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Ireland ranks 8th in the world on Global Innovation Index 2015

    Ireland ranks 8th in the world on Global Innovation Index 2015

The Global Innovation Index (GII), released for the first time in 2007, has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. Since 2007,

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Business Analytics, ERP & CRM Solutions Provide Greater Insights Empowering Better Decisions

    Business Analytics, ERP & CRM Solutions Provide Greater Insights Empowering Better Decisions

Quality operational decisions can have a big impact on performance management and efficiencies of an organisation, join ProStrategy, Industry & Customer Speakers on the 29th September where they will share

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Zurich ‘terminates’ takeover talks with RSA

    Zurich ‘terminates’ takeover talks with RSA

Zurich Insurance Group abandoned an offer for RSA Insurance Group because it expects a loss in its own general insurance business in the third quarter and will conduct a review

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Bank of America moves $9bn out of Ireland to UK

    Bank of America moves $9bn out of Ireland to UK

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, the corporate banking arm of the massive US institution, has shifted $9 billion (€8 billion) of assets from Ireland to the UK so far this year,

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HP set to cut 30,000 jobs as company splits

    HP set to cut 30,000 jobs as company splits

HP will cut its workforce by as many as 30,000 people as it undergoes its split into two separate companies, it was announced at a meeting in San Jose, California.

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Crude oil prices rise as US drilling is reduced

    Crude oil prices rise as US drilling is reduced

Oil prices rose by around one per cent on Monday as US drilling slowed and analysts estimated that $1.5 trillion worth of planned American production investment was uneconomical at prices

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Powerscourt distillery and visitor centre to create 18 jobs

    Powerscourt distillery and visitor centre to create 18 jobs

Powerscourt distillery will create 18 full-time jobs with a craft distillery and visitor centre at the Powerscourt Estate, in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, the businessmen behind the venture say, with another

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Cork to get 75 new jobs

    Cork to get 75 new jobs

Two companies announced plans to create 75 jobs in Cork on Friday morning. In Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Irish company Asystec, which also has offices in Limeric, Dublin and Belfast, will

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Nexvet Secures Biomanufacturing Facility in Tullamore

    Nexvet Secures Biomanufacturing Facility in Tullamore

Tullamore, Ireland – September 16th 2015. Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English today announced that Nexvet Biopharma (Nasdaq: NVET), a veterinary biologics developer, has secured a dedicated biologics

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Fears for Irish jobs as Deutsche Bank likely to cut 23,000 staff

    Fears for Irish jobs as Deutsche Bank likely to cut 23,000 staff

That would bring the group’s workforce down to around 75,000 full-time positions under a reorganization being finalised by new chief executive John Cryan, who took control of Germany’s biggest bank

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Medical and pharma exports bolster July figures

    Medical and pharma exports bolster July figures

Preliminary figures for July show that seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €596m, or 6pc, to €8.76bn from June, according to the data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). On

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Online payments firm Realex to create 50 jobs in Dublin

    Online payments firm Realex to create 50 jobs in Dublin

Irish-founded online payments firm Realex, which was acquired by the US firm Global Payments for €115 million in March, is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin. The company said

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Applegreen’s half yearly revenues up 16%

    Applegreen’s half yearly revenues up 16%

Today’s results are the company’s first as a stock listed firm. The company said its like-for-like profit margin on fuel was 3% lower over the first six months of the

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US pharma giant looks at selling Irish plant

    US pharma giant looks at selling Irish plant

The biggest drug manufacturer in India in terms of revenue is trying to control costs that have spiralled since it bought rival firm Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4bn in an all-share

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Sales of Kerrygold products expected to grow 30% in US this year

    Sales of Kerrygold products expected to grow 30% in US this year

Ornua, which was formerly known as the Irish Dairy Board, has reported that sales of its Kerrygold butter and cheese products and on track to grow by nearly 30 per

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Ward Solutions invests €1.2m in Dublin operations centre

    Ward Solutions invests €1.2m in Dublin operations centre

Ward Solutions has invested €1.2 million in an operations centre aimed at expanding its managed information security services offering to customers throughout Ireland, with a launch in Britain planned for

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IAG buyout of Aer Lingus makes €12m for activist investor

    IAG buyout of Aer Lingus makes €12m for activist investor

The investment firm revealed the profit yesterday. Crystal Amber only acquired its 2.8pc Aer Lingus stake in summer last year. It was the single biggest institutional shareholder in the airline.

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Diageo to unveil Oliver Loomes as new Irish country director

    Diageo to unveil Oliver Loomes as new Irish country director

Diageo is expected to name Oliver Loomes as its new country director of Ireland later this morning in place of David Smith, who has held the position since July 2011.

