May 13th 2016
Experts from Trinity College in Dublin and Google have called for changes to be made to the education system to increase the number of people with digital skills. The call comes as a survey found that up to two thirds of schools do not have enough of the technology necessary to have an impact on […]
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May 12th 2016
Irish startups and high tech firms are attracting almost €20m per week in venture capital funding as investment sums into the sector continue to surge. According to new industry figures, venture capital funding in Ireland doubled in the first three months of 2016, with €237m raised here. The haul represents a two-fold rise in Irish […]
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May 11th 2016
Morgan McKinley have released their latest Irish Employment Monitor. It shows that the availability of professional job opportunities in April 2016 (12,203) increased by nearly 2% sequentially since March 2016, but decreased by 9% year on year since last April (13,445). The number of professionals seeking new roles in April 2016 (7,588) increased by 6% […]
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May 10th 2016
Ireland’s largest youth summit, Zeminar, will be held at the RDS in Dublin from October 11th-13th 2016. The conference will see Zeminar host a series of workshops, talks and activations inspired by the issues facing Generation Z. uest speakers will discuss a wide range of topics including sexuality, sport, technology, entrepreneurship, nutrition, wellness and bullying. […]
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May 09th 2016
Nearly half of voters in eight big European Union countries want to be able to vote on whether to remain members of the bloc, just as Britons will in a referendum next month, according to an opinion poll published on Monday. Forty-five percent of more than 6,000 people surveyed in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, […]
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May 06th 2016
Next month’s British referendum on EU membership is “by far” the single biggest issue in a generation for Irish business, according to Danny McCoy, chief executive of the business representative group Ibec. Mr McCoy said Ireland and the UK were dynamic, open economies with growing populations – which put them at odds with mainland Europe. […]
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May 05th 2016
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Offfice (CSO) show that Irish unemployment fell to 183,700 in April, down from 187,400 the previous month. This is the lowest level of unemployment since November 2008, when the unemployment rate was 8.1%. The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 8.4% from 8.6% in February and […]
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May 04th 2016
Hays Ireland have today released their latest salary and recruiting report for 2016. The report shows that the Irish labour market is experiencing a period of steady growth. Although unemployment is still over 8.5%, many sectors are already experiencing skills shortages. Furthermore, the report indicates that nine out of ten organisations in Ireland say they […]
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