Donegal County Council is pleased to announce the launch of Letterkenny 2040 – a process to develop a regeneration strategy for Letterkenny town centre. This exciting project is funded by the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), a flagship initiative of Project Ireland 2040 and led by Donegal County Council’s Regeneration and Development Team. The
Image courtesy of @Fingal County Council. Fingal County Council has launched our very own podcast channel titled, Inside Fingal. A podcast is an audio programme, just like Talk Radio, but you subscribe to it on your smartphone and listen to it whenever you like, in the car, out walking or cutting the grass, you choose. […]
Image courtesy of @Julia Teichmann/Pixabay GW Pharmaceuticals is the maker of the first drug derived from the cannabis plant to win approval in the US North American firm Jazz Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire cannabis-based medicinal drug company GW Pharmaceuticals for $7.2bn (€6bn) in a cash and share deal. The company has a manufacturing plant […]
Pictured Above: Matt Graves, Director at Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation Company Matt Graves, Director at Kalypso, a Rockwell Automation Company simplifies this topic for us. Rockwell Automation, is an American provider of industrial automation and information technology. Brands include Allen-Bradley and FactoryTalk software. In this discussion, Matt, along with one of our
Image courtesy of @wikicommons Fáilte Ireland announces details of new €55million business continuity scheme for the tourism sector and priorities for 2021 at industry event ‘Survive to Thrive’. On the 1st February, Fáilte Ireland announced the details of its new €55million Tourism Business Continuity Scheme. The announcement was made at a special virtual industry event
Image Courtesy of @Wayfinders.ie “The ongoing health emergency has led to new ways of working for organisations all over the world,” says Frank O’Donnell, Public Sector Lead at Microsoft Ireland. In responding to COVID-19, workers across all industries have been forced to adapt their daily routines. But when the services your organisation offers are vital […]
Huawei today announced it would create a further 110 new jobs in Ireland by the end of 2022, bringing to at least 310 the total of new jobs it will have added over a three year period from 2019 to 2022 – more than doubling its workforce in that time. Huawei will invest €80 million in […]
European Destination of Excellence 2015 – Tourism and Local Gastronomy The Burren Food Trail features a wide variety of different food providers, producers, visitor attractions and outdoor activities. Those behind the trail are passionate about food, growing and producing it locally for you to enjoy. The popular food trail is more than a listing of […]
In an exclusive podcast, Council Journal editor Jack Mullen is joined by former England and current Leinster senior coach, Stuart Lancaster to talk about the concept of leadership. Moreover, Stuart speaks about the role that teaching and mentoring has had on his life so far. In addition, Stuart spoke candidly about what he believes makes […]
Image courtesy of @FinancialNews New Irish funds legislation has been hailed as “game-changing” in its scope to accelerate industry growth and potentially create thousands of jobs by 2025. The financial services bill – which has been in the works for over five years – is intended to facilitate the ‘green recovery’, as well as open […]
Image courtesy of @danielschaeferphoto.com HR software company Personio is set to expand its new international business and software engineering hub in Dublin with the creation of 140 new jobs. The HR tech company, which ‘digitises people processes to unlock the productive potential of European SMEs’, has grown its Dublin presence from the ground up, building
Image courtesy of @Saurabh Kumar (www.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-kumar) HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland has announced that despite the pandemic-induced restrictions over the course of 2020,
More than three-quarters (76%) of Irish businesses have experienced growing uncertainty across the data protection spectrum over the last 12 months with no signs of this abating according to a new survey from the Association of Compliance Officers Ireland (ACOI). Released ahead of World Data Protection Day (28 January) The survey of more than 250 […]
Irish car sharing company YUKÕ, in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, has launched its’ car club operation in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. All the cars supplied on the YUKÕ fleet are self-charging hybrid automatic vehicles. As part of the initial 4-month agreement, cars will be available on the following streets:Crofton Road x 2, Carmanhall Road, Heather
Image courtesy of @wearebwi.com Alter Domus (“Alter Domus” or the “Company”), a leading provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has announced the creation of 100 new jobs, substantially increasing headcount at its European Centre of Excellence in Cork. From Cork, Alter Domus operates a European hub for global private debt, private
€121 million in Government funding was invested in Ireland’s sustainable energy transition last year according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) annual achievements statement published today. This investment included €90 million into building energy retrofits which underpinned €185 million in this rapidly growing sector that will be vital to achieving
Image courtesy of the @Wild Atlantic Way Donegal County Council’s Regeneration & Development Team in conjunction with GM Design Associates is pleased to announce the launch of ‘FUTURE Ballyshannon’, a visioning project which will deliver a Regeneration Strategy and Action Plan for Ballyshannon Town Centre. The project will commence with a period of Public Consultation
The headwinds of COVID-19 have altered nearly all aspects of people’s future across the globe, and have plunged the world’s financial markets into a fast-moving state of disruption and uncertainty. For the financial services industry, the consequences of the pandemic have compressed a decade’s worth of change into less than a year, proving itself the […]
New research from Trinity Business School in Dublin, Ireland highlights the need for employers to be mindful of the financial wellbeing of freelancers and contractors. This is particularly relevant given that some suggest 75% of staff could be gig workers in 5 years. According to the research, authored by Dr Martha O’Hagan-Luff, Assistant Professor in Finance […]
Image courtesy of IDA Ireland OECD REPORT ON FDI HIGHLIGHTS: IMPORTANCE OF FDI SECTOR IN IRELAND FDI’s ROLE IN RECOVERING FROM THE 2008/09 FINANCIAL CRISIS FDI’s CONCENTRATION IN SECTORS WITH HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY, R&D EXPENDITURE AND BETTER EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES NEED FOR CONTINUED ACTION ON DIVERSIFICATION, PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASING SPILLOVER EFFECTS