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Calls for EU-led safe travel initiatives and continued support for tourism industry

By Jack Mullen
Picture above: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD. Image courtesy of Twitter. Ireland’s Minister for Tourism, Catherine Martin TD, urges closer cooperation on recovery at EU Ministers high-level meeting The EU has been urged to consider ways to enable the recommencement of safe travel, as vaccine programmes proceed, so
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Call on businesses impacted by Covid to check eligibility for business & income support schemes

By Jack Mullen
Pictured above: Paschal Donohoe TD Via Twitter The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, TD, has today (Thursday) confirmed that two important business supports, namely the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and Covid Restriction Support Scheme (CRSS), will remain in place until 30 June 2021. Minister Donohoe has today (Thursday) called on all businesses who are […]
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Tánaiste announces €48 million invested in start-ups by Enterprise Ireland in 2020

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of Enterprise Ireland Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD has announced that Enterprise Ireland, the government agency responsible for the development and growth of Irish companies in global markets, invested more than €48 million in Irish start-ups in 2020 and supported a total of 125 new start-up companies. […]
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Minister Humphreys announces new €800,000 Regeneration Programme for Social Enterprises

By Jack Mullen
Above: Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD. Image courtesy of Twitter Social Enterprises are businesses whose core objective is to achieve a social, societal, or environmental impact rather than maximising profit for the business owners or shareholders. Like other businesses, Social Enterprises pursue their objectives by trading in goods and
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10 promising Irish-based startups to watch in 2021

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of Unsplash Thanks to support from the Irish Government’s initiative ‘Enterprise Ireland’, a steadily growing venture capital firm and angel investor community, and a high ranking on the European Digital City Index, Ireland is currently a base for 80% of the world’s global tech companies such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, AirBnb, Eventbrite, Twitter […]
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Taoiseach meets North West Strategic Growth Partnership and North West Regional Development Group

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of Micheál Martin Via Twitter Taoiseach Micheál Martin met members of the North West Strategic Growth Partnership and North West Regional Development Group by video call today to discuss regional growth priorities for the North West City Region. The Taoiseach also updated the Group on the Government’s Shared Island initiative including the commitment […]
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BT’s new procurement company, BT Sourced, kicks off Dublin operations with recruitment drive

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of www.fitzroviait.com Hiring more than 70 Republic of Ireland-based roles. BT Sourced, the innovative new procurement arm of global communications provider BT, is kicking off a recruitment drive for more than 70 roles, based in central Dublin, as it gets ready to open for business in April.BT Sourced is a new, standalone procurement […]
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Fidelity Investments announces 90 new tech jobs in Dublin and Galway

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of Glassdoor.ie The US-headquartered financial services company is once again growing its technology team in Ireland. Global financial services company Fidelity Investments has announced 90 new tech jobs in Ireland. Recruitment is underway with all positions due to be filled within the first half of the year. These new full-time positions are all
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AIB pledges €1.25m to fund First Chair of Sustainable Business in Ireland at University College Cork

By Jack Mullen
Interim President Professor John O’Halloran with AIB CEO and alumnus Dr Colin Hunt announcing the AIB Chair in Sustainable Business. Image courtesy of UCC AIB has announced a partnership with UCC which will see the bank fund The AIB Chair of Sustainable Business, the first of its kind in Ireland. AIB has pledged €1.25 million […]
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Top B2B Fintechs to watch in 2021

By Jack Mullen
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 […]
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New Report Suggests Financial Distress More Damaging to the Wellbeing of the Self-employed

By Jack Mullen
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 […]