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SuperValu create 20 jobs with new insurance venture

SuperValu has created 20 jobs after establishing a financial services division to launch a suite of home and car insurance products. It has joined forces with AIG to offer supermarket

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Workday announces 200 highly-skilled jobs for Dublin

Workday a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced the opening of its new European headquarters office in Dublin 7, in the heart of the

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Sports Direct to acquire Heatons in €47.5m deal

UK firm Sports Direct International, founded by English billionaire Mike Ashley, has reached an agreement to pay a total of €47.5m to acquire the shares it does not already own

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Credit union lending slumps to 15-year low

    Credit union lending slumps to 15-year low

Lending by Ireland’s 354 credit unions slumped to a 15-year low of €3.5 billion in the 12 months to June 2015, due to a combination of reduced demand and lending

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Irish Water to cut 1,200 jobs by 2021

Irish Water is to cut 1,200 jobs by 2021, according to parent company Ervia’s business plan published Wednesday morning. The company hopes to save €1.1 billion across areas including payroll,

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Digicel IPO cancelled due to market volatility

Digicel, the telecoms group owned by billionaire Denis O’Brien, last night cancelled a planned stock market debut in New York that could have valued the business at as much as

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McAuley Engineering to create 64 jobs

The engineering components firm McAuley Precision and McAuley Fabrication based in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland is to create 64 manufacturing jobs over the next four years. The news jobs announced by

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€130m made available for energy efficiency projects in Irish homes

The Government has set aside €130m as a dedicated fund to promote programmes for energy efficiency and renewable energy, with the hopes that a series of focuses could ultimately bring

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Whitewater Shopping Centre expected to sell for €150 million

The Whitewater Shopping Centre in Newbridge, Co Kildare has been put up for sale by its joint owners Ballymore Properties and Elm Holdings. The centre, which is Ireland’s largest regional

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Hotel group Dalata planning to build up to seven hotels in Dublin

The publicly-quoted hotels group Dalata, which recently raised €160m in new equity capital to invest in buying existing or building new hotels in Ireland, is in discussions to buy as

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Bord na Móna going green by 2030

Bord na Móna plans to stop harvesting peat by 2030 in what it described as the “biggest change of land use in modern Irish history”. It will invest in green

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Ryanair passenger numbers rose by 12 percent last month

Passenger numbers at Ryanair rose by 12 percent to 9.55 million in September, compared to the same month a year earlier, according to new figures published today. Passenger numbers were

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Ammeon expansion creates 100 tech jobs in Dublin’s city centre

Irish IT professional services company Ammeon is to create 100 new high-skilled jobs in Dublin over the next 12 months. Ammeon, which specialises in IT-based transformation projects is expanding its

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Aryzta executives total pay packet drops by almost €10m in 2015

The total remuneration packages for executives at Swiss-Irish bakery giant Aryzta dropped by about two thirds to 5.2m Swiss Francs (CHF) in the company’s 2015 financial year. That is according

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Rye River invests €4m in new Co Kildare brewery

Rye River Brewing Corporation has announced an investment of €4m to build a new brewery and visitor centre in Celbridge in Co Kildare. The new centre is expected to employ

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Central Bank raises 2015 GDP forecast to 5.8 percent from 4.1percent

Ireland’s economic recovery accelerated in the first-half, expanding from the export sector to the domestic economy, prompting the Central Bank to revise its GDP forecast for 2015 up to 5.8

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Pretax losses double at Dublin-listed Merrion Pharmaceuticals

    Pretax losses double at Dublin-listed Merrion Pharmaceuticals

Merrion Pharmaceuticals says its survival is dependent on Declan Ryan’s Irelandia Investments not calling in an overdue loan as it reported a doubling of half-year losses. The Dublin-listed group, whose

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Virgin Media is ready to launch its mobile service in Ireland

    Virgin Media is ready to launch its mobile service in Ireland

Virgin Media, formerly known as UPC, is to launch its new Virgin Mobile brand in Ireland on Monday 5 October with unlimited data, voice and texts for €25 a month,

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Air France to announce “significant” job cuts next week

    Air France to announce “significant” job cuts next week

Air France will tell staff on Monday of “significant” job cuts after negotiations with pilots to boost productivity failed, the head of parent Air France-KLM told Europe 1 radio. “It

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Paypal Ireland head warns of FDI threat due to rental crisis

    Paypal Ireland head warns of FDI threat due to rental crisis

Paypal has begun asking staff to make spare rooms available to new employees, because of the shortage of rental accommodation, according to the company’s head of Irish operations Louise Phelan.

