June 01st 2016
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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May 31st 2016
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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May 30th 2016
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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May 27th 2016
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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May 26th 2016
An Irish Brokers Association survey reveals today that women are far less knowledgeable than men when it comes to pension planning ; 73% say they have little or no understanding compared to 55% of men. Only 3% of men & women rate their knowledge on pensions as excellent, with 18% of respondents indicating they have […]
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May 25th 2016
he EU’s latest official ‘Digital Scoreboard’, which compares how countries are doing against one another, shows that Ireland lies 20th in broadband take-up despite city-based services being among the best in Europe. And Ireland now comes joint last in Europe for fibre connectivity in rural regions. The report also shows that home broadband prices in […]
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May 24th 2016
Unemployment is falling, with the number of people with a job expected to average the two million mark this year. And the jobless rate is set to drop to 8.8pc, before slipping further to 8.4pc next year. Data from the Central Statistics Office due to be released today will, it is expected, confirm the continuing […]
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May 23rd 2016
The first Social Media Week Ireland kicks off today, with a social media conference, an awards show, social media clinics and other events taking place throughout the country all week. A digital and social media conference will take place in Liberty Hall tomorrow, as part of the week-long series of events. Speakers at the conference […]
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