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Housing News

Launch of Clúid Housing’s Annual Report 2020

By Ryan Harmon
Clúid Housing have launched their Annual Report 2020. In what was a unique year for staff and residents, Clúid provided 675 high quality, affordable homes and supported over 2,800 people in housing need. Clúid aims to achieve its vision by providing quality housing and services to enable people to create homes and thriving communities, and […]
Business News Technology

Fiserv Continues to Invest in Digital Payments and Financial Services with Nenagh Expansion

By Ryan Harmon
Fiserv Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has announced that it will continue its expansion in its research and development operations in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. This will add 200 jobs over the next three years as the company responds to growing demand for digital solutions among its clients […]
Education News

Record Number of Erasmus+ Applications

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science, Simon Harris has welcomed news that a record number of applications have been made to take part in the Erasmus+ programme over the next two years. Up to 7,000 people have applied for Erasmus+, compared to 5,100 who applied in February 2020. Léargas and the […]
Business Environment Health News

Government to Research the Potential and Impacts of Four Day Working Week

By Ryan Harmon
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment intend to seek proposals from the research community on the social, economic and environmental implications of reduced working time to a four day working week. Similar research has been carried out in other jurisdictions to give consideration to how, […]
Business Health News Technology

Biotech Company Horizon Announce Investment in Waterford Creating 90 jobs

By Ryan Harmon
IDA Ireland welcomes the announcement by biotech company Horizon Therapeutics plc that it is to establish a manufacturing facility in Waterford which will employ 90 people. The new global biotech manufacturing operation will produce drug product for Horizon’s rare, autoimmune and severe inflammatory disease portfolio. The project is supported by the Irish Government
Business Environment News

State Project To Make 5,000 Dairy Farms Climate Neutral Awarded €2 Million By Minister Harris

By Jack Mullen
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris today (Monday, 21 June 2021) awarded the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize to a project that will help a dairy farm achieve net-zero emissions by 2027. The prize also awards €2 million to the winner, Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C […]
Culture News

€1.4 Million to Youth Services to Assist with Reopening

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced that €1.4 million is to be provided to front-line youth services and clubs nationally to support their reopening as COVID-19 restrictions are being eased. The re-engagement and support of volunteers who are the backbone of youth services nationally is a key focus […]
Education News

Trinity Launches Ireland’s First Triple-Accredited Distance Learning Flexible Executive MBA

By Ryan Harmon
As demand for remote work and study sets in for the long-run, Trinity Business School launches ‘four years in the making’ Flexible Executive MBA, only weeks after unveiling new state-of-the-art ‘Matrix Room.’ With 80% online delivery, and 20% on-campus learning, the new Flexible Executive MBA will complement the existing Full-Time and Executive MBA programmes already
Environment News Tourism

Meenamulligan Bridge Opening

By Jack Mullen
On Wednesday 9th June 2021, the Meenamulligan Bridge was officially opened by Charlie McConalogue TD, Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Cllr Rena Donaghey, Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council with Cllr Albert Doherty, Cathaoirleach of Inishowen Municipal District in attendance. During the torrential flooding in Inishowen in August 2017, the