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Siemens ‘Partner 2020’ plan aims to lift Irish manufacturing to new heights

 Siemens is launching its ambitious Partner 2020 programme. The bold strategy is set to inject a fresh focus on supplying technology and guidance to make Ireland a global manufacturing powerhouse,

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Irish energy R&D projects secure €18m EU funding in the last year

  Since last year, Irish energy research projects have successfully secured €18m in EU funds for Ireland.  That is according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) who today

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Ireland’s manufacturing sector expanding as exporters benefit from weak euro

Investec’s latest Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) improved marginally to 53.8 in September, comfortably above the 50 mark that indicates growth. Despite a strengthening of the euro relative to sterling

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PM Group’s boss rules out flotation on profit rise

    PM Group’s boss rules out flotation on profit rise

Irish engineering firm PM Group doesn’t intend plotting a stock market flotation yet, with a strong enough balance sheet to

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280 new jobs as Accenture and Morgan McKinley expand

    280 new jobs as Accenture and Morgan McKinley expand

Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm in terms of revenue, is to create 200 jobs new jobs over the next

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Irish manufacturing inches up from 18 month-low

    Irish manufacturing inches up from 18 month-low

After growing by over 5pc in 2014, Ireland’s economy is set to be the best performing in Europe again this

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Denis O’Brien’s Digicel is taking on Google, Facebook, and Yahoo

    Denis O’Brien’s Digicel is taking on Google, Facebook, and Yahoo

DIGICEL IS TAKING on the likes of Google, Facebook, and Yahoo as it becomes the first operator to block ads

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Ryanair chairman pours cold water on O’Leary plan

    Ryanair chairman pours cold water on O’Leary plan

Ryanair chairman David Bonderman has cast doubts on Michael O’Leary’s plans for his airline to provide connecting flights for long-haul

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New Zealand winery toasts deal with Musgrave to stock Graham Norton wine here

    New Zealand winery toasts deal with Musgrave to stock Graham Norton wine here

Cork retail group Musgrave – the owner of the SuperValu and Centra brands – has signed a deal with New

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Accenture to create 200 jobs by establishing Centre for Innovation in Dublin

Accenture  is expanding its Irish operations and establishing a Centre for Innovation in Dublin where the company will research, incubate,

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Budget 2016: Proposals will continue boom-bust cycle warns ESRI

    Budget 2016: Proposals will continue boom-bust cycle warns ESRI

The additional €1.5bn of spending increases and lower taxes planned for Budget 2016 is not needed in an economy already

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Providence looks to extend debt facility if Barryroe deal drags on

    Providence looks to extend debt facility if Barryroe deal drags on

Announcing its half-year results yesterday, the oil and gas explorer said it is in discussions with its debt provider, US-based

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Smurfit Kappa overhauls management at its European operations

    Smurfit Kappa overhauls management at its European operations

Mr Villaquiran, who is currently chief executive of the group’s Corrugated Europe division, will take up the new role of

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IBM Expands its Analytics & Solutions Lab in Ireland

    IBM Expands its Analytics & Solutions Lab in Ireland

BM (NYSE: IBM) has announced it is to expand its IBM Ireland Analytics & Solutions Lab to advance cloud social collaboration

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€200,000 Enterprise Ireland fund to boost new business start-up activity in West Region

    €200,000 Enterprise Ireland fund to boost new business start-up activity in West Region

Taoiseach launches Competitive Feasibility Fund for Galway, Mayo and Roscommon The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, today (Monday 28 September 2015)

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Tesco’s sales grow for first time in two years

    Tesco’s sales grow for first time in two years

Tesco has seen sales at its Irish supermarkets grow for the first time in more than two years although the

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Neuromod raises €5.5m to fund clinical trials for device in the US

    Neuromod raises €5.5m to fund clinical trials for device in the US

Irish company Neuromod has raised €5.5 million to fund clinical trials in the US for a device that targets millions

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Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) Pitch off

SFI in association with the DCU Ryan Academy invites you to the SFI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) Pitch off.

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Limerick Office will serve as European Hub for Leading Water Purification Company

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD today announced that MECO, a leading manufacturer of engineered products for water purification, is

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National jobs week 2015 takes off today

National Jobs Week 2015 takes off today running until October 2nd. All this week every region in the country will

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‘Disappointing year’ for Aryzta shareholders

    ‘Disappointing year’ for Aryzta shareholders

Swiss-Irish food group Aryzta said on Monday that revenues in the year to July 31st 2015 rose by 12.6 per

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Shell to cease further oil exploration in Alaska

    Shell to cease further oil exploration in Alaska

Royal Dutch Shell said it would cease exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the “foreseeable future” and take a writedown

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Chimneysafe to create 30 jobs in Co Tipperary

    Chimneysafe to create 30 jobs in Co Tipperary

Thirty jobs are to be created at a Limerick chimney cleaning company which is using the latest technology to reduce

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Over 200 delegates attend PharmaChemical Ireland Conference in Cork

Minister at State, Sean Sherlock TD opened the fifth PharmaChemical Ireland (PCI), Parenteral Drugs Association (PDA), International Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE)

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UTC Aerospace Systems announce 20 jobs for Shannon

United Technologies Corp is set to announce 20 new jobs at a maintenance, repair and overhaul centre in Shannon today. The

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Aryzta to sell last of stock in agri-services group Origin

    Aryzta to sell last of stock in agri-services group Origin

Aryzta has announced plans to sell its remaining stock in Irish agri-services group Origin Enterprises. The Swiss-based food group said it

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Digicel ready for $400m acquisition spree

    Digicel ready for $400m acquisition spree

Directors of Digicel have told investors it is prepared to spend $400 million on up to 15 acquisitions as the

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Up to €150,000 of funding available for Small Business Innovation Research

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), in co-operation with Enterprise Ireland have called on innovative companies to develop smart

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NIIT to establish European Delivery Centre in Dublin creating 110 jobs

Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton TD announced today that NIIT Limited, a global company which provides multi-disciplinary learning management and

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Jobs growth at risk as firms face year-long wait for Irish offices

    Jobs growth at risk as firms face year-long wait for Irish offices

Around 70pc of the take-up of office space in the first half of the year was dominated by international technology

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Investec predicts economy will grow by more than 6pc this year

    Investec predicts economy will grow by more than 6pc this year

In its latest quarterly Irish Economy Monitor, the company said that its previous forecasts for GDP, of growth of 4pc

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Indian software firm, NIT, promises 110 new Dublin jobs

    Indian software firm, NIT, promises 110 new Dublin jobs

NIIT, which provides learning software, will establish the centre as part of its corporate learning group. The company said the

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Asystec set for US expansion on back of 50 jobs announcement

    Asystec set for US expansion on back of 50 jobs announcement

The company. whose clients include EMC, Symantec and Cisco, plans to set up in Massachusetts initially. Co-founder Brendan McPhillips told

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Exchange rate shifts will reduce Diageo profit by £150m

    Exchange rate shifts will reduce Diageo profit by £150m

Adverse exchange rate movements will hit Diageo’s full-year operating profit, the drinks group said, reducing it by up to £150

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Venn Life Sciences to acquire Kinesis Pharma for €6.5m

    Venn Life Sciences to acquire Kinesis Pharma for €6.5m

Dublin-based clinical research group Venn Life Sciences is to acquire Kinesis Pharma for a total consideration of up to €6.5

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Groupon to cut 1,100 jobs globally

    Groupon to cut 1,100 jobs globally

Groupon plans to cut about 1,100 jobs globally, as part of a reorganisation of its international operations. The company expects

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Student finance firm to create 50 jobs in Dublin

    Student finance firm to create 50 jobs in Dublin

Specialist student lender Future Finance is to create 50 jobs over the next two years as part of a major

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Top 250 Exporters in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2015

    Top 250 Exporters in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2015

Investec & Irish Exporters Association: FDI companies dominate Ireland’s export industry -Investec Sponsored Irish Exporters Association Report shows significant growth

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