Feature image courtesy of IDA Ireland Via Twitter Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, today announced plans to invest €90M to expand manufacturing operations at its Waterford facility. The investment is expected to generate 130 additional jobs when production commences in 2023 and will provide the Waterford facility with additional capacity to meet […]
Security should be one of the cornerstones of any organisation. If business operations are not secure, facets such as data, service delivery and staff, are all at risk. In turn, both the reputation and growth of the company are also in jeopardy. While digital transformation has undoubtedly been a key driver of success for many […]
Solar cells and wind turbines provide clean and renewable energy, but create new challenges in the power grid. Statkraft is delivering innovative solutions to help stabilise the power grid in the UK and Ireland. In traditional power plants based on coal, gas or hydropower, kinetic energy from turbines is converted into electric power using generators. […]
For the past 15 plus years, Bizquip has been working with Laserfiche to provide clients with Enterprise Content Management solutions. Laserfiche is a software development company that creates enterprise content management, business process automation, workflow, records management, document imaging and web form software. What is ECM? Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Feature image courtesy of Cityswift – Ireland via Flickr The National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with Bus Éireann has today unveiled three new hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric double-deck buses that will initially be used on commuter services in the Greater Dublin Area. The three vehicles were recently purchased by the NTA and will go into service next week on
Picture above: Mervyn O’Callaghan In this week’s exclusive podcast we had the pleasure of speaking to the Co-Founder and CEO of CameraMatics, Mervyn O’Callaghan. CameraMatics provides cutting-edge, award-winning SaaS technology for fleet and driver risk management. The company helps customers reduce accidents, improve operational efficiencies and manage
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has accepted a business case from Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) for the development of a new Sea Survival Training Unit at BIM’s National Fisheries Training College in Greencastle, Co Donegal. The Department is working with BIM on how the project will be delivered as early […]
N’ware, an expert in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning and business applications software, today announced the creation of 25 new roles with the establishment of its European HQ in Mountrath Co Laois. This project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. Established in 1995 in Quebec, Canada, N’Ware offers feature-loaded software solutions […]
Picture above: Mark Flanagan Kirby Group Engineering is to create 300 jobs as part of a significant expansion to meet demand for its services in Ireland and across Europe. The family-founded, privately owned company said the new jobs will include engineering, commercial, operations and administrative staff, with recruitment for many of these roles already underway. […]
The Irish start-up Locker has secured pre-seed funding of $700,000 as it seeks to launch its sports new app in the Irish market. Locker is a new mobile platform which personalises sports news and stats for fans on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Story. In addition, it has announced the closure of […]
Researchers at the University of Limerick’s (UL) Bernal Institute have produced carbon fibre from waste bio-resources, paving the way in sustainable material production bu making car parts from paper waste. Carbon fibre, a common material in cars, aircraft and sports equipment, has been made from recycled forestry by principal investigator Dr Maurice Collins and
78 million batteries will be dumped worldwide every day by 2025 if we do not improve the life span for powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices, according to EnABLES, an EU funded European Research Infrastructure project coordinated by Tyndall National Institute at UCC, which was established to explore sustainable ways to extend the battery life for […]
Bio-Techne Corporation has announced the opening of its new Irish facility located in Dublin. This new facility reflects Bio-Techne’s commitment to supporting the broader life sciences industry in Europe as well as expectations for continued growth and staffing needs in this geography. The Dublin facility is responsible for servicing Bio-Techne’s growing number
Background In December 2019 the Department published Remote Work in Ireland, a report on the prevalence and types of remote working solutions in Ireland, the attitudes towards them and influencing factors for employees and employers when engaging with these solutions. The report found that there is a need for national guidance for employers and employees seeking […]
SEAI have announced that company car users can now apply for the EV Home Charger Grant. This now means that electric passenger vehicles owned or leased for an employee are eligible for the grant. The current scheme provides a grant up to the value of €600 towards the purchase and installation of a home charger […]
A fully integrated ticketing, booking and capacity management system is being introduced at the Cliffs of Moher to further enhance the overall visitor experience for the 1.6 million annual visitors to Ireland’s most popular natural attraction. Clare County Council has engaged Vivaticket to roll out the Visitor Attraction Management System (VAMS) which will enable
3M, the science-based global technology company, has announced that it is to establish a new research and development technical centre in Dublin – called the 3M Digital Science Community – with the anticipated creation of more than 100 new jobs over the next two to three years. 3M has had a presence in Ireland since 1975 and […]
The following was written by Matt and appeared originally on www.osintme.com In the last two weeks or so users in Ireland have been subject to vishing attacks on a large scale. The modus operandi is random phone calls from unknown mobiles, predominantly 087 numbers that appear to belong to Vodafone. It’s unclear if these are […]
Ireland’s Future Tech Challenge is a competition that encourages public service organisations to pitch potential problems that they believe might be solved using newer technologies. This will be a pilot competition involving Public Service Bodies where the competition sponsors will offer prizes of work, product or materials, up to value of €100,000 to the most […]
Exporters anticipate boost of up to 8% by end of 2021 as global markets reopen Enterprise Ireland approved €198m in Covid-19 funding to more than 1600 companies, including Sustaining Enterprise funding of €181m, protecting more than 27,500 jobs Enterprise Ireland, the state agency responsible for helping Irish companies start, grow and scale in international markets, […]