Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions, and Insurance, Seán Fleming TD, welcomed the record level of employment in international financial services firms in Ireland. The Minister was speaking at the launch of the Ireland for Finance Action Plan for 2022, which has been approved by Cabinet in recent weeks. The new Action Plan […]
McGill and Partners, the specialist boutique broker, officially opened its Dublin office in October 2021, having received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland in December 2020. The firm began trading in Ireland in January 2021, working through the pandemic to set up a physical office; fulfilling their intention to broaden their European reach and […]
The latest PMI survey shows that business activity in Dublin continued to increase during the final quarter of 2021 but at the slowest rate since Q1 when Ireland was in full lockdown. While the headline rate remained elevated at 59.4 it slowed from 62.1 in Q3, as the emergence of the Omicron variant at the end […]
Enterprise Ireland (EI) is aiming to increase exports by its client companies by nearly 20pc to €30bn within the next three years, according to the latest strategy plan by the State agency. EI, which supports indigenous manufacturing and services companies, also intends to add 15,000 net jobs per year in that time, as it steers […]
This is not just another article about blockchain technology. This is blockchain explained in plain English. If you and technology haven’t got friendly yet, but you’ve googled ‘blockchain’ at least once – and then given up, overwhelmed with all the information coming at you and flooding your brain – don’t click away! When blockchain was first
Ministers in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have announced a series of actions to support Irish horticultural growers who are dependent on peat. This follows the publication of the Final Report of the Working Group on the Use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry. The Working Group on the Use of […]
The Minister for Finance and President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe TD, will chair the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday 17 January to discuss economic resilience. He will also attend ECOFIN on Tuesday 18 January, the first of the French Presidency of the Council. The Eurogroup will discuss the performance of the euro area […]
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, recently announced a €9 million fund to support community groups impacted by Covid-19 over the past two years. The Community Activities Fund under the Community Enhancement Programme will support groups,
Enterprise Nation will train Irish SMEs in cybersecurity, digital marketing, e-commerce and more as part of the Go and Grow Online programme. Enterprise Nation has teamed up with Microsoft, Vodafone and Klarna to launch a free-to-access digital training programme aimed at supporting small businesses in Ireland. The Go and Grow Online programme is a one-year
Irish food-ordering platform FlipDish has raised $100m in new funding, which gives it a valuation of $1.25 billion. That makes it the country’s latest tech unicorn – joining firms like Intercom, Workhuman and Fenergo. A unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. The latest funding, led by Tencent, follows a […]
Professional salaries in certain sectors of the Irish jobs market are expected to increase by between 5 and 10 per cent in 2022, with increases of 15-20 per cent likely for some in-demand niche skills, according to professional services recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley. It says more than four in five people are considering a career […]
Highvern has established an Irish office, led by country head Philip Dempsey and directors Adrian Bailie and Emma Keane in three new appointments. The Irish office will provide corporate and fund administration services to both regulated and unregulated structures ranging across debt, capital markets, real estate, infrastructure, private equity, and other alternative asset
Strong Exchequer Returns Demonstrate Effectiveness of Government’s Business and Job Support Strategy
Chambers Ireland, the voice of business throughout Ireland, argues the Exchequer Returns emphasise the strong economic position we are in, despite two years of the pandemic. Strong tax returns, particularly in income tax, demonstrate that Government policy to support businesses and jobs has been correct. This suggests that we will be in an ideal position […]
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced €21.5 million for 27 landmark regeneration projects in rural communities across the country. The funding, under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund (RRDF), is being invested in projects that will rejuvenate town centres, drive economic growth and footfall, combat dereliction, develop
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD and the Minister for Public Health, Well Being and the National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan TD have welcomed minimum unit pricing on retail alcohol sales coming into force. Ireland is now one of only a small number of countries in the world to introduce minimum pricing. Scotland was […]
Most of us have had to explain to a retiring parent, elderly aunt or grandparent the inner workings of new tech. And while Wi-Fi, social media and bluetooth are mostly now understood, the new conversation is about understanding cryptocurrency and blockchain. As the digital-savvy young person, you will be considered the expert. So it’s worth […]
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, announced Government approval for the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS). This scheme provides a range of supports to assist homes and businesses to develop renewable generation for self-consumption; the micro-generation enabling framework introduces payments to micro-generators for exported
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, has announced that the Government will sell part of the State’s 71.12% directed shares in AIB Group Plc (the “Company”) over approximately the next six months through a pre-arranged trading plan that will be managed by Merrill Lynch International. BofA Securities was appointed to the role from the […]
IDA Ireland, the inward investment promotion and development agency of the Irish Government, reported a record breaking year for FDI employment with significantly higher levels of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021 compared with 2020 and strong gains recorded in both gross and net employment. Total employment in IDA client companies in Ireland now stands […]
Ireland’s capital remains one of the leading European tech cities, just behind London and Paris. So it’s encouraging that the latest Financial Times’ Tech Cities of the Future rankings described Dublin as a “thriving hotspot for start-ups”, and Enterprise Ireland’s support structures for early-stage entrepreneurs play a huge part in the city scoring highly.