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Grifols aquires stake in Interstate Blood Bank

Grifols, has acquired a 49 per cent stake in the US-based Interstate Blood Bank for $100 million. The Spanish healthcare company recently moved its corporate treasury activities from Barcelona to Dublin. The

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Facebook’s new data centre breaks ground in Clonee

The ground breaking ceremony for the new Facebook Data Centre has taken place in Clonee Co Meath. The new site will be home to Facebook’s second data centre in Europe. It is

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Dublin Airport to invest €320m on new runway

The DAA has confirmed that it plans to construct a new parallel runway at Dublin Airport. Dublin Airport is to invest €320m on the project. The 3,110 metre runway will be

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Pure Storage opens new EMEA Support Centre in Dublin

Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG), the market’s leading independent solid-state array vendor, today officially opened a new support centre in Dublin, Ireland in order to provide greater support for customers in the

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Intercom lands $50m investment creating 100 new jobs forDublin

Intercom has closed a new funding round of $50m and will create 100 new jobs for Dublin after raising. The massive investment comes from top-tier Silicon Valley investors, including Slack CEO

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CXC creates 30 new jobs for Dublin

  CXC Corporate Services, a CXC Global Company and the Global Leader in multi country compliant Contingent Workforce Solutions has today announced the opening of its new service centre in Dublin.

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Bizimply completes €2m funding round

Bizimply, the Irish technology firm has completed a €2 million funding round to support its recent growth plans to double its workforce. The funding led by Dublin and London-based private equity fund Causeway Capital alongside

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Energy efficiency is vital to Ireland achieving its renewable energy targets

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has today published a report detailing the actions needed to meet our energy efficiency and renewable energy targets by 2020, which will also

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Pfizer pulls out of $160bn merger with Allergan

Pfizer has agreed not to go ahead with its proposed $160 billion merger with Dublin-based drugs manufacturer Allergan, in a major victory to US President Barack Obama’s drive to stop tax-dodging corporate mergers.

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€70,000 Prize Fund for Journey Re Global Entrepreneurship Competition

A competition announced today (05.04.16) is offering entrepreneurs the chance to win a share of a prize fund of €70,000, as well as paid positions, office space, business coaching, and

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Eli Lilly and Company to develop cutting-edge technology for manufacturing of new wave of active pharmaceutical ingredients at Kinsale

Dr. John C. Lechleiter, chairman, president, and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company, announced today that the company is set to invest €35 million in delivering a new high-tech manufacturing facility at

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Ireland’s unemployment continues fall to 8.6% in March

New figures released from the Central Statistics Office today show that the unemployment rate continued its steady fall in March, slipping to 8.6% from 8.8% in February. The CSO said

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Datapac improves business processes for Italicatessen with new ERP solution

Datapac, Ireland’s leading ICT solutions provider, today announces it has successfully implemented a new ERP system for Italicatessen, an Italian cuisine specialist. The integrated system gives Italicatessen increased visibility and

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Allergan’s merger deal now in doubt

    Allergan’s merger deal now in doubt

Shares in Allergan, one of Ireland’s largest pharmaceutical firms have plummeted due to a crackdown on tax inversions. Allergan, which is run from New Jersey but has a legal domicile in Dublin,

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ESB plans to invest over €3 million in Endeco Technologies

ESB NovusModus, ESB’s clean tech fund, is to invest €3.3 million in Endeco Technologies which is part of a growing portfolio of investments. This investment and ongoing partnership will enable

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Paddy Power Betfair to cut 300 jobs

The betting firm began the process of telling staff yesterday. The job losses are likely to be in the areas like marketing, technology, trading and risk where there was an overlap

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Horizon Life Sciences Group Appoints Thomas Merle to Board of Directors

Horizon Life Sciences Group, solutions provider to the life sciences sector globally, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of the company of Thomas Merle, as an Executive

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US software company HubSpot to create 320 jobs