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Paddy Power and Betfair merger company to be Dublin based

    Paddy Power and Betfair merger company to be Dublin based

The €2 billion-a-year gambling giant formed by the merger of Irish bookie Paddy Power and London-listed betting exchange Betfair will be based in the Republic. The companies announced last month

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SAS to create 150 jobs over three years in Ireland

    SAS to create 150 jobs over three years in Ireland

New centre in Dublin expands operations and investment in Ireland’s Big Data economy DUBLIN, IRELAND – 8 September, 2015 – SAS, the global leader in business analytics, is expanding its

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Survey: Facebook still dominant in higher education

    Survey: Facebook still dominant in higher education

Dublin, 08 September 2015:  TERMINALFOUR, the digital marketing and web content management platform for higher education, today announced results of its Global Higher Education Survey. The results revealed insights into

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276 jobs to be announced for south-east in Eishtec, Bluefin and CipherTechs

    276 jobs to be announced for south-east in Eishtec, Bluefin and CipherTechs

The week is getting off to a good start with the news that, across the south-east of Ireland, three companies – Eishtec, Bluefin and CipherTechs – are to announce a

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Geoscience Ireland firms create 134 new jobs

    Geoscience Ireland firms create 134 new jobs

Geoscience Ireland member companies created 134 new jobs in the first six months of 2015, according to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. Geoscience Ireland is a network

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Paddy Power shareholders to receive €80m special dividend

    Paddy Power shareholders to receive €80m special dividend

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has agreed the terms of its proposed merger with UK gaming company Betfair, paving the way

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Tesco agrees £4.2bn deal to offload South Korean operation Homeplus

    Tesco agrees £4.2bn deal to offload South Korean operation Homeplus

Tesco has agreed to sell its South Korean business Homeplus in a £4.2 billion deal in the latest phase of

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South East region to get 270 new jobs

    South East region to get 270 new jobs

The Government is planning a series of jobs announcements later this morning across the south east. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise

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Fourth Global Irish Economic Forum to focus on entrepreneurship and scaling up companies

    Fourth Global Irish Economic Forum to focus on entrepreneurship and scaling up companies

Focusing on entrepreneurship and supporting businesses in scaling up and creating jobs, the fourth Global Irish Economic Forum is to

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Musgrave’s €57m sale of GB business gets competition approval

    Musgrave’s €57m sale of GB business gets competition approval

It marks the end of a more than decade-long failed assault on the market, with Musgrave now largely concentrating on

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Areva supplies vessel head for nuclear reactor in Belgium

    Areva supplies vessel head for nuclear reactor in Belgium

France-based energy generation firm Areva has delivered a new vessel head to Engie Group’s subsidiary, Electrabel, for the 1,047MW Unit

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UK’s 2GW Eggborough power station may close in March 2016

    UK’s 2GW Eggborough power station may close in March 2016

Eggborough Power (EPL) intends to shutdown its 2GW coal-fired power facility in North Yorkshire, UK, by March 2016. This decision

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Up to 400 new jobs are set to be announced in Donegal after the county’s largest employer revealed plans for an expansion.

    Up to 400 new jobs are set to be announced in Donegal after the county’s largest employer revealed plans for an expansion.

Pramerica, a global finance company and subsidiary of US firm Prudential Financial, already has more than 950 employees on two

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US pharma services firm Tech Group eyes significant Dublin expansion

    US pharma services firm Tech Group eyes significant Dublin expansion

Dublin could be in line for another jobs boost with a planned multi-million euro expansion of a US-owned pharma outsourcing

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Total Produce reports sharp rise in profits, revenues

    Total Produce reports sharp rise in profits, revenues

Total Produce, the fruit distributor spun out of Fyffes, has reported a first-half pre-tax profit that was up 11.5 per

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Energy giant Lightsource to invest up to €500m to build solar farms in Ireland

    Energy giant Lightsource to invest up to €500m to build solar farms in Ireland

Lightsource, one of Europe’s biggest players in solar photovoltaic (PV) farms, is understood to be planning to invest €500m to

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The Reel Rotator from Logitrans lifts and rotates reels of up to 500kg

    The Reel Rotator from Logitrans lifts and rotates reels of up to 500kg

The Danish manufacturer of material handling equipment, Logitrans A/S, now introduces a Reel Rotator! The perfect choice when transporting, lifting

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Over 80 jobs for Drogheda with new distillery and brewery

    Over 80 jobs for Drogheda with new distillery and brewery

More than 80 jobs are to be created in Co Louth with the opening of a new distillery and brewery

