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Haemonetics Corporation has announced that the company has closed the acquisition of local company Vivasure Medical®, a firm pioneering novel fully absorbable technology for percutaneous vessel closure, in a transaction valued up to €185M on completion of certain milestones.

Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, will address Leaving Certificate Computer Science students in Galway and Cork this week as they take part in a climate-focused hackathon powered by the PorterShed, bringing together students from across the west and south to work with real environmental data as part of their Leaving Cert State exam projects.

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.

A Ballinasloe-based digital marketing company is one of the stars of a new national campaign showcasing the benefits of working in local enterprise hubs.

“There are ideas sitting in sheds and notebooks all over the West of Ireland,” says Kathryn Reynolds of Ardán. “We exist to make sure those stories find their way to the screen.”

In the hub of Galway’s creative quarter, within the CREW Enterprise and Innovation Hub, Ardán is quietly transforming the landscape of the Irish audio-visual industry. Its name — the Irish for stage or platform — perfectly captures its purpose: to lift up creative voices and give them a place to be heard.

Galway-based connected health start-up, FeelTect, has announced the commercial launch of its pioneering wound care device, Tight Alright, starting in Thun Hospital, Switzerland. The commercial launch coincides with the successful close of a €1.5 million investment round involving Irrus Investments, the Western Development Commission (WDC), and a network of angel investors.?

The Western Development Commission’s (WDC) Western Investment Fund (WIF) has reached a major milestone, having now invested €100 million across more than 350 SMEs, social enterprises, community projects and strategic regional initiatives throughout the Western Region.

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has been honoured with a prestigious Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) Award in the category “Reaching a Critical Mass”, recognising its leadership in developing the creative economy across Ireland’s Western and Northwestern regions and beyond.

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.