Biopharma company GE Healthcare is to create up to 500 jobs in the Republic with a €150 million investment in a manufacturing campus. The company plans to establish four prefabricated, off-the-shelf biologics factories at GE BioPark, Cork. In addition, it will also establish an advanced manufacturing training centre at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research […]
The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, is today (Thursday) holding the first of two regional meetings with Local Authorities from across the country as part of her plans to ensure the timely roll out of rural broadband from next year. The meetings, which will bring together all 31 Local Authorities over […]
Over 400,000 Dublin Bus customers face a third day of travel disruption as staff at the company continue their strike over pay. With no sign of any intervention that could break the deadlock between management and workers, union representatives will meet later today to decide whether to escalate their industrial action. Dublin Bus has urged […]
Water charges have become one of the major political issues of our time, and arguably significantly influenced the outcome of the general election earlier this year. The suspension of charges earlier in 2016 marked a temporary victory for those who opposed them – but there is no question the subject remains a major source of […]
The deputy leader of Fine Gael, Senator James Reilly, is to sell his collection of vintage and classic cars along with the contents of his country home, Loughton House, the 13-bedroom Anglo-Irish mansion on 82 acres outside the village of Moneygall, Co Offaly. Dr Reilly’s collection includes 10 Jaguars and three Daimlers, although the values […]
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, have extended their congratulations to Michael McKillop following the successful defence of his T37 1,500metres crown in Rio today, winning his fourth Paralympic Gold medal. Minister O’Donovan said: “I am just back from Rio, and […]
An investigation is due to get under way today into the circumstances surrounding the death of a coastguard volunteer off Co Clare yesterday. Caitríona Lucas was searching for a missing man with two other volunteers when their rigid inflatable boat overturned in heavy swells. The mother-of-two was pronounced dead shortly after being airlifted from the […]
An Irish naval vessel has been involved in a mission to rescue migrants off the coast of Libya. The LÉ James Joyce this morning located and rescued 423 migrants from 18 separate vessels during a complex operation 40 nautical miles North-West of Tripoli. Those who were rescued were given food, water and medical treatment where […]
Minister applauds construction workers who speak about their accidents and rehabilitation in order to help others in a moving new video series ‘IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE’ Minister for Employment and Small Business, Pat Breen TD has launched ‘Construction Safety Week 2016’ (12th – 16th September) at an event held at the Health and […]
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day. In the picture, he departs from this […]
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Micheal Creed T.D. today concluded the agri food trade mission to Asia which included some 30 of Ireland’s leading agri-food and agri-service companies, after visiting Singapore. The last day of the visit featured a meeting with Senior Minister of State Desmond Lee, a key political figure in Singapore, […]
To plan for increased populations, greater urbanization and new working practices, mobility policymakers need to learn from and respond to passenger behaviors. Who leads change in the 21st century? In the past, it has come from the top down. Today, connected through technology and empowered by education like never before, citizens themselves are having a […]
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD and IDA Ireland today welcomed the announcement by Deutsche Bank that the company has opened a data lab in Dublin that will create 40 new jobs. The company also announced plans to create a further 125 Technology and Operations roles in Dublin supporting its Global […]
The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar TD, have today (Thursday) announced that over 2.5 million images of historic records of Births, Marriages and Deaths from the General Register Office (GRO) are now available online for the first time. The images, […]
Government have ‘limited powers’ on cost of car insurance. Motorists were advised that the Government had “limited” power to influence the cost of motor insurance premiums as they continue to spiral upwards. Minister of state for financial services, Eoghan Murphy said while the issue of rising motor insurance costs was one “which requires urgent attention” […]
A new accelerated garda recruitment programme will see 800 gardaí recruited next year and 3,200 on a phased basis over the next four years. The Government has said the recruitment programme would take into account the numbers of gardaí retiring over the period and is designed to bring the strength of the police service up […]
Thousands of commuters are facing serious disruption in Dublin as bus services are cancelled due to a 48-hour strike over pay. Over 400,000 passengers each day will have to make alternative travel arrangements, while city retailers have warned of the economic impact on businesses. The first of a series of two-day Dublin Bus strikes officially […]
TDs will return to the Dáil to debate the European Commission’s 150-page ruling that Ireland granted Apple illegal State aid. The Dáil was recalled early for the debate after the Government said it would the appeal the ruling, which is confidential and TDs have not seen. Last night, they were given a 16-page Department of […]
SIPTU has said there is little hope of a last minute resolution to the pay dispute which will see the first of three two-day strikes on Dublin Bus begin tomorrow. The dispute arose after Dublin Bus unions rejected a Labour Court recommendation of a general 8.25% pay award for all its 3,364 employees over three […]
People with an acquired brain injury can wait up to two years for access to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, according to figures obtained by RTÉ News. An estimated 30,000 people in Ireland are currently living with a brain injury. Health Service Executive figures show there are 13 people with acquired brain injuries […]