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IT Alliance Group creating 25 new jobs

    IT Alliance Group creating 25 new jobs

Irish-owned IT outsourcing and cloud support company IT Alliance is to create 25 new jobs by the end of the

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United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Expands Facility to Encompass Aerospace Research and Development in Cork

    United Technologies Research Centre Ireland Expands Facility to Encompass Aerospace Research and Development in Cork

United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), the research and innovation arm of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), announced today the expansion of

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Former Donegal Creameries sees slight revenue decline

    Former Donegal Creameries sees slight revenue decline

Donegal Investment Group has reported revenues which were down €500,000 in the first six months of the year as a

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Eircom back in black, confirms rebrand as Q4 revenues surge 5pc to €325m

    Eircom back in black, confirms rebrand as Q4 revenues surge 5pc to €325m

Quad play player Eircom has reported its first year-on-year growth in seven years with revenues up 5pc to €325m. The

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Bristol-Myers buys rights to fibrosis drug for up to $1.25bn

    Bristol-Myers buys rights to fibrosis drug for up to $1.25bn

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is paying up to $1.25 billion for the rights to a developing fibrosis drug in a deal

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AirSpeed Telecom signs €250,000 deal with William Fry

    AirSpeed Telecom signs €250,000 deal with William Fry

AirSpeed Telecom has signed a three-year deal worth €250,000 with law firm William Fry. Headquartered in Dublin, William Fry completed

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Jobs figures highlight strong economic momentum

    Jobs figures highlight strong economic momentum

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, today said new CSO figures showing annual employment growth of 3% in Q2

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APC announce 50 new jobs in Cork

    APC announce 50 new jobs in Cork

The company say that the new jobs have arisen largely from its ability to attract new industrial partnerships that were

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400 jobs on the way as Deloitte says it’s hiring

    400 jobs on the way as Deloitte says it’s hiring

UP TO 400 jobs are on the way for Dublin, Cork and Limerick, as the world’s largest consulting business, Deloitte

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Irish energy investors NTR snap up 24MW Scottish wind project

    Irish energy investors NTR snap up 24MW Scottish wind project

The Irish renewable energy investor and asset manager NTR has expanded its remit into Scotland’s eastern seaboard with the acquisition

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Intercom to double staff with €30m investment

    Intercom to double staff with €30m investment

Irish-founded customer communication platform, Intercom yesterday announced a €30m funding round which will see it double its workforce across its

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Eircom gives digital boost to 10 firms with €100,000 awarded under scheme

    Eircom gives digital boost to 10 firms with €100,000 awarded under scheme

The initiative aims to offer help in business mobility, digital training, sales, marketing and business productivity for companies within the

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Science programmes accompany new Amgen facility

    Science programmes accompany new Amgen facility

Biotechnology company Amgen, which yesterday unveiled its €260m facility in Dún Laoghaire, has launched two science education courses aimed at

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Sedicii’s technology: Taking control of data stored online

    Sedicii’s technology: Taking control of data stored online

Creating game-changing technology, which will give consumers control over the personal data stored by online companies, is the goal of

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Former Elan chief set for top Malin role

    Former Elan chief set for top Malin role

Irish life sciences investment firm Malin will appoint director and former Elan chief Kelly Martin as its chief executive as

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Ireland’s recovery being driven by 40pc of firms – InterTradeIreland survey

    Ireland’s recovery being driven by 40pc of firms – InterTradeIreland survey

Ireland’s recovery is being driven by just 40pc of the country’s firms, while manufacturing and business services are the two

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Vodafone investing €7m in data centre services

    Vodafone investing €7m in data centre services

Vodafone Ireland is investing €7 million as it seeks to bring new data-centre services to customers. The move is part

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Google to open €150m data centre in West Dublin

    Google to open €150m data centre in West Dublin

Google plans to invest €150 million in a new data centre in Dublin.

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Google to build second data centre in Dublin

    Google to build second data centre in Dublin

Google is building a new data centre in Ireland and investing €150 million in the project. The centre will be

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6D Global Technologies to create jobs in Dublin

    6D Global Technologies to create jobs in Dublin

Digital business company 6D Global Technologies is to open an office in Ireland, creating 60 jobs over three years. The

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New mobile network set to enter Irish market

    New mobile network set to enter Irish market

New network iD is set to shake up the Irish mobile market, with individually tailored plans it hopes will be

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Cork-based Circle Oil gets Tunisia license extension

    Cork-based Circle Oil gets Tunisia license extension

Circle Oil, the Cork-based oil and gas exploration company that is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market in London, has

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