TechWorks Marine, a Dublin marine data company, has landed a €475,000 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to expand the use of satellite data in Europe’s wind sector.
Over 90 cruise ships will call to Dún Laoghaire this year bringing a total of 164,000 passengers and 71,000 crew to the area. With 44% of passengers who tender ashore visiting Dún Laoghaire Town and the surrounding area, the cruise industry is generating significant income and creating a range of job opportunities. The benefits of these […]
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council are proud to receive the Great Town 2022 award for Dún Laoghaire by the Academy of Urbanism. The Great Places Urbanism Awards are the Academy’s primary platform for recognising and celebrating outstanding examples of good urbanism across the UK, Ireland and Europe. Receiving the award, An Cathaoirleach Councillor Mary Hanafin said,
Dún Laoghaire featured regularly in the life of the members of the Irish Delegation as the port of departure and arrival on the regular journeys between Ireland and England. However, two of the five plenipotentiaries had much closer ties to the town – George Gavan Duffy and Eamonn Duggan. The first was the town’s first […]
In an Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) national litter survey results released on January 4th, the town of Dún Laoghaire was named as one of the cleanest towns in the country. It achieved 6th place out of 40 towns surveyed across the state. Of the 10 areas in the town surveyed, 7 areas achieved the […]