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Government Funding of €10 Million For Energy Efficiency Design Projects

    Government Funding of €10 Million For Energy Efficiency Design Projects

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is now accepting applications from organisations planning an investment in a new design project or major energy upgrade. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

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Equinix’s Brenden Rawle announced as Director of Interconnection across EMEA

Equinix’s Brenden Rawle announced as Director of Interconnection across EMEA Appointment will drive the adoption of interconnection across EMEA as businesses look to digitally transform 9th April, 2018 — Equinix,

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Irish Grocery Market Fends Off the Beast from the East

    Irish Grocery Market Fends Off the Beast from the East

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 25 March 2018, show that the Irish grocery market brushed off the Beast from the East

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Hourly Labour Costs Ranged From €4.9 to €42.5 across the EU Member States in 2017

    Hourly Labour Costs Ranged From €4.9 to €42.5 across the EU Member States in 2017

In 2017, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration) were estimated to be €26.8 in the European Union (EU) and €30.3 in the euro

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Irish Gin Producers Aim to Treble Sales to 5 Million Bottles by 2022

    Irish Gin Producers Aim to Treble Sales to 5 Million Bottles by 2022

Irish gin producers want to treble sales by 2022, with the aim to sell 5 million bottles or 400,000 9-litre cases around the world, according to the Irish Spirits Association

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Hi-Spirits Ireland to Distribute Paddy Whiskey

    Hi-Spirits Ireland to Distribute Paddy Whiskey

Hi-Spirits Ireland is to take over the distribution of Paddy Whiskey in the Irish market from July 1st 2018. Until the handover date, Irish Distillers will continue to distribute Paddy Whiskey, with the

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Discover Innovative Energy Saving Solutions at SEAI’s Energy Show 2018

    Discover Innovative Energy Saving Solutions at SEAI’s Energy Show 2018

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Energy Show, Ireland’s leading business energy event returns to the RDS on Wednesday, 18 April and Thursday, 19 April 2018. The annual free event, features

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Dublin Docklands Makes Space For a New Way to Work

    Dublin Docklands Makes Space For a New Way to Work

International creative workspace provider Spaces has announced its first Irish centre at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, in Dublin’s Docklands. Spaces takes over 77SJRQ, a six-storey office building of 3,195 square metres, situated at the eastern end

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Diaceutics Raises €4.3 Million to Support Global Expansion

    Diaceutics Raises €4.3 Million to Support Global Expansion

Irish company, Diaceutics, the diagnostic commercialisation company that improves patient outcomes via better diagnostic testing, has raised €4.3 million in new mezzanine financing from two partners, WhiteRock Capital Partners and Silicon

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65% of Irish Businesses Have Not Reviewed Their Supply Chains to Gauge Brexit Impact

    65% of Irish Businesses Have Not Reviewed Their Supply Chains to Gauge Brexit Impact

65% of Irish businesses have not reviewed their supply chain to identify current business relationships that might be negatively impacted by Brexit. This was the finding of a business sentiment

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Ricoh Ireland to double sales team in ambitious commercial expansion programme

Ricoh Ireland to expand sales division Success of new services lines behind growth plans Dublin, 5th April 2018 – Ricoh Ireland has today announced it plans to double its commercial

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New Project to Reduce Costs and Underwater Noise in Offshore Wind Construction

    New Project to Reduce Costs and Underwater Noise in Offshore Wind Construction

The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project aimed at reducing costs and underwater noise during construction of offshore wind farms as part of the

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ABP Acquires Third Anaerobic Digestion Facility

    ABP Acquires Third Anaerobic Digestion Facility

ABP Food Group’s Renewables Division, Olleco, has announced the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at Westcott Park, Buckinghamshire in England from Renewi plc, a leading waste-to-product business, for

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Teeling Whiskey Takes Over at World Whiskies Awards 2018

    Teeling Whiskey Takes Over at World Whiskies Awards 2018

Dublin-based Teeling Whiskey has taken the top prize in four categories at the 2018 World Whiskies Awards. Teeling Whiskey’s innovative product range has established the brand as category leaders within

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Board Game Manufacturer Backspindle Games Kick-starts Global Ambition

    Board Game Manufacturer Backspindle Games Kick-starts Global Ambition

Backspindle Games in Newtownards is implementing a Kickstarter campaign for its MourneQuest board game targeting the international hobby market. The MourneQuest board game is filled with creatures and characters from the

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How to Make European Tech Companies Thrive

    How to Make European Tech Companies Thrive

An EU-wide database that pulls together all available information on financing for European tech companies; that is one of the recommendations of a new report prepared by the joint European

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Datapac and Swappsi Streamline Services and Cut Costs For Ireland’s Education and Training Boards

    Datapac and Swappsi Streamline Services and Cut Costs For Ireland’s Education and Training Boards

Datapac, Ireland’s leading technology solutions and services provider, has announced that, together with its software partner Swappsi, it has developed and implemented a new centralised records management solution for Ireland’s

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Government Opens €300 Million Brexit Loan Scheme For Applications

    Government Opens €300 Million Brexit Loan Scheme For Applications

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD, and Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe

