Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has confirmed Skillnet Ireland will have a leadership role working in partnership with small and medium businesses to meet their talent, skills and workforce development needs. Ireland’s international reputation and profile as an innovative, agile and high-performing economy is
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced that another three innovative projects have been approved funding of up to €13.3 million in the second tranche of awards under the fourth round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation
The Local Enterprise Office Waterford (LEO) held a networking event for its clients recently at Mount Congreve Garden on Thursday December 15th. The purpose of the event was to celebrate grant recipients in 2022. One of the many business services the Local Enterprise Office makes available is the allocation of Priming Grants, a business start-up […]
Interpath Advisory, a financial advisory business, has appointed a trio of Managing Directors to its business across the island of Ireland. Ken Fennell and Mark Degnan arrive in the firm’s Irish wing, while Stuart Irwin joins in Northern Ireland. Since its launch following the sale of KPMG’s UK Restructuring business in May 2021, Interpath has opened 13 offices across the
Digital Business Ireland, the country’s leading representative body for the digital commerce sector, has published a list of the best 20 Irish websites to shop with this Christmas, following the announcement of this year’s finalists in the annual National Digital Awards, sponsored by Permanent tsb. The list coincides with the organisation’s ‘Click Green, Buy
The Shannon Estuary Region has the potential to be the premier location in Ireland for offshore renewable energy as well as a transport hub for Ireland, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said as he published the Interim Report of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce. The Taskforce’s Interim Report sets out how the Region can play a leading […]
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and Ministers of State Dara Calleary and Damien English have launched the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030 for a green and digital economy, which was approved by Government. Following a review of enterprise policy launched earlier this year, which involved public consultation and engagement of
IDA Ireland, the inward investment promotion and development agency of the Irish Government, reported strong annual results for 2022 with a substantial increase in growth in FDI employment on 2021. Total employment in IDA client companies in Ireland now stands at 301,475, a 9% increase on 2021. 103 of the 242 investments won in 2022 […]
A new healthcare innovation cluster has opened at the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) in Dublin to foster collaboration between start-ups, medical practitioners and patients. The GEC has partnered with St James’s Hospital to create the cluster, which has already attracted 20 healthcare companies ranging from early-stage start-ups to established international
The Irish business of jeweller and luxury good retailer, Tiffany, made a return to form last year as pre-tax profits increased more than three-fold to €178,000. New accounts for Tiffany & Co (Jewellers) Ltd show that the business increased its profits after revenues rose by 55 per cent from €2.55 million to €3.95 million. The […]
Construction has begun on a new €4.8m Agtech Innovation Centre and Dairy Herd Health Education and Research Hub at UCD Lyons Farm. The new new state-of-the-art facility incorporates the AgTechUCD Innovation Centre (ca. 890 sq.m.) and the UCD Bimeda Herd Health Hub (ca. 120 sq.m.) at UCD Lyons Farm. Funding for the facility is being […]
An Irish-led international research project has been awarded nearly €3.8m in EU funding for its work to develop a novel way to treat diabetes. The Buccal-Pep project is developing a multifunctional biomaterial patch that allows for the delivery of peptide therapies through the cheek to treat type 2 diabetes. Patches have already been designed for […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined Michael Stone, Chairman of the North East Inner City Programme Implementation Board, to launch the North East Inner City Initiative’s 2022 Progress Report. The North East Inner City (NEIC) Initiative commenced in July 2016, when Government launched a major initiative for Dublin’s North East Inner City to oversee the long-term social
German energy company RWE has acquired Irish firm Western Power Offshore Developments for an undisclosed sum. Western Power Offshore Developments is in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind Farm project, which is 10km offshore from Wexford and Waterford in Ireland. The East Celtic project will ‘significantly’ expand RWE’s offshore wind portfolio in the
HR is in a state of flux. Global volatility and uncertainty has driven a focus on how to steer through the next few years but increase the business value from HR. It is a journey from flux to flow. The labour market is experiencing acute shortages of key skills, as employees go through the ‘Great […]
Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), the Irish body that helps connect businesses of all sizes to publicly funded research opportunities, has announced the winners of their 9th annual Impact Awards. The KTI Impact Awards celebrate the work of the Higher Education Innovation Offices around the country, and their role in helping transform academic research into commercial […]
Technimark, a global manufacturing leader for the medical market, announced that it will create 80 new highly skilled roles over the next two years as it expands its facility in Longford, with a 50,000-square-foot addition, doubling the size of its existing plant. Technimark will be investing €26 million to expand the facility’s capacity in medical manufacturing,
Kildare County Council’s Economic & Enterprise Office have launched a shop local marketing campaign designed to create greater public awareness of the importance of shopping with local businesses over the Christmas period. The ‘Shop Local, Support Local’ campaign will include radio and newspaper advertising and active social media promotion of local businesses around
The Department of Transport and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have announced the launch of a Commercial Fleet Trial. Businesses will be trialling a fully electric vehicle to see how they can work for their business to save money and emissions. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, said, “two hundred businesses nationwide will have […]
IDA Ireland, together with An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar welcomed Pfizer’s announcement of its €1.2 billion expansion at its Grange Castle facility. This investment will see a new facility built on the site premises and will double the capacity for biological drug substance manufacturing at the facility and create hundreds of new jobs at the facility. Pfizer […]