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Expleo Survey Reveals One Third of Businesses in Ireland Won’t Exist by 2025 Without Digital Transformation

By Jack Mullen
Expleo, the technology partner for innovative companies, today announces the results of a new survey which reveals that one-third of business leaders in Ireland expect their business to fail by 2025 if they don’t take steps to digitally transform. This increases to half of all businesses by 2030. As Ireland continues to be impacted by […]
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Laois chosen for Ireland’s first plastic to plastic bottle recycling plant

By Jack Mullen
Laois has been chosen as the county to have Ireland’s first dedicated plastic bottle recycling factory. Waste management company Panda have signed an agreement to construct Ireland’s first dedicated bottle to bottle plastic recycling facility in Portlaoise. The €20 million investment is said to create up to 100 new jobs. It’s exact location is not […]
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Whats its all About? Jack O’Connor, Country Manager of Movember Ireland Talks to us About The Charity

By Jack Mullen
Movember is the only global charity focused solely on men’s health. The Foundation raises funds to deliver innovative, breakthrough research and support programs that enable men to live happier, healthier, and longer lives. Awareness and fundraising activities are run year-round by the Foundation, with the annual Movember campaign being globally recognised for its fun,
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Trinity College Dublin launches plan for Innovation Hub, “a location for Irish start-up companies with global ambition”

By Jack Mullen
Trinity College Dublin has recently announced the first phase of the planned Grand Canal Innovation District (GCID) – its proposed Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub will “provide space for entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovation teams from large corporates,” according to a press release. It will be the venue for organised regular events to bring together academics, […]
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Microsoft to develop new 27 Million euro engineering hub in Irish capital

By Jack Mullen
Microsoft Ireland is to create 200 engineering roles to strengthen its existing Dublin-based team of over 600 engineers. The company has also unveiled details of its new €27 million Engineering Hub at its growing campus in Leopardstown, Dublin. Monday’s announcement represents a further significant investment by the company in Ireland. Upon conclusion of the current
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Minister McEntee launches strategy to help reduce recidivism by supporting employment options for people with past convictions

By Jack Mullen
Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, on the 20.11.20 launched the Department of Justice ‘Working to Change – social enterprise and employment strategy 2021- 2023’. The strategy sets out the department’s direction for supporting employment options for people with convictions by simultaneously working to remove the systemic barriers so that people can make sustainable
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Enterprise centres awarded €8.24m in funding

By Jack Mullen
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, TD, has announced a total of €8.24 million in grants to 95 enterprise centres throughout the country under Enterprise Ireland’s Enterprise Centres Fund. Grants will range in size from €10,000 to €150,000. The funding is considered crucial for the future of the enterprise centre sector […]