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Sterling Engineering Announce 50 New Jobs for Galway

By Ryan Harmon
Sterling Engineering, a provider of outsourced engineering services for manufacturing companies across medical technologies, life science, automotive, food and beverage industries has announced that it plans to create 50 jobs in Galway with the establishment of its EMEA HQ in Galway City. Founded in Chicago in 1969, Sterling is a $56m award winning company that […]
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All in a Day’s Work Campaign Launched to Assist Small Businesses in Cork County

By Ryan Harmon
Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices have announced the ‘All in a Day’s Work’ campaign aimed at helping small businesses to save, time, money and energy. The campaign was formally launched by Neale Richmond TD, Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail and combines three business support programmes, including Lean for Business, Green for […]
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New €24m Fund To Further Support the Just Transition In the Midlands Region

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has announced a further €24 million for the Midlands region under Ireland’s EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) programme, to provide targeted funding to projects that invest in the development of local communities, create employment and help diversify the local economy. The new funding, provided under a new
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Your Guide to Budget 2024

By Ryan Harmon
This guide provides a high-level overview of Budget 2024. It aims to explain how money will be raised and spent in 2024. One-Off Cost of Living Supports Measure Date €450 electricity credits (3 x 150) 2023/24 €300 Fuel Allowance lump sum Winter 2023 €200 Living Alone Allowance lump sum Winter 2023 Double month Child Benefit Winter 2023
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Going for Growth Programme Now Accepting New Applicants

By Ryan Harmon
Going for Growth, the award-winning business development scheme for female entrepreneurs determined to grow their businesses, is now accepting applications for the 16th year of the programme. The six-month programme, which Enterprise Ireland and KPMG support, helps ambitious female entrepreneurs achieve their growth ambitions – helping to build stronger companies, create
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Inishowen Innovation Hub Opened to Usher in New Era of Disruptive Technological Innovation

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland, Charlie McConalogue TD, officially opened the Inishowen Innovation hub, in Buncrana. Inishowen Innovation represents a significant milestone towards fostering disruptive technological advancement, entrepreneurship and economic development in the Inishowen Peninsula, and wider North-West Ireland City Region. The
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Local Enterprise Office Waterford to Celebrate National Women’s Enterprise Day

By Ryan Harmon
With the National Women’s Enterprise Day planned for October 19th, Local Enterprise Office Waterford, in collaboration with Network Ireland, Dungarvan West Waterford Chamber and Waterford Chamber will host a networking event at the Mount Congreve House, that promises to inspire and educate the next generation of female entrepreneurs. This year’s “Empowering Business
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Sun Life Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Waterford Office

By Ryan Harmon
Sun Life is celebrating its 25th anniversary since opening its office in Waterford. The company held various celebrations, and welcomed Michael McGrath, Minister for Finance, and Nancy Smyth, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland to the office for an all-employee Town Hall meeting. The celebratory events concluded an active summer of employee fundraising for local charities and
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IDA Ireland Welcomes Intel’s Fab 34

By Ryan Harmon
IDA Ireland and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, welcomed the official opening of Intel’s Fab 34 at their Leixlip campus as they begin deploying the first at-scale production using Intel 4 technology, and Intel’s first use of extreme ultraviolet technology in Europe. This Leixlip facility will lead to a doubling of Intel’s manufacturing […]
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High-End Geospatial Tech Company Spins Out of Trinity College Dublin

By Ryan Harmon
A geospatial tech spinout company from the ADAPT SFI Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), ai mapit, has launched into the global geographic information systems (GIS) market with its revolutionary geotagging solution. Based on groundbreaking research in deep learning and computer vision, ai mapit technology uses novel statistical and image processing techniques
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Package to Provide Support Worth €9.53m to Tillage and Horticulture Sectors

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity with special responsibility for Horticulture, Pippa Hackett, announced the distribution of the funds allocated under the EU Agricultural Reserve to support the tillage and horticulture sectors. The Minister outlined, “I specifically requested support from