Launch of Public Information Campaign Insolvency Service of Ireland
Justice Minister Alan Shatter today joined Lorcan O’Connor, Director of the Insolvency Service of Ireland to announce details of debt solutions available to those struggling [...]
Aviva set to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide, but no immediate plans for additional Irish cuts
Insurance giant Aviva is planning to axe around 2,000 jobs from its UK, European and Asian workforce under cost-cutting plans. However, a spokesperson for Aviva's [...]
95 new jobs created by two software sector companies
IDA Ireland today announced the creation of 95 new jobs by two client companies in the software sector. US global software company ACI is expanding its Irish Development Centre in Limerick with [...]
Dail spending watchdog to investigate Chairmans €290,000 office refurbishment
The Dail's spending watchdog is going to investigate the €290,000 spent refurbishing the office of its own chairman - Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness. It came [...]
Heritage projects on-hold due to lack of funding
The State body responsible for protecting our cultural heritage has revealed it has no money to help local communities protect and restore some of our [...]
3 man race for Treasury Properties
Three bidders remain in the running to buy a major portfolio of 16 high-end commercial properties once owned by Treasury Holdings, reports the Irish Independent. [...]
Aldi to create 300 new jobs
Aldi Stores (Ireland) it is to create 300 new jobs in Ireland within the next 3 years as part of an expansion programme of its [...]
Euro under pressure
The euro nursed heavy losses early in Asia on Thursday, having suffered its biggest one-day fall in nearly a year on talk of more easing [...]
EirGrid switches on North-South interconnector plans
Power company EirGrid expects to have a new application for its controversial North-South 400kV interconnector ready before the end of the year, it said today [...]
‘Rogue traders’ must be hit with tougher sanctions – ISME
At its meeting with the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, has called on the Government [...]
Government approval gained on legislation for Forfás integration
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, announced today (Wednesday) that he has secured Government agreement to commence drafting legislation to integrate [...]
SIPTU says NO
SIPTUm the countries largest trade union rejected a new public sector pay deal on Tuesday and warned the government that it would face a "major confrontation" if it [...]
Bailout Exit this Year to Boost Ireland’s Reputation – IDA Ireland
Ireland's planned exit from the `troika’ lending programme at the end of this year will give Ireland a major'reputational boost' overseas, says the IDA. 'When the [...]
Standard & Poor – Not so highly rated
Scores of Australian investors have filed a second class-action lawsuit against Standard & Poor's (S&P), claiming the ratings agency misled them by giving its highest [...]
Ecocem appoints Conor O’Riain Head of New Products and Markets
Ecocem Ireland, specialist producer of GGBS (ground franulated blast furnace slag) eco-friendly cement and low-carbon concrete, has announced the appointment of Conor O’Riain as the [...]
Town breathes easy at €6.5m sewage treatment plan
Clonakilty’s sewerage system is overloaded, due in part to major housing development in the town during the Celtic Tiger. For several years, particularly during the [...]
Black Economy Impacting Small Firms
The level of unfair competition from 'black economy operators' is on the increase and is likely to rise further due to the current economic situation, [...]
NAMA to invest stg£9m in 95-unit housing development in Belfast
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has today announced plans to provide funding of stg£9 million to build a new 95-unit housing development in Millmount, [...]
Skibbereen flood defences to get €12.8m boost
Brian Hayes, minister for the OPW, said work will start on creating flood defences around Skibbereen by the middle of next year and take between [...]
Revenue announcement on debt-forgiveness opens the door to the sale of 000’s of buy-to-let properties
Experts at leading tax company www.taxback.com have said that a Revenue ebrief last week may have brought some modicum of solace to struggling buy-to-let investors. With [...]
Anglo building coffee shop plan
Having floated the idea back in February, Irish Life Assurance – which now owns the headquarters – has applied to Dublin City Council to transform [...]














