Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy, has published the report on Ireland’s trade and investment performance for 2021, Delivering Value for Ireland: Trade and Investment Report 2021. Ireland’s record performance – €451 billion exports in 2021 – is set against the backdrop of ongoing trading challenges and geopolitical
Irish deep-tech company Impedans has raised €3.5m in funding for its sensor technology that is used in areas such as chip making. Impedans develops intelligent sensing platforms for radio-frequency (RF) and plasma process monitoring. Use cases of the technology include process development, tool design, process control, fault detection and classification, primarily in the
Applications for the €400 ‘Accommodation Recognition Payment’ can be made by households who are hosting people claiming Temporary Protection after fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. The payment will be paid on the second Tuesday of each month with the first payment being made on Tuesday 9th August, including any arrears that are due. The payment […]
Kaseya, the leading global provider of unified IT management and security software for managed service providers (MSPs) and mid-market enterprises (MMEs), have announced plans to establish a new Centre of Excellence in Dundalk, creating 250 jobs over the next three years. The project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. Tánaiste & Minister […]
The LGMA has partnered with the Willing Abled Mentoring (WAM) Graduate Programme to recruit people with disabilities across Ireland for a variety of roles within a number of participating local authorities. Roles are available in Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Kerry and Waterford in areas such as HR, Climate and Environment, Community and Sport, Communications and ICT.
Siemens Digital Industries Software will establish a software R&D group in Shannon, Co. Clare. The multimillion-euro investment will focus on High Performance Computing (HPC) in the Cloud for semiconductor design. The project, which is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland, is the first ‘Cloud EDA’ R&D group to be established by Siemens Digital
Cork’s most historic hotel, The Imperial, has achieved a significant sustainability accolade with Fifty Shades Greener, the leading environmental education provider in Ireland. The 206-year-old hotel, which is part of the Flynn Hotel Collection, has become the first and only hospitality venue in Cork to be awarded with a prestigious Gold Label. Cork’s Grand Dame, […]
Chambers Ireland has published the shortlist for the 2022 Sustainable Business Impact Awards. In total, 75 projects have been shortlisted across fourteen award categories. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on September 22nd. The Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards are sponsored by BAM Ireland and run-in association with the Department of
SAP celebrated the 25th year of its Ireland operation. To mark the occasion, Clas Neumann, Global Head of the SAP Labs Network joined Liam Ryan, Managing Director, SAP Ireland in welcoming Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton and IDA Ireland to its Galway office. A long-standing commitment to ongoing innovation has seen SAP Ireland transform from […]
Building on his work to date to make work pay and improve terms and conditions for workers, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, announced that all workers will have the right to paid sick leave, as the Sick Leave Bill 2022 completed its passage through both Houses of the Oireachtas. […]
70 guests attended the three-day Diana International Conference at DCU’s St Patrick’s conference, where they joined global research experts from 32 countries to discuss and share their research on women’s entrepreneurship and digital business. Diana Conference lead Maura McAdam, Professor of Management at Dublin City University’s Business School, said, “the aim of
Space tech developed by Irish based firms could have crucial role to play in solving real issues on our planet. Two Irish-based companies Curtiss-Wright and Realtime Technologies have copntributed critical technology to the new European Space Agency (ESA) rocket Vega-C which launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket on which the Irish companies
IDA Ireland, together with Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar attended the Medtronic 40-year celebration at the Parkmore facility in Galway where 200 Research & Development roles were announced. The 200 newly-announced jobs include significant growth in New Product Development and a new Global Laboratory Services team in Galway.
Diligent, the global leader in modern governance providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG, welcomed Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, to officially open its new European hub at Bonham Quay in Galway. Since announcing Galway as its European hub in November 2020, Diligent has hired 275 people […]
Over the past 30 years, Ireland has developed a significant asset management industry on the international stage with €6.6bn in total assets under management and over 8k Irish domiciled funds as of December 2021. In the KPMG Ireland report, they take stock of the industry, identify key emerging trends and outline what it means for […]
The Grassland farmer of the year competition for 2022 was officially launched in Johnstown Castle Estate by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD. This is the sixth year of the competition which recognises farmers who are achieving high levels of grass utilisation in a sustainable manner. The Grassland Farmer of the […]
Diageo announced plans to invest €200 million in Ireland’s first purpose-built carbon neutral brewery on a greenfield site in Littleconnell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The new facility will brew lagers and ales including Rockshore, Harp, Hop House 13, Smithwick’s, Kilkenny and Carlsberg. When fully operational with a capacity of 2 million hectolitres, it will be the […]
Enterprise Ireland, the state agency responsible for helping Irish companies to grow and expand in international markets, saw exports by companies it supports increase by 12% to a record €27.29 billion last year. This is the highest ever level of growth for Enterprise Ireland-backed companies in export value, and strong increases were experienced across almost […]
Yapstone, the global payments processor, celebrates ten years in Ireland this month. Established in San Francisco, the Drogheda offices serve as Yapstone’s international HQ and is home to a range of departments that support their global customer base, from engineering and marketing to customer operations and product development. With the support from the team in […]
The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, welcomed the publication of the report of the Future of Media Commission and announced a major government initiative to support Ireland’s media sector. The Future of Media Commission, established by Government in September 2020, was