Tierney Family Support the Development of UL’s New Enterprise Centre

published on Feb 26th, 2010

The UL Foundation is very grateful for the support of the Tierney family for the new Centre for Enterprise & Innovation on campus. The new Centre will be located immediately to the north of the Robert Schumann building and the two Shannon Development buildings that form the International Business Centre.

The overall objective for establishment of the Centre is to drive regional entrepreneurship with an international trading focus. It will provide incubation space and support services to minimise risk and maximise success of high potential start-up companies whose activities are aligned with UL research strengths. The centre will facilitate the transformation of new knowledge into commercially viable opportunities and become a hub around which regional innovation is driven, organised and supported.

Dr Dan Tierney is originally from Limerick and has been a Director of the UL Foundation since 1993.  He is Chairman of Bimeda Holdings Plc.