09/11/2017. Crystal Valley Tech Showcase at WIT Arena. Pictured is Grainne Flannery from St Mary’s Secondary School, New Ross Co. Wexford with Claire Coppinger from Bluefin with a VR Head Set. Picture: Patrick Browne with Grainne Flannery from St Mary’s Secondary School, New Ross Co. Wexford. Picture: Patrick Browne Event demonstrates Tech and ICT is thriving in Wexford and the South East 50 companies and 2,000 students, industry and recruiters attend the inaugural Crystal Valley Tech Showcase event Over 50 companies who are working together as Crystal Valley Tech showcased their rapidly growing industry in the WIT Arena on Thursday morning to approx. 2,000 members of the public, college and second level students, recruiters, government agencies and other industry. The future is bright for ICT in the South East according to Dr Padraig Kirwan, Head of the Department of Computing & Mathematics at Waterford Institute of Technology. “Computing is thriving in the South East judging by the number and diversity of ICT companies here today. Even more encouraging is the number of second level students who attended from Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary and Wexford and how interested they are about the career opportunities in this exciting industry.” Wexford schools attending the event included St. Mary's CBS in Enniscorthy, St Mary’s Secondary School in New Ross and Colaiste an Atha in Kilmuckridge. Elaine Fennelly, Bluefin Payment Systems General Manager and co-founder of Crystal Valley Tech is very excited about the industry in the South East and today’s showcase event. “People who work in the industry already know that Tech is well established in the South East and the number of opportunities and companies continues to grow and grow. According to a recent Tech Ireland report there are over 60 indigenous and multinational companies employing well over 1,500 people from their bases in Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and Carlow. “However, we weren�
