Clustering Lessons from Australia
I am always struck by the complexity and simplicity of ‘Clustering as concept” in the Irish context. This rising tide notion of bringing competitors and other actors together to produce something more resilient and capable of real scale is common in Ireland. The...
Designing a new Midland Innovation District in the Athlone region
Athlone boasts all the ingredients to drive innovation and enterprise in a post COVID-19 future. Are we prepared to shake off the negative economic and civil disruption of COVID-19, and move into recovery mode? In order to build upon the strands of a new future...
Looking beyond the usual suspects
This April, I joined the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) webinar, which works with approx. 1000 industrial European clusters. It felt good to be at the core of industrial clusters and collaborative projects with European Clusters Alliance. This...
