Irish women are a lot less proud of their work achievements


Irish women are a lot less proud of their work achievements compared to other women globally according to survey findings released today by LinkedIn. Nineteen percent of Irish women which is marginally ahead of UK at 18%, say that they’re proud of their work achievements compared to 26% internationally. This lags far behind countries like […]

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UK company helps Irish SMEs with funding


It was announced today that a UK-based consultancy company today has launched their strategic operations centre in Dublin, creating 19 jobs. Alien Technology Transfer specialises in project financing, project management, development of concepts and business models for innovative products. They are planning to support their Global growth from their new Irish hub in Dublin City […]

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Dublin now one of top 5 transatlantic hubs in Europe


Decades after long-range airliners ended Ireland’s role as the stepping stone to Europe for Americans, who sipped Irish coffees as their propeller-driven planes refuelled, the country is slowly re-establishing itself as a major transatlantic aviation hub. Last year Dublin for the first time entered the top-five rankings for transatlantic hubs in Europe, data showed, after British […]

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Facebook, Twitter YouTube, Microsoft back EU hate speech rules


Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube and Microsoft pledged on Tuesday to review requests for the removal of hateful content posted on their platforms within 24 hours as part of a code of conduct agreed with EU regulators. Authorities across Europe have been trying in recent months to get social platforms to crack down on rising online […]

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Digital Economy worth €12.3bn to Ireland


reland’s digital economy represents 6% (€12.3bn) of Ireland’s GDP and it is growing fast at approximately 40% since 2012. This is according to two reports which were published yesterday by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Denis Naughten. The digital economy is expected to expand to about €21.4 billion or 7.9% of GDP […]

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Ireland moves up competitiveness rankings in latest Global survey


It was announced yesterday that Ireland ranks 7th of the 61 countries benchmarked in the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. This means that Ireland has moved up nine places in overall competitiveness from last year’s ranking. Furthermore, Ireland achieved top ranking position in a number of important sub factors such as Real GDP Growth, Flexibility […]

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Half of Irish workers are not confident describing work achievements


A new study by Linkedin has found that half (50%) of Irish workers surveyed weren’t confident that they could effectively describe their achievements if they stumbled across their dream employer. The survey also found that nearly all (97%) of Irish workers surveyed understand that making a good first impression is important during the application process. […]

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Enterprise Ireland announce €500,000 fund for FinTech startups


The Minister for Jobs, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, today announced a new €500,000 Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund (CSF) to stimulate start-up activity in the FinTech sector. The CSF is open to early stage companies providing technology driven solutions within the Financial Services sector, or to the FinTech/Financial Services sectors as an end market. The […]

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