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2018 is Off to a Fresh Start For Speculative Industrial Development in South West Dublin

    2018 is Off to a Fresh Start For Speculative Industrial Development in South West Dublin

Exeter Property Company has appointed contractors for the construction of a new 110,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art logistics facility at Greenogue Business Park, just minutes from the Naas Road at Rathcoole.

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Lily O’Brien’s Sold to Colian Holdings For €40 Million

    Lily O’Brien’s Sold to Colian Holdings For €40 Million

Lily O’Brien’s, the Irish manufacturer of premium chocolate and desserts, is being acquired by Colian Holding of Poland for €40 million on a debt-free, cash free basis from its existing

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New Analysis Confirms Drinks Industry is an Irish Success Story, Driven by Innovation

    New Analysis Confirms Drinks Industry is an Irish Success Story,  Driven by Innovation

The analysis found that in 2017 the industry continued to be a major contributor to economic activity across the country. The drinks and hospitality industry supports 204,000 jobs, with a

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Approval For Irish Support Scheme For SMEs

    Approval For Irish Support Scheme For SMEs

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Irish scheme to reduce the taxation of employee share options for SMEs. The scheme will allow small and medium-sized

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Planning Regulations and Planning Process Delays Impacting on Irish Commercial Real Estate Sector

    Planning Regulations and Planning Process Delays Impacting on Irish Commercial Real Estate Sector

The latest Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Sentiment Tracker from Origin Capital, completed by 180 industry professionals, identified industry concerns about the current planning regulations and processes in Ireland and the

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Deadline For Applications For €75,000 ‘Get Ireland Growing’ Fund Looming

    Deadline For Applications For €75,000 ‘Get Ireland Growing’ Fund Looming

GIY and Energia are calling on people across to the country to get growing their own food in 2018 and are offering all budding growers the opportunity to apply for

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Four Key European Consumer Trends For 2018

    Four Key European Consumer Trends For 2018

Mintel has revealed the key consumer trends set to impact Europe in 2018. Over the coming year: Consumers will take to the seas to reel in recycling as a new

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OCE Technology Signs €25 Million Deal

    OCE Technology Signs €25 Million Deal

O.C.E. Technology has announced an agreement with Shanghai Aerospace Technology Control Institute to supply satellite subsystems into international markets. This agreement represents an estimated €25 million revenue over the next 5

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TERMINALFOUR Secures €4.2 Million in New Business Wins in 2017

    TERMINALFOUR Secures €4.2 Million in New Business Wins in 2017

TERMINALFOUR, the leading provider of Digital Marketing and Web Content Management Solutions to higher education, won €4.2 million worth of new business globally in the past 12 months, with more

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Groundsman Industries Sets Growth Plans in Motion

    Groundsman Industries Sets Growth Plans in Motion

Ballymoney-based Groundsman Industries is investing over £220,000 in additional resources to meet a growing demand for its products across Great Britain and international markets. The company manufactures a range of ground maintenance

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Mintel Announces Five Global Packaging Trends For 2018

    Mintel Announces Five Global Packaging Trends For 2018

Mintel, the world’s leading market intelligence agency, has announced five trends set to impact the global packaging industry over the coming year. In 2018: Packaging will play a pivotal role in

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Dunnes Stores Retains Top Spot in Irish Grocery Market

    Dunnes Stores Retains Top Spot in Irish Grocery Market

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, for the 12 weeks ending 3 December 2017, reveal that Dunnes Stores remains Ireland’s largest supermarket in the run

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Wurkhouse to Create 30 Digital Jobs in Derry

    Wurkhouse to Create 30 Digital Jobs in Derry

Londonderry-based technology firm Wurkhouse is to create 30 digital marketing jobs as part of ambitious expansion plans to help it grow its export sales. Wurkhouse provides innovative marketing solutions to a

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Ornua Signs New €610 Million Bank Facility to Support Continued Dairy Industry Growth

    Ornua Signs New €610 Million Bank Facility to Support Continued Dairy Industry Growth

Ornua, the largest exporter of primary Irish dairy products with annualised sales of about €2 billion across 110 countries, has secured new five-year syndicated bank facilities of €610 million, replacing

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Festive Cost to Irish Businesses Revealed

    Festive Cost to Irish Businesses Revealed

Time and money spent on Christmas parties, personal presents and colleagues’ Secret Santa gifts whilst at work is costing Irish office-based businesses a cool €491 million, according to new research. The

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Irish Brand, Emma By Jane Wins South Dublin Enterprise Best Start Up Award

    Irish Brand, Emma By Jane Wins South Dublin Enterprise Best Start Up Award

Irish fashion buyer turned jewellery designer, Jane Asple of Emma by Jane has won the South Dublin Enterprise Ireland, ‘Best Start-Up’ Business award at the 2017 awards. Since applying in

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National Pen Celebrates 30 Years in Dundalk

    National Pen Celebrates 30 Years in Dundalk

National Pen, a leading global provider of personalised marketing merchandise, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Dundalk. The expansion, creating 250 jobs, is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

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Coca-Cola HBC Employees Raise £30k/€34k For Charities