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New General Manager For Opel Ireland

    New General Manager For Opel Ireland

Gillian Whittall (pictured) has been appointed as the new General Manager of Opel Ireland, effective April 1, 2018. Gillian joined Opel Ireland in 2008 as Head of Marketing & PR, bringing

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Entrepreneurs See Opportunities Amongst the Risks One Year Out From Brexit

    Entrepreneurs See Opportunities Amongst the Risks One Year Out From Brexit

With one year to go until Brexit, 62% of Irish entrepreneurs see business opportunities among the risks, according to research published by EY. The research was conducted amongst 130 top

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Beast From the East’s €10 Million Boost to Irish Grocery Retail

    Beast From the East’s €10 Million Boost to Irish Grocery Retail

The ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma may have caused havoc to the transport sector but the cold snap provided a huge boost to the Irish grocery market, according

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Loud Mouth Media Expands its Workforce and Client List

    Loud Mouth Media Expands its Workforce and Client List

Belfast-based Loud Mouth Media has quadrupled its workforce within the last four years, in response to growing demand for its services across Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Invest Northern Ireland

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Enterprise Ireland Announces Graduate Entrepreneurship €500,000 Competitive Start Fund to Accelerate Growth of Start-ups

    Enterprise Ireland Announces Graduate Entrepreneurship €500,000 Competitive Start Fund to Accelerate Growth of Start-ups

Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for recent graduates will open for applications on Tuesday 10th April 2018. The €500,000 fund will provide up to €50,000 in equity funding for

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Boost For Ireland’s Food & Drink Industry as Bord Bia Announces Largest-ever Recruitment Drive

    Boost For Ireland’s Food & Drink Industry as Bord Bia Announces Largest-ever Recruitment Drive

In a major boost for the sector Bord Bia has announced that it is commencing recruitment for 29 new positions to support the continued

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Maynooth Scientist Leads €6.3 Million SFI/Industry Project in Drone Operations Research

    Maynooth Scientist Leads €6.3 Million SFI/Industry Project in Drone Operations Research

Futurists predict that drone technology will soon significantly transform our daily lives, changing how we deliver and collect goods, giving

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Lisburn Manufacturer Pure Roast Coffee Invests in Future Growth

    Lisburn Manufacturer Pure Roast Coffee Invests in Future Growth

Pure Roast Coffee in Lisburn is doubling its workforce and boosting its capabilities to accommodate a growing customer base outside Northern

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Kerry Group Announces Two Year Partnership With Special Olympics

    Kerry Group Announces Two Year Partnership With Special Olympics

Kerry Group has announced details of a two year partnership with Special Olympics that will include support for the 2019

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How FM APPROVED Cooling Towers Help Reduce Risks

    How FM APPROVED Cooling Towers Help Reduce Risks

By Scott Maurer, Global Product Manager, SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc When water flow is temporarily suspended, as in the event

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Government Announces €29.6 Million Investment in Frontier Research

    Government Announces €29.6 Million Investment in Frontier Research

The Government has announced a €29.6 million investment by the Irish Research Council in “frontier research” projects. Thirty-six researchers will

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Food and Drink Suppliers in Northern Ireland Get A ‘Kick Start’ From Lidl

    Food and Drink Suppliers in Northern Ireland Get A ‘Kick Start’ From Lidl

Lidl is championing local suppliers with the roll-out of their Kick Start Supplier Development Programme aimed at giving food and

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Strong Economic Growth Set to Continue in 2018

    Strong Economic Growth Set to Continue in 2018

In 2017, the Irish economy grew by 7.8 per cent. In 2018, GDP is expected to grow by 4.8 per

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Bright and Bold innovators to Receive €94.25 Million EU Funding to Scale Up Their Businesses

    Bright and Bold innovators to Receive €94.25 Million EU Funding to Scale Up Their Businesses

57 small and medium-sized companies have been selected for funding under the Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, which aims to

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Registration Opens For EU Financing of Free Wireless Internet Hotspots in Public Spaces

    Registration Opens For EU Financing of Free Wireless Internet Hotspots in Public Spaces

The European Commission has launched the WiFi4EU web portal. As of now, municipalities all over Europe are invited to register their

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TechConnect Live – RDS, Dublin – May 30th, 2018

    TechConnect Live – RDS, Dublin – May 30th, 2018

TechConnect Live, Ireland’s largest technology event, is expected to attract over 3,000 visitors from across the Irish and international tech

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Ornua Delivers Record Revenue

    Ornua Delivers Record Revenue

Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products which supplies to over 110 countries worldwide, has reported record revenue of

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EPA Welcomes Increase in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion of Waste

    EPA Welcomes Increase in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion of Waste

The EPA has released data and information on composting and anaerobic digestion in Ireland for 2016. The data updates the

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Revised Research Priority Areas For 2018-2023

    Revised Research Priority Areas For 2018-2023

The Government has published the ‘Research Priority Areas 2018–2023’ report. Research Prioritisation, introduced by the Government in 2012, aligns the majority

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Brexit Price Increases Could Affect Poorer Households Most

