DCU partners leading international universities to set up the T A Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship at Citywest
17 May 2002

Dr Edward Walsh, UL President Emeritus, Dr. Tony Ryan, Minister for Finance Charlie Mc Creevy, DCU President Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski, MD Davy Hickey Properties Brendan Hicky

photo: Chairman Intertrade Ireland Martin Naughton, DCU President Prof Ferdinand von Prondznski, Glen Dimplex Niall Naughton

Details of a new university institute, linking enterprise with education were announced on the 13 May 2002 at Citywest Business Campus. The Eeolas Institute, as it will be known, is a major new initiative which will stimulate Ireland's transition to a knowledge-based economy. The Minister for Finance Mr Charlie McCreevy endorsed the announcement at a 'sod-turning' ceremony in the National Digital Park at Citywest Business Campus for the T A Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship attended by the US Ambassador, Richard J Egan.

The Eeolas Institute will be developed by Dublin City University in collaboration with leading entrepreneurs and industry figures, with the support and input of Columbia University, New York and Northeastern University, Boston. Discussions with a view to involvement are also taking place with the University of Ulster.

The T A Ryan Academy will focus on the intrapreneurial requirements of multinational corporations, large Irish companies and the State and semi-State sectors as well as the indigenous enterprise sector and serve as a European forum for entrepreneurship.

Construction of the T A Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship will commence over the coming weeks and will take approximately 12 months to complete. The Academy will be open to students from September 2003.

Click for full news release