The government is proposing the establishment of a national incubator to fuel Irish innovation, the Business Post has learned. Consultations will be held with key players in the Irish start-up and entrepreneurship ecosystem about the plans which Enterprise Ireland claims will "position Ireland as one of the leading countries in the world to start and scale global business.
" The hub would be similar in nature to Station F, the hugely successful French tech incubator that is widely regarded as a blueprint for other countries to follow in helping indigenous start-ups to scale. A number of organisations here have been invited to join consultations being held by the Department of Enterprise and Enterprise Ireland next week to discuss plans for the hub. Industry sources who spoke to the Business Post said the talks are of an exploratory nature only at this stag