Fashion retailer Penneys is to create 700 new jobs as part of a €250m capital investment and redevelopment programme. The plan will see the company increase its total retail space in Ireland by 20% over the next decade. The expansion will include a new store in The Square in Tallaght which will open in the […]
The Government’s €70m Capital Investment Scheme for the Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products will help farmers and food producers to diversify their offering, to attract new markets and customers, making their business more resilient and sustainable into the long-term post Brexit. The fund will be administered by Enterprise Ireland. The Tánaiste and Minister
A leading Donegal hotel, the Shandon, has announced 50 new jobs as part of a €500,000 investment at the 4-star property. The Shandon Hotel & Spa, which overlooks Marble Hill Strand, Portnablagh, has been granted planning permission to expand its bar areas. Work will get underway in the autumn, creating up to 35 jobs during […]
IDA Ireland welcomes the announcement by biotech company Horizon Therapeutics plc that it is to establish a manufacturing facility in Waterford which will employ 90 people. The new global biotech manufacturing operation will produce drug product for Horizon’s rare, autoimmune and severe inflammatory disease portfolio. The project is supported by the Irish Government
A major investment of €73 million to develop four new world-class Irish tourist attractions has been announced by the Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin and Fáilte Ireland today. Fáilte Ireland is investing €44.3million of the total investment in what Minster Martin is describing as “the most significant investment in visitor attractions ever undertaken by Fáilte
€30 million investment at Rosslare Europort, as planning permission submitted for Port Masterplan. The Masterplan, together with initiatives under the strategic plan for the port, will see over €30 million invested by Iarnród Éireann in Rosslare Europort over the next five years. It will ensure that Rosslare will be equipped with the capacity, facilities and […]
The government’s recent announcement of recipients of the latest round of funding for this world-first fund made the many agencies supporting small and start-up businesses sit up and take notice. Ireland has long been the European hub for some of the tech industry’s most forward thinking firms, and has accumulated brilliant minds and skills for […]
On 29th May 2019, Fáilte Ireland launched its massive new capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth. The programme will run from 2019 to 2022 and is worth €150 million, making it the biggest investment programme of this kind. It will focus on improving tourism by providing grants of €2.5million and upwards to large-scale visitor attractions. […]
Bus company Go-Ahead Ireland has announced today that it is creating 425 jobs and investing €8.5 million as it expands its operations to include Go-Ahead Dublin. Since the company was granted a contract from the National Transport Authority (NTA) last August, the Go-Ahead Ireland buses have been running 24 of the existing Outer Dublin Metropolitan […]