HubSpot the Massachusetts-based marketing software company has announced plans to create 320 jobs in Dublin over the next three years. The company already employs 200 people at its Europe, Middle East and Africa

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Highline Produce acquired by Fyffes

Highline Produce has been acquired by Fyffes for $145 million. Fyffes has acquired 100% of the equity and will refinance the existing debt in the Canadian mushroom producing company. Fyffes plans to fund the purchase

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Manufacturing growth reaches 8 month high for the month of March

According to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index, growth in Manufacturing rose to an eight month high in March. Expansion has slowed compared to the strong growth that was seen in 2014 and the beginning

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Brittany Ferries reports significant increase in early bookings for 2016

    Brittany Ferries reports significant increase in early bookings for 2016

Building on a highly successful sailing season in 2015, Brittany Ferries has reported a 19% increase in the number of early bookings compared to the corresponding period last year.  The

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Ward Solutions predicts €1.2M revenue from new ISO 27001 accreditation service

Ward Solutions, Ireland’s leading information security provider, today announces the launch of its new ISO 27001 consultancy service. It is forecasting that this service will lead to new revenues of

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Ranbaxy Pharmaceutical to close with the loss of 100 jobs

Ranbaxy pharmaceutical is to close its plant in Cashel, Co Tipperary with the loss of 100 jobs. The plant which has been in business for over 30 years on the

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Bristol-Myers Squibb and NIBRT Launch €1 Million Collaboration

Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced a collaboration with the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin to establish a

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Atlantic Bridge confirms €140m fund in European technology companies

Global Technology Fund Atlantic Bridge has launched a €140 million fund aimed at European technology companies with potential global market scalability. The Dublin-based company plans

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InfinityQS International’s Michael Lyle Recognized as a 2016 Food Logistics Champion

InfinityQS International, Inc., the global authority on real-time quality and Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence, announces that its president and CEO, Michael

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I Squared planning to expand

I Squared, Viridian’s new owner may use the Irish company to buy similar businesses in England. I Squared partner Gautam

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Boeing to cut 4,500 jobs by 2017

Boeing the world’s largest plane manufacturer  has announced that it will cut 4,500 jobs by the middle of 2017 to reduce

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Speacsavers opens 50th Irish store creating 8 new jobs

Model mum and wellbeing expert, Alison Canavan, and her son James officially opened Specsavers’ 50th Irish store in Ashleaf Shopping

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WS Atkins records pre-tax losses

WS Atkins one of the world’s leading providers of professional based consulting and support services recorded pre-tax losses of €105,952 last

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One51’s revenues increased by 32.4% in 2015

One51 has reported an increase in it’s revenues and earnings for 2015 as it entered the North American plastics market. The

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I Squared Capital agrees to acquire Viridian for €1bn

It has been reported that I Squared Capital has acquired Viridian for €1 billion. Viridian, operates in the Republic under Energia and in

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At Pharmintech 2016 MG2 will blow out fifty candles

At Pharmintech, MG Compact will be the standard bearer of MG2 continuous motion capsule fillers dedicated to production. Featuring a

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Cadbury workers accept WRC proposals

Unite and SIPTU members working at Cadbury in Dublin have voted to accept proposals from the Workplace Relations Commission by a

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€500m is to be invested into new Irish wind farms

The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) expects to spend €500 million on building new wind farms in the country over

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Smurfit Kappa to move listing in Dublin to premium share listing in London

Dublin-headquartered paper packaging group Smurfit Kappa has said today that it is hoping to transfer its primary listing in London

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CDE announce 110 new jobs for Tyrone

Northern Ireland manufacturing firm CDE will create 110 new jobs in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone in a £6.8 million investment. Invest Northern Ireland

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Paddy Power’s CEO to leave following new merger

Power Betfair has said that Andy McCue its chief operating officer is to leave the company. This follows the completion

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Credit Suisse will cut 2,000 jobs at its global markets business

