The passage of a financial services bill in Ireland, which will create 3,000 jobs by 2025 and attract up to €20 billion ($24.2 billion) in global private capital per year, has been welcomed by the country’s money management association. The Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 was passed in the Dail, the lower house of […]
Progress in heat is the priority in next wave of Government climate action. Energy use for heat in homes and businesses decreased by only 0.7% in 2019 when the impact of warmer weather last year is accounted for, according to the latest figures released today from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Collectively, these […]
Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI) is delighted to announce a multi week, in-service, trial of a fuel cell electric bus in the Dublin area. The bus, powered by a 60KW Toyota fuel cell stack, will be the first ever Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) put into public service operation in Ireland. It is particularly significant […]
Noel Rock is a former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2016 to 2020. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2019 to 2020. In this discussion, which was carried out (virtually) earlier this week, Noel along with one of our Council.ie representatives spoke
Irish Water has completed the Cobh to Monkstown Estuary Crossing as part of the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project as it works, in partnership with Cork County Council, towards ending the decades-long practice of discharging raw sewage directly into Cork Lower Harbour. This landmark engineering feat involved two of the longest horizontal directional […]
Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company has recently published a report which provides five insights that companies can use to connect their brand, purpose, and relevance to the consumer. The following was sourced from their online platforms in early December: In early 2020, almost overnight, people were confronted with radical shifts to their day-to-day
A Q&A with Tommy Carr from PalletXpress In a discussion held on the 15/12/20, Tommy Carr along with one of our Council representatives discussed topics ranging from Freight Forwarding to the need for organisations to adapt constructive teamwork. Tommy Carr, as many of you might recall was a former intercounty Gaelic footballer for Dublin. He has also […]
University College Dublin (UCD) launched C-Space, the UCD Centre for Space Research, the first dedicated hub of excellence for interdisciplinary collaborative space-related research, innovation and education in Ireland. By building on nationally leading projects such as EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite, C-Space will be a key national resource for space expertise and
Cork City Council has saved just over €17,000 per annum by going paperless for meetings. At last night’s full council meeting it was revealed that since the introduction and implementation of Cork City Council’s electronic council documentation system, Cork City Council has made savings of approximately €1,500 per month, equating to just over €17,000 per […]
South Dublin County Council with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Fortum eNext create Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company South Dublin County Council (SDCC) has established Ireland’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit energy company, to provide low carbon heat to local community buildings. Trading as Heatworks, the company will
Drogheda Port Company has announced it is to develop a new deepwater port, to be located on the Meath coast north of Bremore Head, that will support Ireland’s Climate Action and EU Green Deal targets and act as a national logistics hub. The new port is set to be one of the largest national infrastructure projects […]
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today announced that patients who are prescribed medical cannabis products will no longer need to travel to the Netherlands to collect their medication. Prior to Covid-19 pandemic, patients or their family members travelled to the Netherlands to collect their medical cannabis prescriptions. Authorities in the Netherlands have
Award-winning Irish software company Pharmapod, has announced today that it is in the final stages of developing a cloud-based solution for the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine globally. This important work is supported by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), who will continue to collaborate as Pharmapod makes this solution available on an international
Dozens of Irish start-ups were named winners at this year’s National Startup Awards, with Manna taking the top prize. The winners of this year’s National Startup Awards were announced virtually this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The competition is open to Irish companies and organisations across all sectors that have been operational for up […]
‘Every donation matters, no matter how big or small’ A Dublin homeless charity has launched a food appeal for those in need in the run up to Christmas. Feed Our Homeless is appealing businesses and organisations to donate and bring some festive cheer to the vulnerable. Families, the homeless, and the elderly who are living […]
By John Lowe of Money Doctors We’re out of Level 5. We have been given precious time to shop before Christmas. Do you need a plan for shopping? Are you frustrated with your lack of organisation when it’s time to go to your supermarket or any shop? Want a template that covers all when it […]
‘You can’t turn back time’ This year has been a very challenging year in many ways for everyone; it has also been a year when too many people have lost their lives on our roads. Road users are being encouraged to watch an emotive video to gain an understanding of the challenges members of An […]
THE Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Michael Collins, has called for a cross-department taskforce to be put in place to realise the unprecedented opportunity for the Mid-West and Ireland as a whole from the floating offshore wind potential for the West Coast and Shannon Estuary. Welcoming a report published today by […]
In times of uncertainty, large-scale projects and investments are rarely a priority – and no one knows quite how long the uncertainty engendered by COVID-19 will last. As a result, many may see the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis as a roadblock for wider digital transformation initiatives in manufacturing. But this isn’t quite the case. […]
DC rapid charging units for EVs will be installed at 180 Eir phone boxes across the country to help drivers overcome so-called ‘range anxiety’. With hundreds of phone boxes lying largely idle across Ireland in 2020, electric vehicle (EV) charging network provider EasyGo has announced plans to convert many of them into new charging points. […]