Are you our next founder?
Applications for the July 2025 intake close May 12.

#IGNITEUCC #Innovation #StartUpLife #IrishEntrepreneurs #UCC
April 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Applications are now open for IGNITE's July 2025 intake!

✅ Full-time Programme
✅ No equity taken
✅ Mentorship + €5K support

Apply by 12 May 2025: ignite.ucc.ie

#IGNITEUCC #StartUpLife #UCCInnovation #Entrepreneurship
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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School culture start-up sparks IGNITE award - 2025 IGNITE at UCC programme showcases innovative start-ups making an impact in health, sustainability, education, and music
#irish #tech #startups #entrepreneurs #accelerators @ucc.ie @igniteucc.bsky.social
www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/ign...
School culture start-up sparks IGNITE award | ThinkBusiness
2025 IGNITE at UCC programme showcases innovative start-ups making an impact in health, sustainability, education, and music.
www.thinkbusiness.ie
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We have such a beautiful campus here at UCC and the Western Gateway where we are is such a beautiful space.
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The new catheter devices will be released to select US stroke treatment centres.
Galway’s Perfuze raises €22m, gets FDA clearance for catheter
Perfuze, a medtech has raised €22m. With the infusion, the company will release its catheters to select stroke centres in the US.
www.siliconrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We're back! Also 15 days to apply for the IGNITE Programme
February 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How about this one?
January 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Launch Your Start-Up with IGNITE – No Equity Taken

We support recent graduates in turning their business ideas into successful ventures. Open to graduates from any third-level institution in Ireland. Apply for an April Start
igniteucc.short.gy/April2025
January 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a solution.
The Twitch Streamer Using Face Recognition to Make Video Games More Accessible
For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a soluti...
www.wired.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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First day of four for @ucclibrary.bsky.social staff working with @andypriestner.bsky.social on building our capability to carry out user experience research on our library services. Such a rich capture of data directly from our users. Break-up letters, behavioral mapping, affinity mapping. Oh my.
January 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The University College Cork spinout plans to closely collaborate with the FDA on device development and premarket review.

CergenX making Waves with new FDA designation
Irish neurotech company CergenX has received the Breakthrough Device Designation from the US FDA while being accepted into the TAP program.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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You may have woken up on Monday not knowing who or what DeepSeek was but rest assured it is a name you are likely to be hearing a lot more of in the future...

www.businesspost.ie/tech-news/ch...
Charlie Taylor: How Chinese AI startup Deepseek sent tech stocks tumbling in day of pandemonium
DeepSeek has essentially come up with technology that rivals those of ChatGPT and its ilk but for a fraction of the price and through using inferior semiconductors
www.businesspost.ie
January 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM