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Registrations invited for ‘Meet the Buyer’ event for construction of children’s hospital

    Registrations invited for ‘Meet the Buyer’ event for construction of children’s hospital

Enterprise Ireland, in association with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, is inviting registration for a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event for the construction of the new children’s hospital. The event

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NPF recognises Ireland’s future is urban – Gov must back ambition with funding

The Government’s newly published draft National Planning Framework correctly recognises that Ireland’s future is urban – now that appreciation must be backed by ambitious investment in Dublin and Ireland’s other

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Poll reveals confidence ahead of PwC/Business to Arts CEO Forum

    Poll reveals confidence ahead of PwC/Business to Arts CEO Forum

A new joint PwC/Business to Arts poll has revealed that confidence is high in Ireland’s arts and business community. The poll, carried out amongst the Business to Arts community, aims to

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New part-time Fintech Programme for financial services professionals launched

    New part-time Fintech Programme for financial services professionals launched

NDRC, the investor in young digital companies, in partnership with Bank of Ireland, is launching a new early-stage, part-time fintech programme for professionals in the financial services sector. With the

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Kingspan Insulation launches $25 million XPS line expansion

    Kingspan Insulation launches $25 million XPS line expansion

Kingspan Insulation in North America pulled out all the stops as it marked the commissioning of its new GreenGuard XPS manufacturing line in style with a ribbon cutting ceremony last

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56% of higher education institutions will struggle to meet recruitment targets due to visa/travel restrictions

    56% of higher education institutions will struggle to meet recruitment targets due to visa/travel restrictions

TERMINALFOUR, the digital marketing and web content management platform for higher education, has announced the results of its 2017 ‘Global Higher Education Survey’. The results highlight significant concerns among higher

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BioExel Accelerator Programme launches at NUI Galway

    BioExel Accelerator Programme launches at NUI Galway

The BioExel Accelerator at NUI Galway, supported by Enterprise Ireland, has been launched to further enhance the medical technology sector start-up ecosystem within Ireland and attract global talent to the

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16,000 job seekers expected to attend Jobs Week 2017

    16,000 job seekers expected to attend Jobs Week 2017

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty has welcomed the huge response to Jobs Week 2017, which takes place this week. With over 100 events across the country

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Only one in four Cork firms confident of meeting the deadline for GDPR compliance

    Only one in four Cork firms confident of meeting the deadline for GDPR compliance

Alarm bells should be ringing on data protection, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) at Cork Chamber and it@cork. Local firms were

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NTA’s Dublin Quays figures at odds with commuter experience

    NTA’s Dublin Quays figures at odds with commuter experience

New figures released this week by the National Transport Authority are at odds with feedback from commuters regarding the impact of new traffic changes in the city, according to business

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Tandem HR Solutions attracts €2m in Seed Funding, creating 40 new jobs

    Tandem HR Solutions attracts €2m in Seed Funding, creating 40 new jobs

Tandem HR Solutions, the Irish company which has developed a powerful new HR Tech solution to help organisations re-shape how employee performance is managed through driving enhanced coaching and feedback

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Irish companies sign agreements on trade and investment mission to Singapore and Japan

    Irish companies sign agreements on trade and investment mission to Singapore and Japan

An Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, is leading a five-day joint Enterprise Ireland/IDA Ireland trade mission to Singapore and Japan which started this week On the

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97% of Irish SME’s planning to invest over next 12 months

    97% of Irish SME’s planning to invest over next 12 months

An overwhelming 97% of Irish SME’s are planning to invest in their businesses in the next 12 months, according to the latest Global Business Monitor published by Bibby Financial Services Ireland, a provider of financial

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Dairygold opens new state of the art Nutritionals Campus in Mallow

    Dairygold opens new state of the art Nutritionals Campus in Mallow

Dairygold’s €86 million Nutritionals Campus in Mallow was officially opened on Friday 22nd at an event attended by An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Frances Fitzgerald, European Commissioner

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CSO figures provide evidence of positive momentum in economy

    CSO figures provide evidence of positive momentum in economy

Ibec has welcomed the strong jobs numbers recently published by the CSO. The numbers provide more evidence of broad positive momentum in the economy, despite Brexit uncertainty. Employment grew by

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Tractor Safe Lock wins at National Ploughing Championships 2017

    Tractor Safe Lock wins at National Ploughing Championships 2017

Tractor Safe Lock, a device that automatically engages the handbrake in a tractor when the operator leaves the seat, has been awarded the Innovation Arena’s People’s Choice Award in association

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Irish exporters feeling pressure of long term Brexit uncertainty

    Irish exporters feeling pressure of long term Brexit uncertainty

The Irish Exporters Association (IEA), the voice of Irish exporters, has released results of its most recent survey, the ‘IEA Export Eye,’ conducted with members regarding Irish exporters’ sentiments on

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National Women’s Enterprise Day 2017 to take place on 12th October

    National Women’s Enterprise Day 2017 to take place on 12th October

An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Frances Fitzgerald has launched the biggest-ever programme of events to mark National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED), which is being organised by

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Average Irish business to spend €455K on digital transformation in next 12 months

    Average Irish business to spend €455K on digital transformation in next 12 months

Comtrade Digital Services, the leading software engineering services and solutions provider, has announced the results of a survey, which found that the average Irish business will spend €455,000 on digital

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Ireland’s most innovative Agri-Tech Products named

    Ireland’s most innovative Agri-Tech Products named

From a solar powered water pumping system to a water treatment machine that reduces the need for antibiotics in poultry flocks, the most innovative Irish agri-tech products were named this

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Rents in Dublin grew by 3.3% in Quarter 2 2017

    Rents in Dublin grew by 3.3% in Quarter 2 2017

According to the Residential Tenancies Board, private sector rents grew 6.6% in the year end to the end of June this year. However, the rate of increase in the second quarter

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Credit ratings agency KBRA selects Dublin for European Headquarters

    Credit ratings agency KBRA selects Dublin for European Headquarters

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has announced its expansion into Europe with the opening of its European Headquarters in Dublin. The move is expected to create 100 new jobs over

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NY’s largest health care provider partners with Irish companies Technopath and Salaso

    NY’s largest health care provider partners with Irish companies Technopath and Salaso

Leveraging its strategic partnership with Enterprise Ireland, Northwell Health has announced two new partnership agreements with Irish companies Technopath Clinical Diagnostics and Salaso Health Solutions Limited. Northwell Health President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling were in

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Ryanair publishes list of flights to be cancelled up to end of October

    Ryanair publishes list of flights to be cancelled up to end of October

Ryanair has published the full list of flight cancellations (now less than 50 per day) between Thurs 21st Sept. to Tues

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Global insurer XL Group selects Dublin for EU insurance carrier business

    Global insurer XL Group selects Dublin for EU insurance carrier business

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, along with IDA Ireland have welcomed the announcement by XL Group that

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DiskShred returning in excess of €250,000 to clients in next 12 months

    DiskShred returning in excess of €250,000 to clients in next 12 months

DiskShred, Ireland’s leading on-site hard drive and media shredding provider, has announced the launch of a new service to help

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Irish Stock Exchange 2016 profits up 21% to €8m

    Irish Stock Exchange 2016 profits up 21% to €8m

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) plc has recorded another strong financial year with results published this week showing a 21%

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Official opening of LinkedIn’s EMEA HQ as company continues to grow in Dublin

    Official opening of LinkedIn’s EMEA HQ as company continues to grow in Dublin

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald officially opened LinkedIn’s new 17,650 sq m Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

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Ibec sets out business priorities for the North West

    Ibec sets out business priorities for the North West

Ibec has met with political representatives in the North West to set out the key investment and planning priorities for

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23% of Irish companies would be forced to cease trading if found liable to GDPR fines – DataSolutions survey

    23% of Irish companies would be forced to cease trading if found liable to GDPR fines – DataSolutions survey

Almost one quarter (23%) of Irish organisations would be forced to close if they were found to be liable to

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Ryanair to cancel less than 2% of flights over next six weeks to improve punctuality

    Ryanair to cancel less than 2% of flights over next six weeks to improve punctuality

Ryanair has announced that it will cancel 40-50 flights daily for the next six weeks (to the end of October) to

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Minister Donohoe publishes Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code

    Minister Donohoe publishes Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code

The Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform, Paschal Donohoe, has published the Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code, undertaken

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Minister Breen leads delegation to largest animal production show in France

    Minister Breen leads delegation to largest animal production show in France

Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection led an Enterprise Ireland

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Graebel Companies to create 125 new jobs in Dundalk

    Graebel Companies to create 125 new jobs in Dundalk

An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald recently joined Bill Graebel, CEO of Graebel Companies Inc.,

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Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways Innovation in Construction Conference

    Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways Innovation in Construction Conference

60 companies from across the construction sector attended the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways Innovation in Construction conference in Dublin this week. The

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UCD ranked 75th in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018

    UCD ranked 75th in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018

The QS World University Rankings have published their Graduate Employability Rankings for the coming year (2018) and place UCD 75th globally and

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Minister Breen issues call for Competitive Challenges at SBIR Ireland Proposers Conference

    Minister Breen issues call for Competitive Challenges at SBIR Ireland Proposers Conference

Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen has issued a second

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Cork Chamber submits budget asks to Government

    Cork Chamber submits budget asks to Government

Cork Chamber has issued key recommendations to Government ahead of the annual budget. This comes after the Chamber asked its

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Automated Intelligence raises £1.5m investment

    Automated Intelligence raises £1.5m investment

Automated Intelligence (AI) has announced it has raised £1.5 million investment. The investment comprises of £1m from The Bank of

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Corporate tax must be ring-fenced for capital investment

    Corporate tax must be ring-fenced for capital investment

Ibec has acknowledged the publication of the independent review of Ireland’s corporate tax code by Seamus Coffey. The group welcomed

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Dublin Airport welcomes 20M passengers so far this year

    Dublin Airport welcomes 20M passengers so far this year

More than 20 million passengers have been welcomed at Dublin Airport so far this year as traffic has increased by

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New South East Regional Ibec President appointed

    New South East Regional Ibec President appointed

The Ibec South East Regional Executive Committee (REC), the group that represents business in the South East region, has appointed

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Bluebird Care announces new jobs

    Bluebird Care announces new jobs

Homecare provider Bluebird Care has announced that over the coming months, it will create over 370 jobs in its 26

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Departments launch Co-Innovate programme

    Departments launch Co-Innovate programme

The Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has launched the Co-Innovate programme in Monaghan, along with Permanent

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Comtrade Digital Services helps airlines and banks target millennials with chatbot

    Comtrade Digital Services helps airlines and banks target millennials with chatbot

Software engineering services and solutions provider, Comtrade Digital Services, has announced that it has developed a flexible chatbot platform, Assisto.

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200 additional emergency beds to be in place in Dublin by December 2017

    200 additional emergency beds to be in place in Dublin by December 2017

Minister Eoghan Murphy has announced the following outcomes on homelessness arising from the first phase of his review of Rebuilding

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Construction starts on €233m Center Parcs Longford Forest

    Construction starts on €233m Center Parcs Longford Forest

Center Parcs was delighted that An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joined Martin Dalby, CEO of Center Parcs for the recent Official

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Lakeland Dairies opens €40m expansion of milk powder operations

    Lakeland Dairies opens €40m expansion of milk powder operations

The Bailieboro facility is among the most advanced milk powder plants in the world and one of the largest such

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Pure Telecom and open eir agree €35M infrastructure deal

    Pure Telecom and open eir agree €35M infrastructure deal

 Pure Telecom has announced that it has signed a €35 million deal with wholesale telecoms provider open eir. The two-year agreement

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€5 million bespoke Executive Development Centre opening at UCD Smurfit School

    €5 million bespoke Executive Development Centre opening at UCD Smurfit School

A new €5 million bespoke Executive Development Centre has been opened by Dr. Michael WJ Smurfit at UCD Smurfit School,

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Enterprise Ireland companies to enter Eurozone market in next 12 months

    Enterprise Ireland companies to enter Eurozone market in next 12 months

A survey of Enterprise Ireland client companies attending International Markets Week shows that the Eurozone is the key region where

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Data Solutions’ 5th annual Secure Computing Forum

    Data Solutions’ 5th annual Secure Computing Forum

DataSolutions, the specialist IT solutions distributor, is set to host its fifth annual Secure Computing Forum in the Aviva Stadium

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47% of Irish businesses don’t engage with quality assurance from product conception

    47% of Irish businesses don’t engage with quality assurance from product conception

Comtrade Digital Services has announced the results of a survey which has found that 47% of Irish businesses that develop software

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Minister Halligan congratulates ENBIO on €1.5m win from Horizon 2020

    Minister Halligan congratulates ENBIO on €1.5m win from Horizon 2020

John Halligan, Minister of State for Training, Skills & Innovation has congratulated ENBIO, an Irish SME with facilities in Dublin

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An Taoiseach Launches SFA National Small Business Awards 2018

    An Taoiseach Launches SFA National Small Business Awards 2018

The SFA National Small Business Awards 2018 have been officially launched by Awards Patron, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar. The aim of

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Iarnród Éireann to seek innovative solution to prevent bridge strikes

    Iarnród Éireann to seek innovative solution to prevent bridge strikes

Iarnród Éireann Chief Executive, David Franks was joined by Enterprise Ireland’s Executive Director of Global Business Development, Kevin Sherry at

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C&C to acquire stake in UK pub group

    C&C to acquire stake in UK pub group

C&C Group plc has announced that in partnership with Proprium Capital Partners & Admiral management, it has agreed to acquire

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Irish Beverage Council calls for deferral of soft drinks tax

    Irish Beverage Council calls for deferral of soft drinks tax

The Irish Beverage Council, the Ibec group that represents soft drinks companies, has published its pre-Budget submission, “All cost – No

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