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Grand Canal Innovation District
The Grand Canal Innovation District is an initiative whose time has come. We can’t just repeat the existing formula, we need to keep adapting. Ireland must deepen its relationship with the many innovative multinationals that have located here, and develop stronger links between them and the regions in which they reside.
— An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD
What will an Innovation District achieve?
There is a generational opportunity for Ireland to establish itself as a truly globally innovative country and to underpin our economic prosperity well into the 21st century. What is needed to support this ambition is an innovation district in Dublin's docklands. With a world class university as its beating heart, the Grand Canal Innovation District will attract the best of international talent, generate significant new inward investment and grow indigenous Irish companies, all at an exponential rate.
Innovation District
If Ireland can create a world-class innovation system to bridge its foreign and domestic firms, while opening the jobs ladder for everyone, it’ll handle the twists and rolls of the next globalisation wave with aplomb— OECD Report on Ireland 2016
Downloads
- A Vision For Ireland (PDF) We aim to make Ireland the tech capital of Europe and we have many of the ingredients to succeed. The evidence is all around us as we see so many high-tech companies located here.
- Manifesto (PDF) Outlines our vision and serves as a call to action for industry; higher education and government to collaborate on a new and critically important engine of growth for Ireland.