    Coca-Cola HBC Employees Raise £30k/€34k For Charities

Employees at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland have been raising vital funds for charity partners, MacMillan Cancer Support and the Simon Community. In the second year of partnership with both

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Sharp Rise in Gas Prices Drives Up Bord Gáis Energy Index in November

    Sharp Rise in Gas Prices Drives Up Bord Gáis Energy Index in November

The Bord Gáis Energy Index for November was up by 9% as the wholesale prices of oil, gas and electricity all rallied during the month. Gas prices rose by a

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Invest NI Welcomes Cayan Expansion in Northern Ireland

    Invest NI Welcomes Cayan Expansion in Northern Ireland

Invest NI has welcomed US technology firm Cayan’s reinvestment in Northern Ireland. Since establishing its technology development operation here in 2013, Cayan has seen steady growth over the past four years and

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New Irish Coffee Brand

    New Irish Coffee Brand

Handprint Coffee, a new Irish environmentally friendly coffee brand and café, has launched in Dublin at Freshii’s new outlet in Point Square beside the 3Arena.   Handprint Coffee is a joint

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McHale Plant Sales to Distribute Terex Ecote Equipment

    McHale Plant Sales to Distribute Terex Ecote Equipment

Terex Corporation, one of the world’s leading specialist plant and machinery manufacturers, has appointed Birdhill and Rathcoole-based McHale Plant Sales as distributors in Ireland, north and south, of its Terex

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Largest Ever European Investment Bank Support in Ireland

    Largest Ever European Investment Bank Support in Ireland

The European Investment Bank is to provide a loan of €490 million to support construction of the new children’s hospital in Dublin. This represents the largest ever financial engagement by

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Strabane Manufacturer to Invest Over £7 Million in Ambitious Expansion

    Strabane Manufacturer to Invest Over £7 Million in Ambitious Expansion

Strabane-based Fabplus is planning to more than double its workforce and turnover with support from Invest Northern Ireland. The investment is part

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PM Group Appoints a New Non-Executive Director

    PM Group Appoints a New Non-Executive Director

Michael McNicholas has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Project Management Holdings (PM Group), the Irish headquartered international project

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Center Parcs Signs Contract With John Sisk & Son

    Center Parcs Signs Contract With John Sisk & Son

As construction activity on the much anticipated €233 million Center Parcs Longford Forest resort in County Longford ramps up, the

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Medi-Shower Invests in Innovation to Drive Export Growth

    Medi-Shower Invests in Innovation to Drive Export Growth

Multi-award-winning manufacturer Medi-Shower has created ‘smart showerhead’ technology which can reduce the risk of Legionnaires disease. The cutting edge product, developed with

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EIB Loan Will Trigger €180 Million Investment Programme in Fingal

    EIB Loan Will Trigger €180 Million Investment Programme in Fingal

Fingal County Council has signed a €70 million Framework Loan Agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) which will trigger

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Deliveroo Boosts Irish Restaurant Sector to the Tune of €15 Million

    Deliveroo Boosts Irish Restaurant Sector to the Tune of €15 Million

New figures show the extent to which Deliveroo is benefiting the Irish restaurant sector. An exclusive new report, ‘Delivering to

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Greater Skill Utilisation and Skilled Migration Needed to Boost Productivity in Ireland

    Greater Skill Utilisation and Skilled Migration Needed to Boost Productivity in Ireland

New research published by the ESRI finds that greater skill utilisation and skilled migration are required to support a productive and

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Irish Cream Liqueur Recovers From ‘Lost Decade’

    Irish Cream Liqueur Recovers From ‘Lost Decade’

The Irish Spirits Association (ISA) has launched a Love Irish Cream Liqueur campaign. In the lead-up to Christmas, which is a very

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Climate Change Advisory Council Calls For Urgent New Measures to Reduce Carbon Emissions

    Climate Change Advisory Council Calls For Urgent New Measures to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Ireland is not on track to meet its 2020 targets or to decarbonise its economy by 2050, according to the

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Irish Support Scheme For SMEs in Difficulty

    Irish Support Scheme For SMEs in Difficulty

The European Commission has found a €10 million Irish aid scheme to facilitate the restructuring of SMEs in Ireland, to

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Packaging Waste From Online Retailers Growing By 28% Per Year

    Packaging Waste From Online Retailers Growing By 28% Per Year

The amount of packaging waste material being generated in Ireland from online shopping outside the State is growing by 28%

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New Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence Will Improve Patient Treatment

    New Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence Will Improve Patient Treatment

A £10 million Centre of Excellence in Precision Medicine has been launched by Invest Northern Ireland and Queen’s University Belfast.

