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UCC business incubation programme awarded €1M by Higher Education Authority

20 Oct 2025
Programme Director at Ignite at University College Cork Eamon Curtin with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland Mr James Lawless TD.

IGNITE, the award-winning business incubation programme run by University College Cork (UCC) is among five Irish higher education institution initiatives to have been allocated a performance funding award of €1M, in recognition of the programme’s exemplary performance in working towards the achievement of national strategy and policy priorities.

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