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Join Dublin’s Largest Community Cleanup This Earth Day

By Ryan Harmon 22 March 2023

Dublin’s Four Local Authorities, Clean Coasts, National Spring Clean, Local Authority Waters Programme, Waterways Ireland, Dublin City Canals, Dodder Action, residents, volunteers, and community groups county-wide are coming together for Dublin’s largest cleanup event, which will run on 22nd April. Get your community, friends and family involved and from the mountains to

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Interactive Brokers Celebrates Official Opening of New Office in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 11 November 2022

Interactive Brokers, an automated global electronic broker, announced the official opening of their new office at North Dock One, 91/92 North Wall Quay, Dublin. An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar T.D joined the Board and Executive leadership of Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited to celebrate the official opening of their new office in Dublin. Interactive Brokers established its

Business News

Black Shamrock Announces Expansion of Game Development Studio in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 10 November 2022

Black Shamrock, a Virtuos Studio, announced the expansion of its operations at the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) in Dublin City Centre. The co-development studio aims to create 80 new jobs with this expansion, bringing its total headcount to 200 by the end of 2023.  Founded in 2015, Black Shamrock is a co-development studio that specializes […]

Business News

Avantor Continues Investment with Opening of New Distribution Centre in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 4 November 2022

Avantor, a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, opened a new distribution centre in Dublin, Ireland. The nearly 69,000-square-foot facility is the most advanced distribution center in Avantor’s global network and places mission-critical products and

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WorkFusion Expands Global Footprint with New European Headquarters in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 20 October 2022

WorkFusion, a leader in Intelligent automation and developer of AI-powered digital workers, have announced plans for its new European headquarters located at Hospitality House, 16-20 South Cumberland Street in Dublin. The soon-to-be-opened office will be home to the company’s R&D, data scientists, and other key software engineering roles. The company is actively hiring

Business News

Citi Near Deal for Dublin Site for New European Headquarters

By Ryan Harmon 7 September 2022

Citigroup (Citi) is close to signing a €100m deal to buy a new office site in the heart of Dublin in a significant boost to the scale of its European headquarters as banks beef up their presence across the EU following Brexit. The US bank, which this year announced it would hire 300 additional staff […]

Business News

Amazon Opens First Irish Fulfillment Centre

By Ryan Harmon 5 September 2022

Amazon has opened its Irish fulfilment centre at Baldonnell Business Park on the outskirts of Dublin, enabling the online shopping giant to offer delivery seven days a week and one-day delivery to Irish customers. The company will employ 500 at the 630,000 sq ft warehouse, which will hold millions of items to be packed and shipped […]

Council Partners Environment News

Dublin Urban Rivers LIFE Project

By Ryan Harmon 31 August 2022

Councillor Mary Hanafin, An Cathaoirleach of Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Councillor Emma Murphy, Mayor of South Dublin County Council turned the sod in Dodder Valley Park on two of the five wetlands planned as part of the Dublin Urban Rivers LIFE (DURL) Project. The Director of Services for Environment, Water and Climate Change, South […]

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Retail Spending in Dublin Grew in Q2 Despite Inflation

By Ryan Harmon 4 August 2022

Retail spending in the Dublin economy increased for a fifth consecutive quarter in Q2 2022. The latest MasterCard SpendingPulse, produced on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities, shows that total retail spending in the Capital increased by 1.6% QoQ in the quarter despite rising cost of living challenges. However, increasing inflationary pressures are likely […]

News Transport

Minister Ryan Announces Transformative MetroLink Project

By Ryan Harmon 6 July 2022

The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has secured agreement from Cabinet to move forward with the transformative MetroLink rail project. Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan brought the MetroLink Preliminary Business Case to Cabinet yesterday. Planning submission on the public transport ‘megaproject’, which will transform public transport in Dublin and improve

Business News

Trinseo Opens New Global Business Services Hub in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 23 June 2022

Trinseo, a global specialty-material and sustainable-solutions provider, has opened its new Global Business Services (GBS) office in Dublin City Centre, welcoming representatives from leading local businesses and organisations, staff and partners to an official unveiling ceremony attended by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD.

Business News

ActiveCampaign Officially Opens New Dublin Hub

By Ryan Harmon 22 June 2022

ActiveCampaign, the leader in Customer Experience Automation (CXA), invited customers, journalists, partners, employees and government officials through the doors of the company’s new Dublin hub at 160 Shelbourne Rd, Dublin 4 for the unveiling of the company’s new EMEA hub. Ireland’s Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, was in attendance at ActiveCampaign’s office with representatives

Business Financial News

OFX Announce Establishment of European HQ in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 10 June 2022

International money transfer and foreign exchange services provider OFX has announced the establishment of OFX Payments Ireland Limited as its European HQ in Dublin. The announcement comes as the company is targeting Ireland and the EU as growth markets for its business. OFX recently announced Maeve McMahon as its CEO and growth leader for the […]

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Get On Your Bike at Pedalpalooza Dublin!

By Ryan Harmon 19 May 2022

Dublin City Council is proud to present Pedalpalooza, a FREE multi-activity event, celebrating all aspects of cycling taking place on Sunday 22nd May from 12pm to 4pm in Fairview Park as part of National Bike Week 2022. Pedalpalooza aims to celebrate and promote the benefits of cycling by hosting a range of fun activities and […]

Business News

Horizon Therapeutics Celebrates Opening of Global Headquarters Building in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 10 May 2022

Horizon Therapeutics plc has formally opened its new global corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. The offices are located in a landmark building at 70 St. Stephen’s Green. The 62,000 square foot facility is LEED Gold certified. Horizon executives and employees were joined by the An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin and Martin Shanahan, Chief Executive Officer,

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Minister Humphreys Meets Employers and Jobseekers at Major Jobs Recruitment Fair in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 28 April 2022

The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has attended a major Jobs Recruitment Fair in Dublin – the first event of its kind since the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. Over 1,000 prospective jobseekers and 50 employers, including several multi-national companies, were present at the event in Swords, North County Dublin. A number of Ukrainian […]

Business News

MarketStar Opens New Facility to Create 300 Jobs in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 15 April 2022

MarketStar, the global leader in outsourced sales and B2B revenue acceleration, has secured a new facility for their EMEA headquarters in Dublin. The company plans to create up to 300 new jobs over the next 3 years, bringing its Dublin-based team to 500 people by 2025. The commitment to this larger presence in Dublin further […]

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Workday to Create 1,000 Jobs in Dublin Over the Next Two Years

By Ryan Harmon 5 April 2022

Workday, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, have announced that it intends to create 1,000 new jobs over the next two years at its European headquarters in Dublin, increasing its Ireland-based workforce by approximately 60%. This investment is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. In addition, to support its future

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New Enterprise Plan for Dublin Published

By Ryan Harmon 4 April 2022

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, visited TU Dublin Blanchardstown campus to launch a new enterprise plan for the Dublin region to secure investment and remain competitive in the years to come. The government has committed to nine enterprise plans, covering every region in the country. Up to €180 million […]

Business News

Shippo Accelerates International Expansion with Opening of First European Office in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 4 April 2022

Shippo, a leading shipping platform for growing e-commerce businesses, have announced further international expansion – including the creation of 120 highly-skilled jobs – through the opening of a new European R&D Centre in Dublin. Shippo’s entry into Dublin aligns with its international expansion plans, which centre on growing its global workforce and expanding its