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World-first Job-matching Service Using Artificial Intelligence

    World-first Job-matching Service Using Artificial Intelligence

Innovative inclusive employment career website, VERCIDA, has announced a partnership with Irish data science firm, Opening.io, to provide a world-first job-matching service using artificial intelligence (AI). The new arrangement means

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Five Companies From the Gaeltacht Go For Gold in Prestigious Finals

    Five Companies From the Gaeltacht Go For Gold in Prestigious Finals

The Irish language and Ireland’s Irish speaking(Gaeltacht) regions will play a huge part in this year’s Food & Drink Awards as five producers have made it to the grand final.

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Slane Distillery Rolls Out First Barrel

    Slane Distillery Rolls Out First Barrel

Slane Distillery, the recently-opened whiskey distillery located on the historic grounds of Slane Castle in the Boyne Valley, has celebrated a major milestone when it filled its first barrel. The

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Lisburn-based KME Steelworks Braced For Growing Sales

    Lisburn-based KME Steelworks Braced For Growing Sales

Engineering business KME Steelworks is expanding its workforce in Lisburn to help leverage the growing opportunities which exist for its precision engineering sub contract services and precast concrete mould products globally. KME

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Sunny Weather and Love Island Boost Irish Grocery Sales

    Sunny Weather and Love Island Boost Irish Grocery Sales

Despite an intensely competitive retail environment – with just 1.5 percentage points separating the market share of the three largest retailers – all the major Irish supermarkets have grown sales

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Maxol Opens Ninth Freshly Chopped

    Maxol Opens Ninth Freshly Chopped

Maxol, Ireland’s leading family owned forecourt and convenience retailer, continues its successful partnership with the award-winning food franchise Freshly Chopped, at the newly refurbished service station at Skehard Road, making

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SEAI’s EXEED Certification Helps Businesses Cut Costs and Reduce Energy Consumption

    SEAI’s EXEED Certification Helps Businesses Cut Costs and Reduce Energy Consumption

Businesses, large and small, as well as public bodies are achieving energy savings with support from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). SEAI’s EXEED (Excellence in Energy Efficient Design) certification programme is

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Rye River Scoops an Impressive 19 Awards at the World Beer Awards

    Rye River Scoops an Impressive 19 Awards at the World Beer Awards

Recognised as one of Ireland’s largest independent craft breweries, Rye River Brewing Company based in Celbridge, County Kildare, has won a remarkable 19 awards at the prestigious World Beer Awards

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CRH Delivers Solid First Half Performance

    CRH Delivers Solid First Half Performance

Impacted by severe and prolonged winter weather conditions early in the year, CRH plc has reported sales of €11.9 billion for the first half of 2018 – ahead by 1%

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GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

    GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an award-winning specialist firm focused on the delivery of infrastructure projects involving complex and challenging ground conditions, has been awarded the first stage of the

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€48 Million Investment Programme at Aurivo

    €48 Million Investment Programme at Aurivo

As a key component of its Engage 2022 strategic growth plan, Aurivo, the agri business headquartered in the north-west of Ireland, has announced a €48 million investment plan for the

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DataSolutions Announces Record Group Revenue of €40 Million

    DataSolutions Announces Record Group Revenue of €40 Million

DataSolutions, the specialist IT distributor, has announced that it has had its best ever year, growing group revenues by 34% to €40 million for year-end 31st March 2018. The company

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Valeo Foods Acquires Tangerine Confectionery For £100 Million

    Valeo Foods Acquires Tangerine Confectionery For £100 Million

Valeo Foods Group, the acquisitive Irish and international food business, is reported to have purchased Tangerine Confectionery of the UK for £100 million (€112 million) from Blackstone Group. The deal

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Subway Looks to a ‘Fresh Forward’ Future as First Concept Store Opens in Northern Ireland

    Subway Looks to a ‘Fresh Forward’ Future as First Concept Store Opens in Northern Ireland

