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Ireland’s Leading Food and Drink Companies to be Recognised at Bord Bia’s Industry Awards

    Ireland’s Leading Food and Drink Companies to be Recognised at Bord Bia’s Industry Awards

More than 350 Irish food and drink industry leaders will gather for Bord Bia’s biennial Food and Drink awards, hosted by Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan, on Wednesday 29th November in the RDS Concert

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SuperValu and Tesco Tied For Top Spot in Irish Grocery Market

    SuperValu and Tesco Tied For Top Spot in Irish Grocery Market

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, for the 12 weeks ending 8 October 2017, reveal that SuperValu and Tesco are neck and neck in the

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Carrickfergus Specialist Joinery Business Carves Out Growth Plans

    Carrickfergus Specialist Joinery Business Carves Out Growth Plans

Abbey Upholsterers Specialist Joinery & Fit Out is expanding its workforce and manufacturing space in Carrickfergus with support from Invest Northern Ireland. To meet the demands driven by new contract

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East Coast Bakehouse Achieves Origin Green Membership

    East Coast Bakehouse Achieves Origin Green Membership

Biscuit manufacturer East Coast Bakehouse has achieved Origin Green membership. To achieve Origin Green accreditation, East Coast Bakehouse had to show sustainability timelines and targets, which were then verified to an

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New Chief Executive For Carbery Group

    New Chief Executive For Carbery Group

Carbery Group, the West Cork-based international food ingredients, flavours and cheese business, has announced the appointment of Jason Hawkins as the new Chief Executive and a Director of the company. He

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Teeling Whiskey is 2017 Irish Whiskey of the Year

    Teeling Whiskey is 2017 Irish Whiskey of the Year

Teeling Whiskey, Ireland’s leading progressive Irish whiskey producer, collected the award for ‘Best Overall Irish Whiskey’ at the prestigious Irish Whiskey Awards. Teeling Whiskey Revival Volume IV, a 15-Year-Old Irish Single Malt, was honoured

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PM Group Appointment

    PM Group Appointment

Andrew D Skibo (Andy Skibo) has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the US board of PM Group, the international engineering, architecture and project management firm headquartered in Ireland. Andy is

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Kingspan Retains Position on CDP Climate ‘A List’

    Kingspan Retains Position on CDP Climate ‘A List’

Kingspan, a global leader in high performance insulation, building fabric, and solar integrated building envelopes, has been named for the third year in a row on The Climate ‘A List’ by

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Exertis SCS Gains Recognition For Supply Chain and Procurement Services

    Exertis SCS Gains Recognition For Supply Chain and Procurement Services

Exertis, a leading distributor of technology products for the B2B, mobile and retail markets, has announced that its supply chain business, Exertis Supply Chain Services (SCS), scooped two major accolades at the

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Solo Energy Installs State-of-the-art Energy Storage System

    Solo Energy Installs State-of-the-art Energy Storage System

Solo Energy – a ClimateLaunchpad alumni company – has teamed up with Cork City Council to install a state-of-the-art battery storage system at the Ballyvolane Fire Station. Cork-based Solo Energy,

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Combilift Signs $1 Million Contract in Australia

    Combilift Signs $1 Million Contract in Australia

Combilift, the Irish manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts based in Monaghan, has signed a contract with Civmec, an Australian construction and engineering company that is worth an additional $1 million to

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European Commission Clears Acquisition of Inver by Greenergy

    European Commission Clears Acquisition of Inver by Greenergy

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Inver Energy of Ireland by Greenergy International of the UK. Inver is an independent importer and distributor

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Portwest Acquires Second Australian Workwear Company

    Portwest Acquires Second Australian Workwear Company

Leading safety clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers Portwest have agreed to acquire a second workwear company in Australia (due to current legal obligations, the name of the Australian

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Digital Transformation For Irish Greyhound Tracks

    Digital Transformation For Irish Greyhound Tracks

The Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) has announced a five-year technology partnership for a digital transformation which will enhance the sport’s customer experience. The IGB has signed a contract with Innovate Business