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has announced that it will cut 2,000 jobs at its global markets business. The latest cuts

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AstraZeneca’s blood-thinning drug Brilinta fails clinical trials

AstraZeneca Plc has said today that its blood-thinning drug Brilinta failed to help stroke patients as hoped in a major

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New domestic smart meter contract win with Economy Energy

Smart Metering Systems plc (AIM: SMS.L), the integrated metering services company that connects, owns, operates and maintains current generation and

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The SUBWAY® brand celebrates its 5,000th store in Europe

    The SUBWAY® brand celebrates its 5,000th store in Europe

The SUBWAY® brand is pleased to announce that it has recently reached the milestone of 5,000 stores open and operating

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Both Ireland and Northern Ireland’s economies would benefit financially if reunified

    Both Ireland and Northern Ireland’s economies would benefit financially if reunified

Political and economic reunification of both the North and South of Ireland could potentially deliver a €35.6bn boost in GDP

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NIBRT appoint new Chief Scientific Officer

    NIBRT appoint new Chief Scientific Officer

The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Michael Butler as

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Dalatex reports 55% rise in profit

    Dalatex reports 55% rise in profit

Dalatex has reported a 55% rise in profit after tax on the back of strong growth in the company’s revenue.

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Irish Company Actavo Expands Into U.S.

    Irish Company Actavo Expands Into U.S.

Actavo, a leading international engineering solutions company headquartered in Dublin, has announced that it has acquired a key division of

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Private equity fund Carlyle Cardinal eyes Mater Private

    Private equity fund Carlyle Cardinal eyes Mater Private

According to the Irish Times the Irish-American private equity fund Carlyle Cardinal is among the bidders shortlisted to acquire the

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SFA warns of threat to Irish jobs from Brexit

    SFA warns of threat to Irish jobs from Brexit

The Small Firms Association has warned that if Britain decides to leave the EU it will pose a huge risk

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Dalata has completed acquisition of the Clarion hotel in Sligo

    Dalata has completed acquisition of the Clarion hotel in Sligo

Dalata has said today that it has completed it’s acquisition of the Clarion hotel in Sligo. The group announced plans

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Avoca creating 80 new jobs in Co Meath

    Avoca creating 80 new jobs in Co Meath

Avoca an Irish family-run business that spans one of the world’s oldest surviving manufacturing companies will create 80 new jobs

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55 new jobs for Donegal as fire-sale hotel re-opens

    55 new jobs for Donegal as fire-sale hotel re-opens

Shandon Hotel and Spa located in Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal re-opened last night with the creation of 55 new jobs, a

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Oil prices hit 2016 high on output-freeze hopes

    Oil prices hit 2016 high on output-freeze hopes

US oil futures touched new highs for 2016 today and are set to post gains for a fifth straight week

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Hilliard Lombard appointed as managing director of Valeo Foods

    Hilliard Lombard appointed as managing director of Valeo Foods

Hilliard Lombard, the former head of Aryzta’s European and Asian business has been appointed as managing director of Valeo’s Irish

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Carlsberg commits to Russia and improved return on capital

    Carlsberg commits to Russia and improved return on capital

Carlsberg has decided to remain in Russia despite the problems it faces there. The Danish brewer has also vowed to improve

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Aryzta CEO Owen Killian regrets sale of shares

    Aryzta CEO Owen Killian regrets sale of shares

Aryzta CEO Owen Killian, has sold shares in Aryzta worth over €15m between Monday and yesterday. But the CEO of

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Ornua opens €20m Cheese facility in Saudi Arabia

    Ornua opens €20m Cheese facility in Saudi Arabia

Ornua has opened a €20m Cheese Manufacturing Facility in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. New technology developed by Ornua

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Salesforce Delivers Field Service Lightning, Redefining Field Service for the Connected Era

    Salesforce Delivers Field Service Lightning, Redefining Field Service for the Connected Era

Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, today delivered Field Service Lightning, a new field service solution

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