Image courtesy of https://www.microbizmag.co.uk/ International law firm DAC Beachcroft is set to launch new ways of working for its UK and Ireland-based colleagues, following feedback from colleagues – gathered through surveys and crowdsourcing – and clients. This latest development also builds on the success of the firm’s previous agile working approach. The
Month: March 2021
Photo (L-R) Maeve Culloty, MD, HPE Ireland; Tánaiste Leo Varadkar; Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland Building on its long term commitment to the country, new jobs will be in the fields of R&D, cyber security, software development and cloud consulting Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced its plans to recruit 150 experienced technologists in […]
In this weeks discussion we spoke to Padraig Neylon who is the CEO and Co-founder of Addjust. Addjust is a software solutions company that offers supports to the construction industry, local authorities, project managers, software engineers and many many more. In this podcast, Padraig along with our Council editor, Jack Mullen, spoke about a variety of different, yet […]
Picture: Farm buildings near St. Johnston that benefited under the Heritage Council’s Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme. Funds are available for the conservation of County Donegal’s traditional farm buildings and other related structures from The Heritage Council in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine under the Traditional Farm
Image courtesy of https://accessorange.com/office365/ The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Council.ie but rather are those of www.evros.ie Evros Backup Solutions Architect and Veeam Vanguard, Stephen Seagrave, highlights the issues with businesses storing their Office 365 data in the cloud. “With 2020 marking an accelerated migration to cloud, the reliance
Pictured above: Cathaoirleach, Cllr Mary Howard A new initiative from the Office of the Cathaoirleach in Clare County Council will celebrate good deeds done by people in Clare during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Cathaoirleach, Cllr Mary Howard, is inviting people in Clare to nominate fellow citizens for recognition as ‘Clare Covid Heroes’ for the help […]
New Rural Active Travel Investment Programme Distributes over €70 Million in year one of a five-year plan. The National Transport Authority and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan have today announced spending totalling €72.8m for 340 sustainable transport projects in 19 local authorities. The funding is in addition to the multi-annual active travel investment programme
Image courtesy of @freestocks Minister Peter Burke will today (29 March, 2021) host the first meeting of an all-female working group set up to examine the provision of maternity leave for county and city councillors. The six-person group is made up solely of female councillors, one each from Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein, the […]
Image courtesy of www.freevector.com International research highlights importance of systemic change In the European Union, women account for 25% of information, science, and technology graduates, but only 13% of the workforce in these fields, according to the European Commission. Even in those countries that rank highly on various measures of gender equality, much
Concrete can perform just as well if three-quarters of its content has been recycled, a team has found. Concrete is made from granular materials such as sand and crushed stone – known as aggregates – bound together by a cement paste. Cement has a high carbon footprint due to the chemistry of its production and […]
Image; www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD have today (Thursday) launched the European Union’s new research and investment programme, Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe will be the biggest programme
IDA Ireland have welcomed Intel’s plans to enter a new era of innovation and technology growth with the acceleration of investment in Europe that will see it expand its Irish manufacturing operations. Investment underway in Leixlip Ireland is expected to lead to the creation of 1600 new high-tech jobs on completion. Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, […]
Image: Man Cycling Under a Bridge in Maynooth Harbour. Source: @poloconghaile The Royal Canal Greenway, a scenic 130 km walking and cycling amenity stretching alongside the historic 225-year-old canal, officially launches today ahead of the summer 2021 season. The €12 million project coordinated by Waterways Ireland is the country’s longest Greenway, traversing
GIY, in partnership with Healthy Ireland and public libraries will distribute 50,000 free food growing kits as part of a new ‘Grow it Forward’ initiative. You can claim your free seed pack by contacting your local library. Recipients are asked to use the kits to share the experience with ten people, enabling half a million people […]
The views expressed are not necessarily those of Council Journal, but rather are those of Construction Industry Federation (CIF) For businesses, the logic of viewing cash as a safe haven asset has been eroded over the last decade. If you are holding cash in a trading account or company account now is the time to […]
The planned Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Energy. Tipperary Co Council is seeking to develop Ireland’s first carbon-neutral building in Nenagh, a project that could generate some 350 jobs over a 10-year period. One of a series of new council-led projects in train for the town, this €12.5 million project has been proposed for an […]
Pictured above: Gavin Cassidy and Eoin Lennon, founder of Porter and Nash. In last week’s Podcast we spoke to Gavin Cassidy, the Co-founder and CEO of Porter and Nash. Porter and Nash is a new Irish Food Co. based in Wicklow. They produce a variety of unique sauces using Irish Sea Vegetables. The sauces themselves […]
Image Courtesy of Workday.com New Jobs in Product and Technology Development Will Help Support Regional Growth and Continued Company Innovation Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it will create 400 new jobs at its European headquarters in Dublin, growing its workforce in Ireland by 30
Image Courtesy of www.ireland.com An Taoiseach, Michéal Martin TD, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, have today announced €405 million in funding for four regeneration projects in Co. Cork. The projects are being funded under ‘Call 2’ of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The URDF part-funds projects […]
Image courtesy of BigBelly Bigbelly, which provides solar-powered waste compacting technology for local authorities around the world, is pioneering a new 5G small cell solution called Telebelly. Bigbelly, a global company working with solar-powered waste compacting technology, has announced a new product, Telebelly, which it says will deliver 5G small cells to