SUBWAY®, the world’s largest submarine sandwich chain, has marked its 20th year in Northern Ireland with the opening of its first Subway® Fresh Forward concept store in Northern Ireland. Representing an investment of £90,000

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Envisage Cloud Unifies Dalata’s Financial Operations in €200,000 Deal

    Envisage Cloud Unifies Dalata’s Financial Operations in €200,000 Deal

Envisage Cloud, Ireland’s largest Sage systems integrator and software developer, has announces that it has designed and implemented a new cloud-based financial system for the Dalata Hotel Group in a

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Diageo Invests $90 Million to Open New Guinness Brewery in the US

    Diageo Invests $90 Million to Open New Guinness Brewery in the US

Diageo has opened the new home of Guinness in America – the Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House in Maryland. The creation of a world-class brewery, barrel house and visitor

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New Managing Director at Heineken Ireland

    New Managing Director at Heineken Ireland

HEINEKEN Ireland has appointed Maarten Schuurman (pictured) as its new Managing Director, effective 1st September 2018. Maarten Schuurman has enjoyed a successful 22-year career at HEINEKEN encompassing both global and general

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Landmark Deal Secures €118 Million of Investment For Agri Tech Company Devenish Nutrition

    Landmark Deal Secures €118 Million of Investment For Agri Tech Company Devenish Nutrition

Belfast-based agri technology company Devenish Nutrition has secured €118 million in long-term funding to enable its research, development and growth plans. This major refinancing deal is made possible by a

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Kraydel Invests in R&D to Develop Revolutionary Smart Device

    Kraydel Invests in R&D to Develop Revolutionary Smart Device

Belfast-based Kraydel has developed a revolutionary smart device which could change the way we care for older people in their homes. The device is designed specifically for people who may not

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HBAN Angels Receive a 10 Times Return on Phorest Investment

    HBAN Angels Receive a 10 Times Return on Phorest Investment

HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, has announced that a number of

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ABP Wins 17 Great Taste Awards

    ABP Wins 17 Great Taste Awards

ABP Ireland has been awarded a total of 17 stars at the prestigious annual Great Taste 2018 Awards in London, which is run by the Guild of Fine Food. ABP accounted

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Carbery Takes Home 13 Awards at 2018 International Cheese Awards

    Carbery Takes Home 13 Awards at 2018 International Cheese Awards

Carbery Group achieved great success at the world renowned International Cheese Awards which took place recently in Nantwich, near Manchester. Taking home 13 awards in total, Carbery once again had

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Total Produce Completes $300 Million Dole Investment

    Total Produce Completes $300 Million Dole Investment

Dublin-based Total Produce, Europe’s leading fresh produce company, has completed the acquisition of a 45% equity stake in Dole Food Company for a cash consideration of $300 million, following approval

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DataStax Opens Office in Cork and Announces 30 New Jobs

  DataStax Opens Office in Cork and Announces 30 New Jobs

DataStax, powering the Right-Now Enterprise with the always-on, distributed cloud database built on Apache Cassandra™, has announced the opening of

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London-based Financial Services and IT Consultancy Chooses Belfast For New Development Centre

  London-based Financial Services and IT Consultancy Chooses Belfast For New Development Centre

McGinnis Consulting will be opening a new development centre in Belfast with the creation of 10 new jobs. McGinnis Consulting,

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Hot Weather Proves Thirsty Work as Drink Sales Boom

  Hot Weather Proves Thirsty Work as Drink Sales Boom

The latest Irish grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 15 July 2018, show sales

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Crust & Crumb to Build New State-of-the-art Factory in Cavan

  Crust & Crumb to Build New State-of-the-art Factory in Cavan

Crust & Crumb, the manufacturers of chilled pizzas, pizza bases and flat breads, has announced plans to build a new,

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Historic Milestone For Pearse Lyons Distillery With Release of 5-year-old Single Malt Irish Whiskey