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European Investment Bank and DLL Confirm €200 Million Support For Irish Business Investment

    European Investment Bank and DLL Confirm €200 Million Support For Irish Business Investment

Companies across Ireland are expected to benefit from cheaper financing following a new €200 million initiative agreed by the European

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It’s Take Off For Cork’s Food and Drink Producers

    It’s Take Off For Cork’s Food and Drink Producers

Taste Cork is teaming up with The Loop at Cork Airport to showcase the very best of Cork’s outstanding, locally

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Prolego Scientific Scoops Top Prize at University College Dublin’s 2017 Start-Up of the Year Award

    Prolego Scientific Scoops Top Prize at University College Dublin’s 2017 Start-Up of the Year Award

Prolego Scientific, an early-stage enterprise has won University College Dublin’s (UCD) 2017 Start-Up of the Year Award. The start-up won the

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Europe’s Largest Card Linked Offers Company Chooses Belfast

    Europe’s Largest Card Linked Offers Company Chooses Belfast

Reward, Europe’s largest Card Linked Offers and loyalty platform provider, is establishing a new software engineering team in Belfast, creating

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Equifax Announces 150 New Jobs For Dublin IT Centre

Equifax Inc., a global information solutions company headquarted at Atlanta in the US, has announced the creation of 150 new

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European Commission Approves Joint Capacity Mechanism for Ireland and Northern Ireland

    European Commission Approves Joint Capacity Mechanism for Ireland and Northern Ireland

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules the new capacity mechanism for the jointly operated Irish and

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Review Confirms Core Elements of Mortgage Measures Remain Unchanged

    Review Confirms Core Elements of Mortgage Measures Remain Unchanged

The outcome of the annual review of the residential mortgage measures has been published by the Central Bank of Ireland.

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Applications Now Open for Cork County Council’s International Start-Up Accelerator Competition for Life Sciences, Medical Technology and Digital Health Companies

    Applications Now Open for Cork County Council’s International Start-Up Accelerator Competition for Life Sciences, Medical Technology and Digital Health Companies

Applications are now open for entrepreneurs all across Ireland to take part in Cork County Council’s International Start-Up Accelerator Competition

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Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute Appoints New President

    Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute Appoints New President

The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) has appointed Pat Lucey as President at the association’s Annual General Meeting. The

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Dublin City’s Best Young Entrepreneurs Announced

    Dublin City’s Best Young Entrepreneurs Announced

Dublin City’s best young entrepreneurs have been announced at the County Final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition. Run

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Teagasc National Dairy Conference- Seizing Opportunities For a Better Future

    Teagasc National Dairy Conference- Seizing Opportunities For a Better Future

Milk production in Ireland has gone from 5.5 billion litres to over 7 billion litres and that trend is set

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Strencom to Invest €6 Million and Add 20 Employees

    Strencom to Invest €6 Million and Add 20 Employees

Strencom, the Irish managed connectivity and cloud computing provider, has announced €6 million investment from reinvested profits and the addition

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Over 120 Communities Nationwide Working on Long-term Energy Plans With SEAI

    Over 120 Communities Nationwide Working on Long-term Energy Plans With SEAI

124 communities across Ireland are now part of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Sustainable Energy Communities network, a

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Irish Food & Drink Industry Champion Award Presented to ‘Mr Cheestrings’

    Irish Food & Drink Industry Champion Award Presented to  ‘Mr Cheestrings’

At its Food and Drink Industry Awards in the RDS, Dublin, Bord Bia recently presented the inaugural ‘Industry Champion’ Award to

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Yelo Opens New £2 Million Factory in Carrickfergus

    Yelo Opens New £2 Million Factory in Carrickfergus

Yelo, a leading test equipment manufacturing company, has officially opened its new 25,000 sq ft facility at Trooperslane Industrial Estate,

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2017 KPMG Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Award Winners

    2017 KPMG Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Award Winners

800 of Ireland’s property industry stakeholders; commercial & residential agencies, developers, architects, designers, investment managers and contractors convened at the

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Irish Craft Beer Sustaining Growth

    Irish Craft Beer Sustaining Growth

A new Bord Bia report has revealed that Irish craft beer is performing well across all fronts, from the number

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New Co-Fund Announced With £50 Million to Invest in Northern Ireland SMEs

    New Co-Fund Announced With £50 Million to Invest in Northern Ireland SMEs

Invest Northern Ireland has appointed managers for a new £50 million fund which will generate investment into high potential Northern

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Total Lifetime Cost of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Ireland Estimated at €7.2 Billion

    Total Lifetime Cost of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Ireland Estimated at €7.2 Billion

New safefood funded research into the cost of childhood overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland has estimated the

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MetaCompliance Plans to Double Workforce

    MetaCompliance Plans to Double Workforce

North West based technology firm MetaCompliance is recruiting 69 new jobs over the next three years to help develop its worldwide sales

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FBD Insurance Forms Partnership With XL Catlin

    FBD Insurance Forms Partnership With XL Catlin

FBD Insurance plc has entered a new partnership with global insurance provider, XL Catlin, to offer Professional Indemnity and Directors

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EY Enhances Digital Innovation Expertise With Launch of EY Seren Ireland

    EY Enhances Digital Innovation Expertise With Launch of EY Seren Ireland

EY has announced the expansion of its digital design and customer innovation consultancy capabilities with the introduction of EY Seren

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Industry Excellence Celebrated at BIFM Ireland Region Awards

    Industry Excellence Celebrated at BIFM Ireland Region Awards

Some of Ireland’s most promising and talented facilities management (FM) professionals were celebrated at the BIFM Ireland Region Awards at

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