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Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, TD, has announced a total of €8.24 million in grants to 95 enterprise centres throughout the country under Enterprise Ireland’s Enterprise Centres Fund. Grants will range in size from €10,000 to €150,000. The funding is considered crucial for the future of the enterprise centre sector […]
The Harris Group is one of Ireland’s longest-established and leading automotive and assembly companies. Founded in 1961 by Pino Harris, it won the exclusive franchise for the Hino truck brand in the UK and Ireland in 1968. The privately-owned company is best known for its commercial vehicle brands that include Isuzu, LDV, Sinotruck, Higer, Crusader, […]
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD has confirmed that the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is considering options which will offer short term financial support to help Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park during their current financial difficulties. While the State does not ordinarily provide funding to the […]
Cork City Council and The Land Development Agency confirm the establishment of a new Delivery Office for Cork City Docklands. The Cork Docklands Delivery Office will lead the development of thousands of homes and the creation of a new urban centre for international investment into Cork City. The partnership will seek to promote a regeneration […]
Mick Curran has for the last three years been the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). CILT is the professional body for those employed it Freight, Transport and distribution sectors. CILT also acts as an examining body on behalf of both the Health and Safety Authority as well as the Department of Transport, […]
International activities dovetail with seventh Meath Enterprise Week events Meath Enterprise will play a key role in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 (#GEW2020) as it hosts its annual Meath Enterprise Week (#MEW2020) for the seventh time from 16th to 20th November. GEW 2020 is expected to involve around 10 million people in 170 countries around the world.
Cork City Council agreed an expenditure budget of €226 million for 2021 at the annual budget meeting, an increase of approximately €4 million in spending compared to 2020. The main contributors to the increase in expenditure are an increase in payroll of €0.8 million, an increase in pensions of €0.5 million, an increase in funding […]
Tell me about the Leitrim Joint Policing Committee Strategic Plan 2021-2026 E.g. When was it proposed, who has been responsible for its draft, when will we see it begin to take place? As provided for in the Garda Siochana Act 2005 Joint Policing Committee Guidelines – Amended August 2014 as issued by the Department of […]
Donegal County Council Library Service is delighted to announce a new delivery service for those self-isolating during the current Covid 19 restrictions. While the doors have been closed, the Library Service has expanded its significant digital resources to offer as comprehensive a service as possible. These include a range of Ebooks and Enewspapers, Emagazines,
Tom Ferris is a consultant economist. He was formally the SeniorEconomist at the Department of Transport. He is a former president ofthe Chartered Institute of Transport in Ireland. Tom has wide experience of the public sector and the private realm. Hehas undertaken consultancy projects for the World Bank, USAID, theOECD, a number of Irish Government […]
The EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2019, released today (12th November), highlights that delays in upgrading treatment systems around the country are prolonging risks to the environment and public health. Some improvements in performance were evident in the past year, with the removal of the raw sewage discharges from one town and […]
1. Tell me about the Project Carlow 2040 strategy? E.g. When was it proposed, who has been responsible for its draft, when will we see it begin to take place? Project Carlow 2040 is an ambitious Regeneration Strategy for Carlow Town which contains transformational and aspiring ideas for the economic, social and environmental benefit of […]
Council buildings across Ireland will ‘light up for road safety’ as part of this year’s ‘World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims’ on Sunday 15th November. Local Authority Road Safety Officers are asking the public to get involved and ‘light up’ or ‘shine a light’ to remember road traffic collision victims, survivors, their families and those […]
Clare County Fire and Rescue Service has been awarded the ‘ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System’ accreditation, which is the world’s first international standard for OH&S. ISO 45001 provides a framework to increase safety, reduce workplace risks and enhance health and wellbeing at work, enabling an organisation to continually
State-backed agency aiming to support 25,000 businesses and 100,000 workers Skillnet Ireland is aiming to significantly increase support for businesses over the coming years, it has said. The State-backed business support agency currently supports more than 18,000 businesses nationwide, and provides a wide range of learning experiences to 70,000 trainees. It intends to
Waterford confirms allocation of €80,600,000 Urban Regeneration Development Funding and €30,000,000 National Transport Authority funding which secures North Quays Strategic Development Zone key infrastructural developments Waterford City and County Council welcomes the announcement of €80,600,000 funding from the Urban Regeneration Development Fund by the Department of
Dr Paul Davis is Head of the Management Group in the Faculty of Business in DCU. Moreover, he is the Program Director for the MSc in E-Commerce having previously completed eight years as Program Director of the MSc in Strategic Procurement and the MSc in International Management. He has completed lecturing assignments in top universities in Italy, Germany […]
“Going paperless” is no longer just a trend; bullet point on organisation’s sustainability plan or sticker on young millennial’s recycled backpack (yes, it’s a thing). Reduction of paper waste and bad practices associated with handling important documents in hard-copies is becoming necessity. The new technologies enabling storing, sharing and updating documents in digital
Researchers have made transparent glass panes that darken in the sun’s glare and also act as solar panels. The smart windows, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could reduce a building’s air-conditioning demand while also while generating electricity. Color-changing glass is used in transition eyeglass lenses that become tinted in sunlight. It