    Brexit Price Increases Could Affect Poorer Households Most

A hard Brexit would increase the cost of living for all households in Ireland by 2 per cent to 3.1

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Technology Plays a Leading Role For Irish Business Leaders

    Technology Plays a Leading Role For Irish Business Leaders

Business leaders across Ireland are firm believers in the power of technology and the important role it plays, not only

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Only 11% of Irish Businesses Using Renewable Energy

    Only 11% of Irish Businesses Using Renewable Energy

Irish businesses have yet to make the switch to renewable energy but are looking for cleaner energy alternatives, according to

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Research Reveals SMEs Lose €2.2 Billion a Year in Productivity Due to Administration

    Research Reveals SMEs Lose €2.2 Billion a Year in Productivity Due to Administration

Sage, a market leader in cloud accounting software, has revealed that Irish SMEs lose up to €2.2 billion annually in

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European Commission Takes Action For a More Competitive and Innovative Financial Market

    European Commission Takes Action For a More Competitive and Innovative Financial Market

The European Commission has unveiled an Action Plan on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial

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40% Think Irish Government Not Doing Enough to Protect Ireland From Impact of Brexit

    40% Think Irish Government Not Doing Enough to Protect Ireland From Impact of Brexit

Brexit is coming closer and still a lot of questions remain unanswered. People are insecure not only about their own

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Guinness Remains Ireland’s Most Valuable Brand at €2.1 Billion

    Guinness Remains Ireland’s Most Valuable Brand at €2.1 Billion

Guinness remains Ireland’s most valuable brand after growing by 5% over the last year to a brand value of €2.1

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Provides Over €742 Million For Future Development

    Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Provides Over €742 Million For Future Development

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has agreed a Capital Expenditure Programme of over €742 million. The Three Year Capital Programme 2018-2020

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Irish R&D Supports Bausch + Lomb’s $205 Million Investment in Waterford

    Irish R&D Supports Bausch + Lomb’s $205 Million Investment in Waterford

Over 96% of the lens volume produced by Bausch + Lomb, the global eye care specialist, at its plant in

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Fine Grain invests €35m in Limerick office scheme for 400 staff

    Fine Grain invests €35m in Limerick office scheme for 400 staff

Fine Grain Property, an Irish-Singaporean commercial property vehicle, is investing €35 million in a new office development for 400 staff

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International Appetite Fed at First Birmingham Brexit Event

    International Appetite Fed at First Birmingham Brexit Event

With so many questions addressed at the first in a series of dedicated Brexit Seminars held in Birmingham, interest amongst

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TSM’s Shane O’Callaghan: ‘The key to IIoT is to keep it beautifully simple’

    TSM’s Shane O’Callaghan: ‘The key to IIoT is to keep it beautifully simple’

The rise of industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things presents lots of unexpected business opportunities, says TSM Control

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Fine Grain Property acquires 60,000 square feet office development in Cork Airport Business Park

    Fine Grain Property acquires 60,000 square feet office development in Cork Airport Business Park

New Year, new acquisition! Fine Grain Property is delighted to announce it has acquired a 60,000 square feet office development

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Irish Technology Sector Has Overtaken Agriculture

    Irish Technology Sector Has Overtaken Agriculture

With 130,000 people now employed, the technology sector has overtaken agriculture as Ireland’s largest industry, according to Ken Finnegan (pictured

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2018 Research and Innovation Conference & Exhibition Provides Insight into the R&D and Innovation Ecosystem in Ireland

    2018 Research and Innovation Conference & Exhibition Provides Insight into the R&D and Innovation Ecosystem in Ireland

Designed to foster collaboration between industry, academia and government agencies, the 2018 Research and Innovation Conference & Exhibition attracted over

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Dunnes Stores Comes Out on Top of a Growing Grocery Market

    Dunnes Stores Comes Out on Top of a Growing Grocery Market

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, for the 12 weeks ending 25 February 2018, show

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New Irish Peer-to-peer Energy Trading Research Project Using Blockchain Technology

    New Irish Peer-to-peer Energy Trading Research Project Using Blockchain Technology

Imagine a future where Irish consumers will be able to gift or sell their solar power across their neighbourhood as

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BLENDI Wins ‘Best New Concept’ Category at World Food Innovation Awards 2018

    BLENDI Wins ‘Best New Concept’ Category at World Food Innovation Awards 2018

Irish start -up business Blendi came away as a big winner at the World Food Innovation Awards 2018. Blendi, which

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Ireland Deepens its International Links in Developing Green Finance

    Ireland Deepens its International Links in Developing Green Finance

Ireland is represented in a major new international partnership to drive the global growth in green finance and sustainable investment,

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Government Remains Committed to Getting an Extra 100,000 People at Work by End of 2020

    Government Remains Committed to Getting an Extra 100,000 People at Work by End of 2020

The  Government has launched Enterprise 2025 Renewed and the Action Plan for Jobs 2018. The Action Plan for Jobs 2018 is the 7th cross-Government annual plan to

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Construction Industry Requires More Female Workers

    Construction Industry Requires More Female Workers

A survey by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has found that on average approximately only 1 out of 10 construction

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