Why has mankind been so interested in beekeeping over the centuries? You can bet that the first motivator was honey. After all, for many years and long before cane sugar, honey was the primary sweetener in use. It’s no wonder that honey remains the principal draw for many backyard beekeepers. But the sweet reward is by no […]
Image courtesy of @row4food via Flickr Intention to create ‘network that becomes a credible alternative for people’, says council South Dublin County Council has unveiled plans to become one of Ireland’s most cycle-friendly areas by laying out 263 km of bike track over the next eight years. At the core of the proposal is the […]
Above: Peter Mulrooney, CEO, Aran Biomedical, with Mark De Faoite, Director of Enterprise, Employment & Property, Údarás na Gaeltachta, announcing the creation of 150 new jobs in Galway, Ireland In response to growing business demand, Aran Biomedical Teoranta, a leading biomaterials contract manufacturer of proprietary medical devices, today announced the creation of
A new and exciting Tourism Programme is being launched this Spring by Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council to support local tourism and hospitality businesses to explore the potential of developing new collaborative products that will help with the recovery of the tourism industry in the region. 30 businesses from across […]
100 new jobs to be created by London-based consultancy firm The London-based consultancy firm Albany Beck is launching an EU Operations Centre in Dublin that will create 100 new jobs over the next three years. The new roles created will be in in the areas of Software Development, Software Engineering, Cloud-Services, Machine Learning/AI/Automation, Know Your […]
Construction Network Ireland expects the Irish construction industry to expand by 10.9% in real terms in 2021 – up from a decline of 12.7% in 2020. The industry’s output was affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown measures imposed to contain the virus’s spread. This has continued to weigh on construction progress and […]
Dublin City Council has announced that a grant agreement has now been signed with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (DTCAGSM) in relation to the Dalymount Park Redevelopment Project. The allocation of €918,750 from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) will part fund the design and planning elements of the […]
Fingal County Council has commenced the review of the current Fingal Development Plan and preparing the new Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 and is now looking for the public to take an active part in the process which will take two years to complete. Today marks the beginning of an eight-week public consultation on the Strategic […]
Tackling the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) industries has received international focus in recent years. In February 2021, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Chief, announced: “Advancing gender equality in science and technology is essential for building a better future.” In Ireland, this issue is proactively being addressed. With
Pictured above (L-R) Mark Cockerill, Vice President, ServiceNow, Taoiseach Michéal Martin and Martin Shanahan, CEO at IDA Ireland ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW), the leading digital workflow company that makes work, work better for people, today announced the expansion of its Dublin office where it will create at least 300 new jobs over the next three years as part […]
Applications for Phase 1 of the Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID (SBASC) are now open. The applications should be made to your Local Authority. The closing date for receipt of applications is 21 April 2021. SBASC gives grants to businesses who are not eligible for the Government’s COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Fáilte Ireland Business […]
Pictured above: Caroline Street Co. Cork. Image courtesy of @corkcitycouncil Cork City Council will begin works next week to facilitate the permanent pedestrianisation of 17 city centre streets. The streets were temporarily pedestrianised last summer as part of the “Reimagining Cork City” programme, in order to facilitate social distancing and outdoor dining.
Image: UCD Smurfit School students join Dr Rhona Mahony for the Impact Makers: UCD Smurfit MBA Speaker Series. Credit: Shane O’Neill for UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School The world, and particularly the world of business, is becoming increasingly globalised. Businesses now often have offices in several countries and their colleagues and
Second Statkraft energy storage project is now operational. Located in Tarbert in Kerry. Image courtesy of of Statkraft Via Twitter Europe’s leading producer of renewable energy and route-to-market services, Statkraft, has completed the construction of its second large-scale battery project in Ireland. The Kelwin-2 26MW battery project is located in Tarbert in Co Kerry.
Image courtesy of TCD Join the Trinity College Dublin E3 Postgraduate Virtual Information Event on the 9th of April 2021 at 12.30 GMT. Come along and find out why you should undertake a postgraduate master’s programme at the School of Computer Science & Statistics, School of Engineering, and the School of Natural Sciences. E3 stands […]
In this last week’s podcast we spoke to Theresa Lowry-Lehnen who is a graduate of Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH), The Open University, NUI Maynooth (NUIM), The University of Surrey, St. Mary’s Teacher Training University College London and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Theresa has published a number of books and medical
Pictured above: Michael Guerin. Image courtesy of smartdocklands.ie The head of Dublin’s Smart Docklands project discusses air-quality solutions and how technology is keeping Dublin’s river safe. What is Smart Docklands? Smart Docklands is Dublin’s Smart City Testbed. It was established in 2017 as a partnership between Dublin City Council and the CONNECT Research Centre at
Pictured above: The Garavogue River, Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland AT Management, a dynamic and fast-growing revenue generation business today announced plans to establish a Sales & Marketing Contact Centre in Sligo, creating 40 jobs this year. The private company which focuses on revenue generation as a service was established in Leicestershire in the UK in […]
The Tánaiste also invites views on putting Right to Request Remote Working into law From today, all employees officially have the Right to Disconnect from work and have a better work-life balance, after Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD brought in a new Code of Practice. The Tánaiste is today […]
Image courtesy of https://www.microbizmag.co.uk/ International law firm DAC Beachcroft is set to launch new ways of working for its UK and Ireland-based colleagues, following feedback from colleagues – gathered through surveys and crowdsourcing – and clients. This latest development also builds on the success of the firm’s previous agile working approach. The