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Keelings Raises Over €15,000 For Dyslexia Association of Ireland

    Keelings Raises Over €15,000 For Dyslexia Association of Ireland

Keelings, Ireland’s leading producer and supplier of fresh fruit, has raised €15,556.50 for Dyslexia Association Ireland. Founded in 1972, the Dyslexia Association of Ireland works with people affected by dyslexia, by

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ABP Food Group in £22 Million Renewable Energy Project

    ABP Food Group in £22 Million Renewable Energy Project

A £22 million investment by ABP Food Group’s renewable division in a green energy plant in the UK will produce enough sustainable energy to power the equivalent of 12,000 homes.

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Maxol Roll Out Irish Tech Solution Across 100 Stores Nationwide

    Maxol Roll Out Irish Tech Solution Across 100 Stores Nationwide

The Maxol Group, the country’s leading family owned forecourt convenience retailer has announced the roll out of a new series of online business continuity services for its company owned service station

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McCulla Ireland Celebrates Successful Awards Season

    McCulla Ireland Celebrates Successful Awards Season

Specialist refrigerated transport and logistics company, McCulla Ireland, has been recognised both locally and at UK and all-Ireland industry events during the 2017 awards season.  Between May and September, the

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Dragon Brand Foods to Drive Export Growth With New Investment

    Dragon Brand Foods to Drive Export Growth With New Investment

Strabane-based food manufacturer, Dragon Brand Foods is investing over £500,000 in jobs, innovation and a new factory with the support of Invest Northern Ireland. The company is due to begin

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IdentiGEN Secures €17 Million Deal With Swiss Meat Industry

    IdentiGEN Secures €17 Million Deal With Swiss Meat Industry

Irish food safety and traceability company IdentiGEN has secured a major contract in Switzerland which will see it provide DNA based traceability for all Swiss beef. The deal is estimated

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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EMR selected by Irish Water to upgrade telemetry networks in €1m deal

  EMR selected by Irish Water to upgrade telemetry networks in €1m deal

SCADA network and mobile telecommunications supplier, EMR Integrated Solutions has announced it has been selected by Irish Water to upgrade

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ESB and Web Summit begin search for Ireland’s best Start-Up

  ESB and Web Summit begin search for Ireland’s best Start-Up

ESB has announced that the call for applications for its Spark of Genius Award, has been extended for an extra

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Ryanair back to school seat sale

  Ryanair back to school seat sale

Ryanair has launched a seat sale across its network, with 20% off up to 2 million seats for travel from November

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EngageSmith invests €250,000 in development of Millennial Friendly Index

  EngageSmith invests €250,000 in development of Millennial Friendly Index

EngageSmith, the millennial specialist, has announced the launch of the Millennial Friendly Index that will certify how millennial friendly employers

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Grant Thornton targets business travellers at Dublin Airport

  Grant Thornton targets business travellers at Dublin Airport

Grant Thornton has announced the launch of a new advertising campaign in Dublin Airport’s T2 from the 28th August. The

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One51 earnings increase by 31% as Board agrees to recommence exploring IPO

  One51 earnings increase by 31% as Board agrees to recommence exploring IPO

Earnings at One Fifty One plc, a leading rigid-plastic packaging company, increased by 31.1% to €32.4 million in the six

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Appointments complete RTÉ Executive Board

  Appointments complete RTÉ Executive Board

RTÉ has announced the two remaining positions on its Executive Board. Frances Abeton, Director of Operations and Production Services and

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Pure Telecom parents survey: Almost half of children being held back by poor school broadband

  Pure Telecom parents survey: Almost half of children being held back by poor school broadband

Pure Telecom has announced the results of a survey, which shows that 46% of Irish children are being held back in

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Top tech players invest €40m in Cubic Telecom

  Top tech players invest €40m in Cubic Telecom

Cubic Telecom, a global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity platform company, has announced the close of a €40m Series C investment

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