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Minister announces 2021 LGBTI+ Community Services Fund

By Jack Mullen 23 June 2021

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth Roderic O’Gorman T.D., today announced that the application process for funding under the LGBTI+ Community Services fund will open shortly. €700,000 is to be made available to applicant groups, operating at national, regional and local level, to support community services and promote visibility and

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Accenture in Ireland Announces 500 New Jobs Over Next Three Years

By Jack Mullen 23 June 2021

Pictured at the Crawford Gallery, Cork were Martin Shanahan, IDA CEO; Alastair Blair, Country Managing Director of Accenture in Ireland; An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and Medb Corcoran, Managing Director at Accenture Labs . Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision Accenture in Ireland today announced plans to grow and deepen its presence with the creation of 500 new […]

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State Project To Make 5,000 Dairy Farms Climate Neutral Awarded €2 Million By Minister Harris

By Jack Mullen 21 June 2021

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris today (Monday, 21 June 2021) awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize to a project that will help a dairy farm achieve net-zero emissions by 2027. The prize also awards €2 million to the winner, Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C […]

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Dublin based International law firm introduces innovative new ways of working for colleagues across the UK & Ireland

By Jack Mullen 21 June 2021

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.

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Safe Routes to School Projects to progress in 170 schools across the country

By Jack Mullen 21 June 2021

170 schools have today been notified that they have been selected for inclusion in the first round of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme to support walking and cycling infrastructure for primary and post-primary schools. The scheme was announced in March of this year, with 932 schools (representing almost one in four schools in […]

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Cork City Council elects Ballincollig-based Cllr. Colm Kelleher as new Lord Mayor of Cork

By Jack Mullen 21 June 2021

Picture above: Cork City Council, Lord Mayor, Cllr Colm Kelleher. Image courtesy of Cork City Council via Twitter. The new Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher was elected on Friday last week at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cork City Council. The Ballincollig-based Fianna Fáil councillor was elected 21 votes to 7 Due […]

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Meenamulligan Bridge Opening

By Jack Mullen 18 June 2021

On Wednesday 9th June 2021, the Meenamulligan Bridge was officially opened by Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Cllr Rena Donaghey, Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council with Cllr Albert Doherty, Cathaoirleach of Inishowen Municipal District in attendance. During the torrential flooding in Inishowen in August 2017, the

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Moonshot to establish Software Development Centre in Dublin

By Jack Mullen 18 June 2021

Pioneering data analytics firm to invest in technology development and expand into new markets. Moonshot, the Irish co-founded data analytics company which designs new technology and methodologies to identify and mitigate online harms such as terrorism and organised crime, today announced that it is establishing a Software Development Centre in Dublin creating 37 new

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Government extends funding to protect vital marine ecosystem

By Jack Mullen 18 June 2021

Pictured above: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD. Image courtesy of @Dept_ECC An Irish-led international consortium will this month begin extensive aerial surveys of almost 500,000km2 of Ireland’s maritime area. The ObSERVE 2 Aerial survey will help build a […]

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Inclusive Cycling for All in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

By Jack Mullen 17 June 2021

Pictured at the official launch of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Bike Hub which will be used to store and loan out the fleet of DLR bicycles, trishaws and tandems were Photo by Peter Cavanagh Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are working with local partners to enable older adults and people with a physical disability to cycle in […]

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Scurri’s new €9m investment round to deliver 100 jobs

By Jack Mullen 17 June 2021

Pictured above: Rory O’Connor, the founder and CEO of Scurri Online logistics company Scurri is to create 100 new jobs after raising €9 million from backers. The investment, led by Gresham House Ventures, is part of a €9m fundraising round that will support the creation of jobs, grow Scurri’s operations in the UK, and allow them to […]

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Ireland: the European fintech hub

By Jack Mullen 17 June 2021

By Ian O’Hora, Head of Europe at IDA Despite the challenges that Brexit and COVID-19 have presented, Ireland’s economy has remained strong, outperforming almost all other advanced economies. Indeed, more than 320 international firms opened or expanded operations in Ireland over the last 18 months, including many fintech enterprises such as R3, Revolut and Stripe. This

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Cork City Council Lord Mayor to plant 120 oak trees in an effort to foster biodiversity in the city

By Jack Mullen 17 June 2021

Up to 120 oak saplings were planted at four city parks by the Lord Mayor of Cork as part of Cork City Council’s Decade of Centenaries Programme 2021 and its continuing commitment to biodiversity. Proudly sponsored by Coillte, the saplings were planted at Glen River Park, Bridevalley Park, the Blackrock Castle Walkway and the Curraheen […]

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234 projects to receive funding under ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’

By Jack Mullen 15 June 2021

Image courtesy of @Feljin_J via Twitter Allocations for the new ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’ have been announced by Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. The fund, which will help ensure a Safe Outdoor Summer, will support 234 projects across 30 local authorities to the tune of over €13 million. Local authorities were invited to apply […]

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New Cathaoirleach for dlr elected

By Jack Mullen 15 June 2021

Cllr Lettie McCarthy elected to office by Councillors at dlr County Council AGM Councillor Lettie McCarthy has been elected Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council at the Council’s Annual General Meeting on 14 June. Councillor McCarthy, a representative of the Labour Party, was first elected to the County Council in 2004 as a Councillor for […]

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Our Love Affair With Single Use Plastics (And Why It Has To End)

By Jack Mullen 14 June 2021

Image courtesy of Flickr One of the most iconic and distressing TV images of recent years came into our living rooms when David Attenborough in his Blue Planet series showed us the destruction being caused by the amount of plastic waste which had found its way to the oceans. This image, in many ways, provided […]

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UCC and Sport Ireland launch worldwide search for ideas to get people active

By Jack Mullen 11 June 2021

Image courtesy of UCC via Instagram A worldwide search for ambitious, innovative ideas to get people physically active is to be launched by University College Cork, in association with Sport Ireland and with UNESCO patronage – with up to €10,000 going to the best concepts. The Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity is […]

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Thermo King announces development of a Bachelor of Engineering Degree and a Robotics Automation Training Centre

By Jack Mullen 11 June 2021

June 11, 2021 – Thermo King, a brand of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT) has today announced its collaboration with Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), the development of a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Automation and Robotics, building STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills in the local community. The initiative

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Manufacturing facility APC to create 120 jobs to support growth

By Jack Mullen 10 June 2021

Feature image courtesy of approcess.com APC, an Irish pharmaceutical R&D company, unveils €25m investment and 120 jobs to accelerate development and manufacture of Covid Vaccines and Advanced Therapeutics Manufacturing facility will have annual full-scale capacity for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses and other therapeutic doses Enterprise Ireland supports APC’s

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Oak Hall Consulting Q&A Featuring Jessica Gregory

By Jack Mullen 3 June 2021

In this weeks podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to the CEO of Oak Hall Consulting, Jessica Gregory. As mentioned, Jessica is the founder and CEO of Oak Hall Consulting (OHC), an organisation providing Irish Energy Market expertise to new electricity and gas market entrants, existing Energy Suppliers and other Energy Industry participants and […]