Chambers Ireland, the voice of business throughout Ireland, has called on employers to support vaccinations, both of their staff and in the developing world. Speaking about vaccinations, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot, said, “yesterday’s increase in Covid positivity numbers, and the positivity rate is unwelcome but not unexpected. This will not be the
The Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English TD, has published the Information Handbook – Rights and Remedies available to Employees Facing a Collective Redundancy Situation. Publication of this information handbook fulfils one of the key commitments in the Plan of Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency, overseen by
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, announced Government approval for the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS). This scheme provides a range of supports to assist homes and businesses to develop renewable generation for self-consumption; the micro-generation enabling framework introduces payments to micro-generators for exported
Amgen announced an investment of $100 million for the construction of a new vial filing line with ‘state of the art’ technology and new site infrastructure at its manufacturing plant in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. This investment is one of Amgen’s largest construction projects outside North America and will lead to the creation of 150 construction jobs. The Dun Laoghaire
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, has announced that the Government will sell part of the State’s 71.12% directed shares in AIB Group Plc (the “Company”) over approximately the next six months through a pre-arranged trading plan that will be managed by Merrill Lynch International. BofA Securities was appointed to the role from the […]
IDA Ireland, the inward investment promotion and development agency of the Irish Government, reported a record breaking year for FDI employment with significantly higher levels of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021 compared with 2020 and strong gains recorded in both gross and net employment. Total employment in IDA client companies in Ireland now stands […]
Professional services company Accenture has teamed up with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to speed up the production of medical treatments. The aim of the partnership is to get life-saving medical treatments on the market faster. It is being funded by both Accenture and Enterprise Ireland. The project, dubbed the ‘Biotech […]
The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick Cllr Daniel Butler has welcomed the announcement that the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick had joined the top one per cent of business schools in the world. KBS has received accreditation by the prestigious EFMD Global quality system (EQUIS), which means the school […]
Intercom, a modern customer communications platform that helps companies build stronger customer relationships, announced plans to hire approximately 150 people in Ireland to bring local headcount to over 400 by the end of 2022. The company also has offices in San Francisco, London, Chicago and Sydney, and is hiring across all locations and departments at […]
BD, a leading global medical technology company, has announced plans to create more than 130 new jobs and invest €70million over five years in BD’s Research Centre Ireland R&D Centre of Excellence in Limerick. The investment will further position the facility as a hub for the development of smart, secure connected health and infection monitoring […]
Dublin City Council and DublinTown have joined forces releasing a video that calls on the public to support city centre businesses in the run up to Christmas. This is a vital time of year for city centre businesses. For some, the few short weeks of the Christmas season can mean up to one third of […]
Dublin-based IoT software company danalto has recently won a prestigious contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). This partnership is in line with Ireland’s National Space Strategy for Enterprise which aims to grow the number of “space active” companies in Ireland, which currently sits at 85. The contract won by danalto called for the demonstration […]
The Tánaiste, and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, have launched the government’s new website to help SMEs decarbonise and get started in taking climate action. climatetoolkit4business.gov.ie allows SMEs to input some simple information and get an estimate of
The Local Enterprise Offices’ ‘Look for Local’ campaign was launched by An Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar along with Damien English T.D. Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Robert Troy, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation and several client companies from across the country who will be
IDA Ireland has announced several significant milestones relating to the Advance Manufacturing Centre (AMC), a new world-class industry-led centre that will enable Irish based FDI and indigenous manufacturers accelerate the adoption of digital technologies into their factory floors and supply chains, allowing them to address real-world challenges and drive
100 new jobs have been created in BD Drogheda’s new production facilities with a €62 million investment in new equipment to expand its production of BD PosiFlush™ syringes at its Donore Road site. The new 52,000sq ft facility has started production and 50 of the 100 new jobs have been filled. The remaining career opportunities will […]
Fáilte Ireland has released details of its €50 million Tourism Business Continuity Programme for 2022 at a virtual event for industry attended by over 2,500 tourism and hospitality providers. The €50 million allocation was secured by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. in Budget 2022 and Fáilte Ireland is […]
Infosys BPM, the business process management arm of Infosys, has announced that it is expanding its presence in Ireland, creating 250 jobs locally with the development of a new delivery center in Waterford. Infosys BPM started its Ireland operations in Dublin in 2014, delivering exceptional service offerings across telecommunications, manufacturing, social media,
Ireland’s capital remains one of the leading European tech cities, just behind London and Paris. So it’s encouraging that the latest Financial Times’ Tech Cities of the Future rankings described Dublin as a “thriving hotspot for start-ups”, and Enterprise Ireland’s support structures for early-stage entrepreneurs play a huge part in the city scoring highly.
Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy, led a one-day trade visit to Liverpool. The visit, organised by Enterprise Ireland, will further strengthen Ireland’s relationship with the North West of England and in particular, Liverpool City Region which is home to the UK base of a growing number of Irish […]