Dublin nursing home to create 110 new jobs
A family-run Dublin nursing home is to open a new retirement facility with the creation of 110 jobs. The 92-bed Ferndene Nursing and Retirement Home [...]
KCC acquires specialist door hardware and access control supplier Elementar
KCC have announced that they have acquired the company Elementer, a major Supplier of Specialist Door Hardware and Access Control to the Construction Industry. Following [...]
DART expansion plan includes airport link
Iarnrod Eireann plans to expand the stalled DART Underground project to include a link to Dublin Airport. The company hopes to develop an integrated rail network [...]
Over two million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport last month
The figures from Dublin Airport Authority will come as a welcome boost to the government’s The Gathering campaign which has attempted to attract emigrants and [...]
Five-star Merrion Hotel expansion planned
The directors of the Merrion Hotel, which is considered to be Dublin’s most luxurious five-star property, are pressing ahead with a major expansion plan that would [...]
Overstock to create 45 jobs in Sligo
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today announced the creation of a software development team by online discount retailer Overstock.com in Sligo. Employing [...]
Industrial property market continues to rise
The market for industrial- and manufacturing-appropriate property is expected to show a significant recovery this year, particularly in Dublin, following the second consecutive quarter of [...]
Is construction on the brink of a rebound?
Anyone exposed directly or indirectly to the Irish construction industry will be wary of a prophesy about growth in activity. Of all the sectors eviscerated [...]
Eircem tells UK Competition Commission that “there is no free competition”
The managing director of Wicklow-based cement importer Eircem has told the UK's Competition Commission that "there is no free competition" in the sector in Europe [...]
High Court has refused applications by Quinn family to discharge injunctions
The High Court has refused applications by bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn and eight of his family members to discharge injunctions restraining all or any of [...]
Meet the buyer event
The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) in partnership with Enterprise Ireland is running an information and networking event connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the [...]
Hasenstab’s firm ups stake in Irish property venture
The Government's biggest US financial backer Franklin Templeton has lifted its stake in Green Property's new Irish property venture by 65pc. Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC [...]
Irish services sector expands in July
Ireland's services sector expanded in July at its fastest rate in more than six years, marking a 12th successive month of growth as the country [...]
Eurozone markets hold at record levels
European shares drew support from a steady improvement in the outlook for the euro zone economy today as Australia cut interest rates to help its [...]
Gov to introdcue wind policy and planning framework
Planning applications to develop massive wind farms in the Midlands to supply energy to the UK are to be put on hold for over a [...]
IDA wants taller docklands buildings
IDA Ireland is at odds with Dublin City Council over proposed restrictions to limit the height of skyscrapers in a special economic zone planned for the city’s docklands. [...]
‘land hoarding’ developers could be forced to sell sites
Developers engaged in “land hoarding” could be forced to sell up under Dublin City Council plans to rid the capital of vacant sites, according to this mornings [...]
Export firms leading on recovery
Most companies across the island of Ireland are managing to grow or maintain their sales and only 10% are cutting employee numbers. Those are the [...]
Global shipping hub plan has O’Brien as investor
Denis O’Brien is backing an ambitious proposal to build an international shipping services centre, a hub for the maritime industry in the Dublin docklands with [...]
Domestic credit now attainable – Deloitte CFO Survey
The findings of the Q2 Deloitte CFO Survey show that there has been an improvement of 52% in the net perception of the availability of [...]
Programme to provide SMEs with external management expertise
A new plan to help businesses capitalise on their early growth and become established firms has been launched. The brainchild of the Beacon Initiative, which [...]














