“Time is not on the side of NDRC… you and your officials must decide quickly and act.” This was the urgency that Mervyn Greene, then National Digital Research Centre director, impressed upon enterprise minister Peter Burke and then communications minister, Eamon Ryan, last October as the latter’s department set plans in train to close out the start-up accelerator.  The NDRC has been in operation since 2006, providing a framework for early-stage companies, like biotech firm Nuritas and data analytics business Boxever, to grow into substantial businesses that create jobs and sell into international markets. It is currently operated by a…

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