  Historic Milestone For Pearse Lyons Distillery With Release of 5-year-old Single Malt Irish Whiskey

The Pearse Lyons Distillery is celebrating the general release of the exclusive Pearse 5-Year-Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey. The single malt carries the first

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Mallaghan Engineering Announces 210 New Jobs as Part of Five Year Expansion Plan

  Mallaghan Engineering Announces 210 New Jobs as Part of Five Year Expansion Plan

Advanced manufacturing firm, Mallaghan Engineering Ltd is embarking on a multi-million pound investment and recruiting over 200 additional staff, to secure

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Rolls Royce Treatment For Train Engines Targets 19% Reduction in Fuel and Emissions

  Rolls Royce Treatment For Train Engines Targets 19% Reduction in Fuel and Emissions

Iarnród Éireann has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce to retrofit new gear transmissions to a 3-carriage Intercity train, to assess

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ABP to Target 300 Million Subscribers Via Chinese Internet Giant JD.com

  ABP to Target 300 Million Subscribers Via Chinese Internet Giant JD.com

ABP Food Group has announced an exclusive ground breaking deal with Beijing Hopewise Ltd to launch a range of premium

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L&M Keating Awarded The KeepWell Mark by Ibec

  L&M Keating Awarded The KeepWell Mark by Ibec

L&M Keating are the first construction company to successfully achieve accreditation for their commitment to employee wellness, safety and health

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Glanbia Cheese Joint Venture to Build New €130 Million Mozzarella Cheese Facility

  Glanbia Cheese Joint Venture to Build New €130 Million Mozzarella Cheese Facility

Glanbia Cheese, the joint venture business between Glanbia plc and Leprino Foods, plans to build a new, world-class mozzarella cheese

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Heiton Buckley Unveils Newly Refurbished Mayo Branch

  Heiton Buckley Unveils Newly Refurbished Mayo Branch

Heiton Buckley, Ireland’s leading supplier of doors, floors, bathrooms, garden, plumbing and heating products, has officially unveiled its newly refurbished

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BAM Wins €25 Million Contract to Build New Cheese Factory in Cork

  BAM Wins €25 Million Contract to Build New Cheese Factory in Cork

TINE Ireland, a subsidiary of the Norwegian dairy co-operative TINE, has awarded the construction of a new Jarlsberg® cheese production

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BD Opens New State-of-the-art R&D Facility in Limerick

  BD Opens New State-of-the-art R&D Facility in Limerick

BD, a leading global medical technology company, is to create 85 new jobs for the Limerick region. The announcement was

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McAleer & Rushe Transforming Edinburgh’s Old Town

  McAleer & Rushe Transforming Edinburgh’s Old Town

The new UK Government hub planned for New Waverley in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, which is being constructed

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Neueda Technologies Establishing a Software Engineering Hub in Athlone

  Neueda Technologies Establishing a Software Engineering Hub in Athlone

Neueda Technologies, a privately-owned IT Training, development and consulting services company headquartered in Belfast, is establishing a Software Engineering Hub

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Fexco to Create 175 New Jobs in Ireland’s South West

  Fexco to Create 175 New Jobs in Ireland’s South West

Irish-international fintech company, Fexco has announced a significant expansion of its operations headquartered in Killorglin, Co Kerry creating 175 new

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Center Parcs Serves Up €5.2 Million in Contracts to Irish Food Companies

  Center Parcs Serves Up €5.2 Million in Contracts to Irish Food Companies

Four of Ireland’s top food companies will benefit from a significant boost to their businesses as Center Parcs announces the

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Electric Ireland Moved Below 50% Market Share For First Time in 2017

  Electric Ireland Moved Below 50% Market Share For First Time in 2017

Electric Ireland remained the largest electricity energy provider in 2017, however, it was the first year the supplier moved below

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Third Year of Consistent Growth For Dale Farm

