20 additional staff for Enterprise Ireland
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD has secured an increase of over 14% in the number of Enterprise Ireland staff in [...]
ECB interest rate plan props up market
Markets continued to perform well yesterday following comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi that interest rates are likely to remain unchanged. The European Central Bank and the [...]
Dublin area hotels bounce back
New statistics from financial consultants Crowe Horwath show that profits and occupancy rates are improving across the board, though a distinctive gap is emerging between [...]
Dublin Docklands offices up 5pc
Irish commercial property returns rose to 2.3pc in Q2, their highest in almost six years, as capital values stabilised and the nascent Irish recovery gathered momentum. Property [...]
Homeowners must use safe contractors or potentially face criminal charges from today – CIF
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned householders that from today, August 1st 2013, they are legally obliged to ensure that any contractor they engage [...]
HSE opens new Primary Care Centre in Athenry
The HSE has announced that the new Athenry Primary Care Centre has been opened and became operational on Wednesday 24 July. GP services will be provided by the doctors [...]
Wind farm plans rejected
At the end of a two-year planning battle, the appeals board threw out West Coastal Windpower Ltd's 45-turbine plan on a number of grounds and [...]
Manufacturing activity accelerates in July
Growth in Irish manufacturing activity accelerated in July as new export orders grew for the first time since February, a survey showed today, in a [...]
ECB to leave rates unchanged
Signs of a tentative euro zone recovery are easing pressure on the European Central Bank to take fresh policy action and today it will emphasise [...]
O’Sullivan introduces important planning exemptions for renewable energy / telecommunications delivery
Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan T.D., today notified local authorities of changes she is making to planning regulations to streamline the carrying out [...]
IDA backing plans for a shipping-finance centre in Dublin
The IDA is backing plans to develop a shipping-finance centre in Dublin, in a bid to emulate the city's position as an international aviation leasing [...]
Dawn Meats wins international sustainability award
Dawn Meats’ hard work in achieving an ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management has been rewarded as the company was crowned winners of the “Best Short Term [...]
90 new jobs have been announced today
Recruitment firm Sigmar said it is seeking to hire 50 new recruitment consultants at its Dublin, Cork and Galway offices over the next 18 months. [...]
Asian investors consider Ireland
Asian institutional investors could look to invest in excess of US$150 billion in global real estate over the next five years, but with limited investable [...]
Seasonally adjusted Live Register decreases by 2,500 in June
On a seasonally adjusted basis the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 2,500 in June 2013, reducing the seasonally adjusted total to 422,900. In [...]
Dunlop bribed councillors for M50 lands rezoning
The Mahon Tribunal Report has found that lobbyist Frank Dunlop bribed councillors in Dublin thousands of pounds for the rezoning of land in Carrickmines along [...]
ESB appoints Jim Dollard as Director of Business Service Centre (BSC) and Electric Ireland
The Chief Executive of ESB, Pat O’Doherty announced the appointment of Jim Dollard to the position of Executive Director for Business Service Centre and Electric [...]
New train station for Oranmore
The country’s newest train station at Oranmore, Co Galway opened for business on Sunday 28th July 2013. The station, open in time for the Galway [...]
SCSI welcomes ‘Property Asset Management Plan’ publication
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has welcomed the publication of the Property Asset Management Delivery Plan, 'Accommodating Change - Measuring Success'. The SCSI [...]
Renewable energy plant for Derry to create 200 jobs
A NEW £81 million renewable energy power plant in Northern Ireland which could supply 25,000 homes will be the largest of its kind, it has [...]
PwC faces €1bn lawsuit over Quinn Insurance
The joint administrators of Quinn Insurance are suing PriceWaterhouseCoopers for around €1bn over PWC's alleged negligent auditing of the company's accounts over several years. It is the largest [...]














