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As part of its continued growth as an organisation, the team at Ardán is relocating its headquarters from the CREW Hub on Wellpark Road into Galway city centre. Ardán is a film, TV, games, and animation organisation based in Galway that supports the creative screen industries across the West of Ireland and throughout the country.

The Irish Government is committed to supporting digital creative industries across the West and North-West. That was the message delivered by Alan Dillon TD, Minister of State for Employment, Small Businesses and Retail & Circular Economy, when he addressed 400 delegates at the EDGE26 Creative Economy Summit in Galway on Thursday afternoon.

A landmark report will be launched today (Thursday) at Ireland’s inaugural EDGE26 Creative Economy Summit. The study highlights how the West and North-West of Ireland has built a strong and rapidly growing digital creative industries sector over the past decade. It goes on to note, however, that the next phase of growth will require more coordinated investment and supports, tailored to how digital creative enterprises actually operate.

Galway will host EDGE26: Ireland’s Creative Economy Summit on 21 May at Dexcom Stadium, bringing together founders, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders from Ireland and overseas for a major one-day event focused on the future of the creative economy.

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has announced the nine companies selected to participate in the new Landing Studio at CREW Galway, a pilot initiative designed to support creative enterprises and innovation-driven businesses from across the West and Northwest of Ireland.

Creative businesses across the region have been urged by The Western Development Commission (WDC) to apply for an exciting new initiative aimed at supporting startups in that sector.

Starilum has been announced as the national winner of the 2025 Creative Business Cup Ireland, earning the opportunity to represent the country at the prestigious Creative Business Cup Global Finals this September in Copenhagen, Denmark. They will join startups from over 60 countries in a global celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship in the creative industries.

CREW (Creative Enterprise West) in partnership with the Western Development Commission (WDC), and Creative Business Network (CBN) of Denmark, has officially launched the second year of the Creative Business Cup (CBC) Ireland competition.

Construction is set to begin on a new innovation hub for creative technology startups and entrepreneurs at GMIT’s Cluain Mhuire campus in the second half of 2022, following the approval of planning permission for the project.

Niamh Costello formerly General Manager of Galway Technology Centre, has been appointed Chief Executive of the brand-new collaborative initiative CREW, which supports the Creative Digital enterprise sector along the Atlantic Economic Corridor.