  Third Year of Consistent Growth For Dale Farm

Dale Farm, the largest UK farmer-owned dairy co-operative, has announced significant increases in profit, return on capital employed (ROCE) and

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Home For Life is a New Participant in the Mortgage to Rent Scheme

  Home For Life is a New Participant in the Mortgage to Rent Scheme

The Government has welcomed Home For Life Ltd as a new participant in the Mortgage to Rent [MTR] scheme, where

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New Wind Farm Opens to Power Nestlé in the UK & Ireland

  New Wind Farm Opens to Power Nestlé in the UK & Ireland

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drink company, has opened a new wind farm at Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway,

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Intertrust Ireland to Create up to 60 New Financial Services Roles

  Intertrust Ireland to Create up to 60 New Financial Services Roles

Intertrust Ireland has announced that continued growth and additional service offerings have resulted in an opportunity to create up to

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Paradyn to Invest €4 Million in More Acquisitions and Creating 40 New Jobs

  Paradyn to Invest €4 Million in More Acquisitions and Creating 40 New Jobs

Paradyn, Ireland’s only end-to-end IT and communications service provider, plans to double its workforce from 40 to 80 employees by

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ESB Launches a Call to Action For a Cleaner Energy Future

  ESB Launches a Call to Action For a Cleaner Energy Future

ESB has launched a call to action to the Irish public and industry to help the country move to a

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Summer Sun Heats Up the Grocery Market

  Summer Sun Heats Up the Grocery Market

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 17 June 2018, reveal that the soaring

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Successful Year For Sisk

  Successful Year For Sisk

John Sisk & Son (Sisk), the innovative, engineering and construction company with extensive operations across Ireland, the United Kingdom and

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Saint-Gobain Launches Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Training Courses For Irish Construction Professionals

  Saint-Gobain Launches Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Training Courses For Irish Construction Professionals

The Saint-Gobain Ireland Technical Academy has announced that it is adding to its existing training portfolio by launching a series of

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Lidl Awards the ‘Big Cheese’ of Supply Contracts to Northern Ireland’s Dale Farm

  Lidl Awards the ‘Big Cheese’ of Supply Contracts to Northern Ireland’s Dale Farm

Lidl, the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket, has awarded Dale Farm, the largest UK farmer-owned dairy co-operative, a lead contract to supply

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Waterford Greenway Launch Wins Top PR Award

  Waterford Greenway Launch Wins Top PR Award

Leading communications agency Springboard PR & Marketing and Waterford City & County Council have won a prestigious national PR award

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Dublin Bakery Becomes the Smartest in Europe

  Dublin Bakery Becomes the Smartest in Europe

The Bretzel Bakery, one of Dublin’s oldest artisan bakeries, has invested in Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help it

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EIB Backs €80 Million Port of Cork Container Terminal Development

  EIB Backs €80 Million Port of Cork Container Terminal Development

The Port of Cork has marked a major milestone for the company with the launch of the new Cork Container

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Aramark’s Frank Gleeson Named European Industry Leader of the Year

  Aramark’s Frank Gleeson Named European Industry Leader of the Year

Frank Gleeson, president of Aramark Northern Europe, has been named the 2018 NACS European Industry Leader of the Year. The award,

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McAleer & Rushe Recognised at the Irish Construction Industry Awards Gala

  McAleer & Rushe Recognised at the Irish Construction Industry Awards Gala

Northern Ireland-based developer and contractor McAleer & Rushe has been awarded the prize for ‘International Project of the Year’ at

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College Group to Construct New €10 Million Biofuel Facility in County Meath

  College Group to Construct New €10 Million Biofuel Facility in County Meath

College Group is to invest €10 million in building a new renewable energy facility producing biofuel from used cooking oil

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Irish Global Packaging Solutions Company Announces €27 Million Investment

  Irish Global Packaging Solutions Company Announces €27 Million Investment

Zeus, the Irish-owned global packaging solutions company, has announced a €27 million investment in new premises in Dublin and the UK.

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