Meath County Council has this week officially started constructing the new €5 million Ratoath Outer Relief Road. The new road will serve as essential transportation infrastructure in the area and will also aid in opening up zoned lands for future development. Once constructed the road will facilitate urgently required housing development. It will include junctions, […]
Month: March 2019
The Government (on March 27) launched the Future Growth Loan Scheme to allow for the roll out of €300 million in funding to eligible Irish SMEs including farmers. Businesses will be able to apply for loan eligibility through the SBCI from 17th April. Three finance providers – AIB, Bank of Ireland and KBC – have […]
Cork City Council, has recently received funding from Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme Call to stage the first Cork Carnival of Science. The event aims to entertain and engage the public in the areas of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. The carnival will take place on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of June. […]
Over 158 Saint Patrick’s Celebrate the Refurbishment of the 158 Year Old St Patrick’s Bridge in Cork
In celebration of the recent €1.2 million restoration of Cork’s St Patrick’s Bridge over 158 men women and children braved the weather and came out dressed as Saint Patrick to take part in the ultimate St Patrick’s Festival. All of the people gathered had responded to an invitation from Cork City Council for anyone, young […]
AN Bord Pleanala has recently commenced discussions with Cloncaragh Investments, the developer behind a huge €30m housing project at Punch’s Cross in Limerick. Over 320 student rooms are planned, plus 32 apartments, something Mayor James Collins says there is a “huge need” for in that part of Limerick. Towering over seven stories, the plans show a total […]
A recent report in the Irish Times examined the realities that, If a hard Brexit goes ahead, could cutting-edge technology make a frictionless border possible? That was the question Senator Terry Leyden raised with National College of Ireland studies last year, where he was addressing students working in areas such as cloud computing, web technologies, […]
Dublin City Council has responded to claims that it was calling for electric scooters to be banned form all public roads and cycle paths. A spokeswoman for the council said on Monday it was the local authority’s view that “the use of electric scooters on public roads is illegal and that it is a matter […]