The EU was called upon last week to abolish daylight savings time in a parliamentary committee. The Finnish parliamentary transport and communications committee gave its recommendation after more than 70,000 Finns signed a petition for citizens asking their government to cease this seasonal procedure. Their argument, that daylight savings time has an adverse effect on […]
About 22,000 secondary school students from across Ireland are planning to set up their own businesses through the Student Enterprise Programme. This is the largest ever enterprise education initiative to take place in Ireland with a total of 620 secondary schools taking part. 750 students from 16 schools in South Dublin are among the participants. […]
Donegal based Algaran Teoranta, a manufacturer of edible seaweed, hope to develop “strong partnerships” in the US. Algaran Teoranta is one of 15 companies to showcase the North West’s ‘entrepreneurship and innovation’ when they travel to Boston Massachusetts next month as part of a joint collaboration between Councils in Donegal and Derry/Strabane. The trip is
Coolmine Recycling Centre in Coolmine Industrial Estate and Estuary Recycling Centre in Swords are now collecting beds, sofas and doors free of charge from its residents. Various combustible materials will be accepted until Tuesday, October 31st. The announcement comes from Fingal County Council. A spokesperson from the council said: “This concession is being
The announcement of additional capital funding of over €1 million to cultural bodies came from Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys today. The additional funds will help to preserve and safeguard the collections held by the recipients, and assist in the further improvement of the services offered to visitors. Funded projects include the […]
Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has today announced plans to create more than 30 new jobs to facilitate its expansion in Ireland. The company, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, plans to expand its Dublin-centred leisure and corporate travel footprint over the next five years as part of a dedicated growth strategy in […]
A deepening depression known as Storm Brian will cause heavy winds across southern and western coastal counties in Ireland tonight. Orange level wind warnings for coasts of Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Wexford is valid from tonight (Friday) at 22:00 until tomorrow (Saturday) at 22:00 with gusts of up to 130km/h. Yellow wind […]
Fragomen, the global immigration services provider, has today announced the opening of an office in Dublin’s city centre. The firm invested significant resources into the new Dublin office to accommodate its portfolio of multinational clients. Fragomen aim to create 20 new jobs for specialists in the next six months. At present, the company has more […]
Ireland is a high cost location for small firms according to Assistant Director of the Small Firms Association (SFA), Linda Barry. Ms Barry stated that labour costs, insurance and Local Authority rates are at the focal point of the problem and the Government must be obsessive about cost competitiveness in context of Brexit. Addressing the Joint […]
The Council have said all National roads are now cleared across Cork as recovery works continue in the aftermath of Storm Ophelia. As of yesterday, the Council has received over 400 incident calls and are currently working to clear secondary & local roads. The Chief Executive, Mr Tim Lucey said: “Many roads are still blocked […]
Dublin Bus services will cease its services from 10am until 7pm today due to the devastation expected from Hurricane Ophelia. A spokesperson for Dublin Bus said: “Morning peak services are operating as normal. There will be significant disruption to services from 10.00 to 19.00. “Services will be withdrawn at 10.00. We hope to return services […]
Esri Ireland have announced that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is launching a new open data web service on its digital mapping platform. The National Planning Application Database provides information on almost 300,000 planning applications across the country. It is accessible to any member of the public. Eamonn Doyle, CTO of Esri Ireland said:
Tourism Ireland has created a new online film to highlight some of the many wonderful and unique locations international visitors can enjoy right around the island of Ireland. Titled “Getting to know the island of Ireland”, the video was created to give potential visitors a taste of Ireland and a glimpse into the wonderful and unique […]
Cork County Council has invested €9 million in investment’s toward improving its fleet services over the past 5 years. An extensive van replacement programme with over 80 purchased, costing over €900,000, includes dedicated emergency call-out vans. €2.8 million in 50 trucks, of various sizes, upgrades the heavy goods vehicles county wide. Chief Executive Tim Lucey
The Green Party has today accused the Government of “misleading the public” over the levels of funding allocated for mental health services in Budget 2018. According to the Mental Health Reform charity, Minister Jim Daly has confirmed that the €35m ‘additional’ spending for 2018 includes €20m carried over from the 2017 budget. This means there will only […]