There is a company moved into the same building as us and they are doing motion capture using infared cameras so its a much cheaper setup and you don’t need those big white balls (easy now), I had a chance to check it out and it worked really well, you need darkish clothes but it exports all the moves to multiple formats.
They currently use it mostly for sport science but they are interested in getting in touch with any 3D content creators interested in using their software.
http://www.redbackbiotek.com/
They are working near the LIT Thurles campus for the next while.
I have contact details for their main contact in Thurles for anyone that wants to get in touch with him.
Cheers,