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Tech reset could help tackle gender inequality

By Jack Mullen
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
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Commissioner Gabriel and Minister Harris launch €95 billion European Research and Innovation Programme

By Jack Mullen
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
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Opinion: The Trouble with Cash…

By Jack Mullen
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 […]
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Workday Announces the Creation of 400 New Jobs at its European Headquarters in Dublin

By Jack Mullen
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
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Revitalising Cork

By Jack Mullen
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 […]
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Waterford City Centre to unveil ambitious Urban Regeneration Design Strategy funded under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of waterfordcouncilnews.com Waterford City was successful on Monday 15th March 2021 with the announcement of  the allocation of €27,660,000 under the Urban Regeneration & Development Fund (URDF) by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien for an ambitious City Centre regeneration project.   The funding allocation will
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This Irish startup can work out your carbon footprint from your grocery receipt

By Jack Mullen
Picture above: Evocco Co-founders Hugh Weldon and Ahmad Mu’azzam, The production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But as a consumer, it’s difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat. A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. “It lets you track,
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Minister Harris announces three-year extension to scholarship programme for Choctaw Community

By Jack Mullen
Picture above: University College Cork In March 2018, it was announced a Choctaw‐Ireland Scholarship would be established in recognition of the act of generosity and solidarity shown by Choctaw Nation towards the people of Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid‐Nineteenth Century, and to foster and deepen the ties between the two nations today. […]
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SITA to recruit 55 software engineers as it ramps up development of its airport portfolio

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of ww.sita.aero/pressroom SITA, the leading IT provider to the air transport industry, are significantly expanding their Agile DevOps teams by over 55 people in Letterkenny, Ireland to develop the next generation of its highly successful SITA AT AIRPORTS portfolio. These new roles include software engineers, test engineers, UX designers, scrum masters and
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Ministers announce €70 million LEADER funding for rural communities and enterprises

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of www.northernsound.ie Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, have today (12th March 2021) announced the allocation of €70 million through the LEADER programme for the period 2021-2022. LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU which