Industry & Business

Archive

Ireland’s renewable electricity increased to 25% in 2015 – SEAI Three million tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided in 2015 due to renewable electricity

The use of renewable electricity in Ireland increased significantly in 2015. It contributed a quarter of all electricity used and avoided 3 million tonnes of fossil-fuel related CO2 emissions, according

Read Full Article

ShoreTel delivers lowest industry cost of operations

ShoreTel today released highlights from an annual study that found it has the lowest total cost of operations across all sized businesses for Unified Communications and Collaboration and IP Telephony.

Read Full Article

The Knowledge Development Box-What you need to know

The Knowledge Development Box (KDB) was introduced by Finance Act 2015 for companies whose accounting period commences on or after 1st of January 2016 and is an important element in

Read Full Article

Fitbit creating 50 new jobs for Dublin with the opening of it new Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters

Fitbit, Inc. the leader in the connected health and fitness category, today announced the opening of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin and the creation of

Read Full Article

se2 Opens Waterford Office to support business growth

se2, the leading third-party administrator for the North American life and pensions industry, announces the launch of its new operations in Waterford, Ireland to support its business growth with the

Read Full Article

Datalex sees double-digit revenue growth

Software company Datalex has seen its revenue grow 17% in for the six months to the end of June, as it took revenue of $24.4m (€21.8m). The Irish company, which provides

Read Full Article

Camile Thai creating 100 jobs

More than 100 jobs are to be created in Thai food restaurant delivery business Camile Thai. The restaurant chain have announced that it will be opening three more branches in Ireland by the

Read Full Article

Harvey Norman announces new Tallaght store and the creation of over 50 new jobs

Harvey Norman Ireland has today announced the creation of over 50 new jobs with the acquisition and development of a site for a new Tallaght store. The new store will

Read Full Article

Anheuser-Busch InBev to Cut over 5,000 Jobs After SABMiller Merger

Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced that it will cut at least 3% of its combined work force as part of cost-cutting efforts following its proposed merger with SABMiller over the next several

Read Full Article

VistaMed creating 150 jobs in a €10m investment

VistaMed a Co Leitrim medical devices company is to create more than 150 new jobs in a €10m investment. VistaMed is a global supplier of medical devices currently employing over 300 people at

Read Full Article

Planning permission granted for 22,000 sq m development at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre

A 22,000 sq m development at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in Dublin has been granted planning permission. The development will include a new civic plaza and a 2,500 seat Olympic-sized indoor

Read Full Article

Entrepreneur Co-Founds Ireland’s Only Health, Fitness and Wellness Festival

Entrepreneur Anthony Kelly is one of the founders of Ireland’s only health, fitness and wellness festival, which returns to Herbert Park in Dublin 2 for its second year next month.

Read Full Article

BIFM Ireland celebrates 20 years of the FM Summit

Facilitates Management (FM) in Ireland has come a long way since the 1990s and today’s innovative FM is mixing with architects, construction project managers and building services engineers using three-dimensional

Read Full Article

Employment levels rise above 2m since 2008

According to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. More than two million people are in employment in Ireland for the first time since since 2008. There was annual increase

Read Full Article

Pfizer to acquire US cancer drug company Medivation

Pfizer has announced that it is in advance talks to acquire US cancer drug company Medivation for close to $14 billion. Medivation shares were up 20pc at $80.56 in premarket trade, just

Read Full Article

Software firm creating 20 jobs

Dublin-headquartered company Exaxe has announced that it will be creating 20 jobs over the next two years following a significant rise in sales. The software firm, which specialises in software

Read Full Article

Craft breweries helped push beer production and exports higher in 2015

The rise of craft breweries helped push beer production and exports higher in 2015, according to the Irish Brewers Association. In its annual Beer Market Report for Ireland, the business

Read Full Article

Manufacturing confidence down as Services steadies the ship

Business confidence continues to fall within the manufacturing sector following Brexit, according to the latest Credit Managers’ Index (CMI). The quarterly index generated by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management

Read Full Article

Chopped announces 20 jobs at its newest store in Tallaght

Chopped’s has announced that it will be creating 20 jobs at its newest franchise at The Square in Tallaght. The outlet, follows other newly opened restaurants from the franchise in Westmoreland

Read Full Article

50% rise in Kingspan first-half profits

Kingspan has reported a 50% rise in the first half of this year to to €154 million. A 19% rise in revenue between January and June to €1.47bn was spurred by a markedly

Read Full Article

72 jobs at risk in Lakeland Dairies

72 jobs are at risk in Lakeland Diaries Banbridge facility. The Cavan headquartered company is to alter production schedules at its Down facility. Lakeland Dairies has confirmed it intends to

Read Full Article

Dale Farm announces 60 new jobs

Dale Farm has announced that it will be creating 60 jobs for Co. Tyrone. The company has decided to go ahead with its £7m investment in a new cheese processing and packing

Read Full Article

Zevas Communications creating 40 jobs

Cork-headquartered Zevas Communications has announced that it will be creating 40 jobs across its Cork and Dublin offices. The company which is a provider of outsourced customer support, has said that the

Read Full Article

Surge in jobs for Construction and Property professionals

Hays Ireland, a leading construction recruitment firm has reveled that the demand for professionals in the construction and property sector

Read Full Article

Nestlé falls short of its growth targets

Nestlé, the world’s largest packaged foods maker, has had a difficult start to 2016 and fallen short of its sale

Read Full Article

Cisco cutting 5,500 jobs globally

Cisco Systems has announced that it will be cutting nearly 7% of its 70,000 workforce, the company is trying recasting itself as

Read Full Article

Tech firm secures $6m funding

Limerick based technology company Teckro has raised $6 million from a number of investors including a top US technology investment

Read Full Article

One Spencer Dock sells for €242m

One Spencer Dock, has been sold to London’s AGC Equity Partners for €242m. One of Dublin’s highest-profile office developments is currently occupied by

Read Full Article

Apple granted permission for €850m data centre in Galway

Tech giant Apple has been granted permission by An Bord Pleanala to build an €850m data centre in Co Galway. The

Read Full Article

EMIT helps Depaul increase network security and save money

EMIT, a leading Irish business productivity and technology firm, today announces its implementation of a comprehensive managed IT security service

Read Full Article

€1m investment for Galway stem cell technology firm

Orbsen Therapeutics, a stem cell technology company based at NUIG, has raised almost €1m from Irish and US investors. Founding directors

Read Full Article

Jameson Distillery to receive €11m makeover

The Old Jameson Distillery in Smithfield is to receive an €11m makeover. The distillery will close at the end of August due

Read Full Article

Irish start-up announces 40 new jobs

Touchtech, the Irish fintech start-up has announced that it will be hiring 40 high quality technical and marketing staff over the next

Read Full Article

Pulsate creating 40 new jobs as it expands its team in Ireland and the US

Pulsate has announced that it will be adding up to 40 jobs as it expands its team in Ireland and

Read Full Article

Bombardier Aerospace bringing forward its redundancy programme

Bombardier Aerospace has announced that it will be bringing forward its redundancies programme in Northern Ireland. A total of 95 jobs

Read Full Article

Open eir and Aqua Comms agree multi-year deal worth more than €5m

open eir, Ireland’s largest wholesale communications services provider, has been chosen by Aqua Comms to provide an ultra-high capacity fibre

Read Full Article

Researchers Paving the Way for Future Olympic Success

Researchers currently working in Ireland are paving the way for future Olympic success stories.  That’s according to the Irish Research

Read Full Article

Mark Anthony Brands International invests €5.5m in Glendalough Distillery

North American drinks production and distribution company Mark Anthony Brands has taken a significant stake in Glendalough Distillery, investing over €5.5m

Read Full Article

8% drop in availability of professional jobs

The number of professional jobs available in Ireland last month has dropped 8% when compared with the same time last

Read Full Article

SiriusXT secures a €3m investment

SiriusXT has secured a €3m investment in the latest round of Horizon 2020 SME funding from the EU. The UCD

Read Full Article

Arc-net creating 50 jobs for Belfast and Edinburgh

Arc-net has announced that it will be creating 50 news jobs in Belfast and Edinburgh via business accelerator programme. Kieran Kelly,

Read Full Article

Robot chefs are here, and they’re cooking lunch

Get your lunch cooked by a robot and learn what food manufacturing could look like in 2030. Join us and

Read Full Article

Voxpro investing $4m in US expansion

Voxpro has announced that it will be investing $4m  in a new centre of excellence in the US state of

Read Full Article

Verizon acquires Ireland’s Fleetmatics for €2.1bn

Ireland-based GPS vehicle-tracking firm Fleetmatics is set to be bought by Verizon in a deal worth €2.1 bn. Verizon is the

Read Full Article

Drug manufacturer Jazz opens €50m facility

Jazz Pharmaceuticals today announced that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Mary Mitchell O’Connor and the Global Head

Read Full Article

Springboard+ to Hold Free Information Days in Dublin and Cork this Month

Two information events showcasing the free third-level courses available through this year’s Springboard+ programme will be held in Dublin and

Read Full Article

€40 million funding granted to 24 research projects

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell-O’Connor TD today announced nearly €40 million in research funding for 24 major

Read Full Article

25 jobs to be lost in Kenmare as factory closes

Food processing factory Kenmare Select, which specialises in smoked salmon and other fish products is to close its doors in

Read Full Article

Kerry Group profits fall 6.5%

Kerry Group’s net profits have fallen 6.5% during the first half of the year to €222m as revenue grew by 0.3%

Read Full Article

Lidl announces 600 new jobs for Ireland along with a €110m investment

Lidl has announced that it will be creating 600 jobs in Ireland over the next two years. The German supermarket chain also

Read Full Article

Tullett Prebon creating 300 new jobs for Belfast

London-based IT company, Tullett Prebon is to open a new global technology hub in Belfast, creating 300 new positions. The

Read Full Article

TLM creating 12 new roles at its new European HQ in Dundalk

TLM has opened a European HQ in Dundalk, bringing 12 new jobs to the area. The consultancy firm’s new Dundalk office

Read Full Article

Technology pioneer SiteMinder announces 100 jobs with opening of Galway office to support global growth

One of the top 20 technology pioneers to come out of Australia is set to announce the opening of its

Read Full Article

New Subscriber

[contact-form-7 id=”65829″ title=”Subscriber”]

Advertisements





















National Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition 2018

NIBRT Springboard Success Stories



Upcoming Events

[eventlist]