Irish Daily Facebook Users Drop


In Ireland the number of daily Facebook users has dropped by 5% in the last three months. A survey carried out by the Ispsos MRBI’s Social Networking Quarterly found that 67% of people in Ireland who have a Facebook account use it on a daily basis, this is down from 72% in May. Despite the […]

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Ireland’s Web Summit to move to Lisbon in 2016


The Irish based Web Summit has announced that from 2016 to 2019 it will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Chief executive and co-founder Paddy Cosgrave said the summit had grown beyond what he and his fellow co-founders Daire Hickey and David Kelly thought possible five years ago when the first took place in Dublin. Mr […]

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Startup Gathering Week 5 – 10 October


From the 5th – 10th of October, a programme of over 300 events will take place in locations in the North East, North West, Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford. The aim of Startup Gathering 2015 is to promote entrepreneurship. The initiative also hopes to highlight Ireland’s dynamic startup sector to investors, research and development […]

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64% OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CREATING JOBS


According to the Small Firms Associations (SFA) Jobs Survey 2015 which was released today has shown that sixty four per cent of small business intend to take on additional staff over the coming year. Leinster has the strongest drive for recruitment, with Muster being the weakest where just 25% of respondents stated they would be […]

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New Lending to Irish SMEs Jumps!


Ireland’s SMEs saw a rise in available credit in the second quarter of this year, but savers continue to struggle to make a return on their money due to low term deposit rates. New figures from the Central Bank show that new lending to SMEs advanced by 32 per cent in the second quarter of […]

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Wi-Fi Is A Must For Irish Holidaymakers!


Research carried out by e-commerce partner Webloyalty who surveyed over 1,000 Irish people to examine their online holiday habits over the last two years has found that Irish people are more likely to upload their holiday pictures to social media when they are on holiday (51%) rather than when they are at home (47%). The […]

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Network Ireland’s National Conference 2015


On the 25th of September, over 200 of Ireland’s leading business women will arrive at the Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, Co Mayo for the Network Ireland’s National Conference. Speakers and workshop facilitators will include CEO of Vodafone Ireland, Ann O’Leary, Chair of The Communications Clinic, Terry Prone, founder of Women for Election, Niamh Gallagher and […]

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Ireland ranked 11th in the EU for collecting VAT returns!


Out of 26 countries, Ireland has ranked 11th when it comes to expected and actual VAT returns. The European Commission has published figures showing that an estimated €168bn in VAT revenue is lost each year to fraud and evasion, among other reasons. In most countries, the average is just under 14% between actual and predicted […]

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