Tourism Ireland Welcomes New Flight from Helsinki
Tourism Ireland warmly welcomes the announcement by Scandinavian airline Norwegian of a new service from Helsinki to Dublin, which will commence on 12 April 2013. [...]
Landmark reform of company law to slash the cost of starting a company
12,500 start-ups in Ireland every year will save a total of more than €6million in professional fees associated with establishing a company, as a result [...]
Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 passed by Houses of Oireachtas
The Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 completed its passage through the Dáil and Seanad today (19 December 2012). In accordance with the Constitution, it will now [...]
€154,400 granted to Waterford company for hydroelectric generation plant – Coffey
Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has said the €154,400 granted to Ecotricity Ltd by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government under the [...]
Q4 sentiment high with business – IBEC
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today published its Q4 sentiment survey, which reveals that business confidence is improving, after falling back during the [...]
NUI Maynooth Appoints Professor Bernard Mahon as Vice President for Research
NUI Maynooth has appointed leading immunologist, Professor Bernard Mahon, as Vice President for Research. Professor Mahon will take up his new position from 1 February [...]
NAMA redeems €1.5 billion of NAMA bonds
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has announced that it has redeemed a further €1.5 billion of NAMA Bonds (Senior Securities) today. This is the [...]
Major fall in planning permission applications
CSO figures out today show that in the third quarter of 2012, planning permissions were granted for 1,638 dwelling units, compared with 2,512 units for the [...]
BoI will raise interest on credit cards by up to 4pc
Bank of Ireland is to bring in a new interest rate regime on its credit cards with hikes of up to 4pc. The bank has [...]
NUI Galway secures funding from the European Space Agency for a new ash cloud research project
Sean Sherlock, Minister of State for Research and Innovation today (Wednesday) announced NUI Galway has secured funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) for a [...]
Mandatory Levy to Fund Remediation Scheme for Pyrite Homes will Provide Certainty for Homeowners – Hogan
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has announced the establishment of a Pyrite Resolution Board to oversee the implementation of a [...]
CIF supports the Governments pyrite Homes action
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) supports the initiative taken by the Government to resolve the problems faced by owners of pyrite affected homes which will [...]
Irish economy grew by 0.2% in Q3 – NCB Economics
Data released this morning by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the economy grew by 0.2% q/q in GDP terms in Q3 2012. The [...]
Corrib gas onshore pipeline Tunnelling work starts
Mayo Today has reported that Tunnelling for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline has started successfully, Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) has confirmed. After 17 months of [...]
BDO Limerick Define Characteristics Required to Survive Austerity
Dr. Stephen Kinsella, Lecturer in Economics at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick was speaking at an event to unveil the characteristics of a high performing [...]
IMF Completes Eighth Review Under the Extended Fund Facility with Ireland and Approves €0.89 billion Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the eighth review of Ireland’s performance under an economic program supported by a three-year, [...]
Bank of Ireland Expects to exceed €3.5bn SME lending target
Bank of Ireland (BKIR) has confirmed that it has met and expects to exceed its €3.5bn SME lending target for 2012. According to the bank, [...]
€1.7million project aimed at reducing energy costs for industry – Ministers Bruton, Rabbitte
North-South industry-led research partnership with leading 3rd level academic institutions gets underway. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD and Minister for Communications, Energy [...]
Irish Business ends 20102 on a high
Irish business activity strengthened in the final months of this year with the result that employment growth seems to have turned positive, according to the [...]
Eishtec to create 250 new smartphone support jobs in Wexford
Eishtec, the Waterford based customer contact solutions provider, announced today [Monday] that it is to create 250 new jobs by October 2013 as part of [...]
UK Curtain walling contractor refuses to work for Balfour
In what must seem surprising to many, the owner of a curtain walling specialist is refusing to work with Balfour Beatty in a protest over [...]














