Oxymem wins All-Island Innovation Awards 2014
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The Prize As overall winner, Oxymem will now receive a communications and advertising package from The Irish Times worth €150,000, along with a UCD scholarship for an Executive Education programme commencing in 2015 and a state of the art laptop. The Awards Ceremony, Dublin Oxymem, along with the five other category winners were presented with their awards at an awards ceremony at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Wednesday, 9th April which was attended by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD. The winners of the other five categories, who will each receive a €10,000 Irish Times media deal and an i-Pad, are: - Agri-Food winner: Richard Keenan & Co
- Bioscience winner : APC Ltd
- Creative Industries winner: Viddyad
- IT & Telecommunications: Shimmer
- Manufacturing: Foldeaze Ltd
Best North/South Collaborative Innovation Award The ‘Best North/South Collaborative Innovation’ award went to Animal Health Ireland from Leitrim. Animal Health Ireland has developed a unique industry-led national eradication programme for a disease of cattle on the island of Ireland. Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is a recognized cause of significant financial losses in cattle production in Ireland. The BVD eradication programme has already successfully completed one year of testing and when complete will allow farmers to avoid an estimated loss due to this disease of €100 million annually. For more information For more information on all the winners or to view all the shortlisted videos, please visit http://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/innovation-awards-2014 Congratulations to all!
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