IQ360 Introduction

IQ360 is a Southern Regional College programme engaging with Dundalk Institute of Technology to showcase the entrepreneurial support services available at Greenshoots Incubation and Innovation Centre in Newry and at the Regional Development Centre in Dundalk. Greenshoots is a joint initiative of the Southern Regional College and the University of Ulster.

Through the success of the IQ360 programme, it is expected that a greater number of graduate expatriates and internationally mobile ‘would be’ entrepreneurs will locate to this cross-border region to establish knowledge-based ventures. Indeed several may have already successfully started a venture already. The programme also aims to recruit talented professionals with early stage business ideas, who commute daily out of the region to cities such as Dublin and Belfast.

With improved rail and road infrastructure around the eastern cross-border region and proximity to Belfast and Dublin, rail, air and ports, Newry and Dundalk are becoming increasingly attractive places to set up and operate businesses. This new progressive and exciting collaboration pools the resources of all of the Third Level colleges in the region and their experience in business incubation, business support, cross-border business development, programme delivery and new venture creation.