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CCT wishes all of its students the very best of luck in their end of semester examinations.  The College has organised a Summer Party for students on June 4th, at Howl at the Moon venue, Lower Mount St., with live music and DJ from 8pm until late.  This is a ticketed event.

The College is delighted and honoured to have the following experts and peers on its new Advisory Board: Emeritus Professor Michael Ryan (DCU) Professor John Hurley (DCU) Dr. Tony O’Donnell (SAP-AG) Mary Cleary (Irish Computer Society) Karl Heery (AEGON Ireland) The College Advisory Board is a non-executive external expert support group to serve to enhance […]

Ryanair is to create 200 jobs in Dublin as it develops its digital platform. The airline said the roles will be in technology, software development and digital marketing. Ryanair previously announced plans in January to add 50 tech-focused jobs in Dublin, but it is understood the 200 roles announced today will be additional jobs created over […]

Almost a week after revealing a US$5bn investment in Ireland, chip giant Intel is embarking on a plan with Dublin City Council to make Dublin the most densely sensored city in the world. The project to make Dublin a ‘Global Demonstrator for Smart City Sensors’ will use Intel Quark-based Gateway platforms. Two hundred of these […]

Cork native Barry O’Sullivan, best known to the Irish public as one of the exacting investors on Dragons’ Den, in recent weeks retired from a successful career with networking equipment maker Cisco. As a senior vice-president at Cisco, he helped mastermind acquisitions of tech companies, such as WebEx, for US$3.2bn, and had been an active […]

Seven out of 10 indigenous Irish Technology companies increased their turnover by an average of 30% last year and six out of 10 are now looking outside Ireland for their main market, according to a major survey of the sector. As well as having a strong multinational presence in Ireland, there is a scaling indigenous […]

Demand for computing, engineering and business degrees among school-leavers has surged again this year as college applicants heed advice on future job prospects as the economy recovers. The college of Computer Training has two faculties, Computing and Business, and each offer HETAC/QQI Bachelor’s degrees: BSc in Information Technology BA in Business In addition there are […]

A LEADING US investor has told a gathering of Irish business and cultural leaders in New York that “Ireland could become the Silicon Valley of Europe”. Bank of Ireland (BoI) shareholder and private equity investor Wilbur Ross, pictured, joined a panel of executives, entrepreneurs, investors and cultural leaders at the fourth annual Ireland Day at […]

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton and Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn announced the Government’s ICT Skills Action Plan on Friday, March 14. Minister Bruton said the plan is aimed at making Ireland a global leader in information technology. As part of the plan, the Government said it will provide 1,250 […]

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD, and Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn TD,  published the ICT Skills Action Plan 2014 on March 14, with the aim to fill 44,500 jobs for ICT professionals over the years to 2018. Three strategic targets have been set: Increase the output of high-level graduates […]