Over two thirds of Global Insurance CEOs see technology as a threat


PwC have today released results from their 19th Annual Global Survey of more than 1,400 CEOs, which includes responses from 101 CEOs in the insurance sector in 43 countries. An overwhelming majority (79%) cite data and analytics and 76% cite relationship management systems as providing the greatest potential contribution to improving engagement with customers. The […]

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Irish workers are the fourth-happiest in world but many working overtime for nothing


Irish workers are the fourth happiest in the world and the happiest in the European Union, according to a new study by recruitment website, Indeed. In a city-by-city analysis Dublin ranked the highest in Europe for employee happiness, ahead of London, Stockholm and Rome, which finished second, third and fourth respectively. In generating the ‘Indeed […]

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Which county tops the country’s ‘broadband blackspot’ list?


Access to broadband emerged as one of the key election battlegrounds and – to the surprise of Government parties – the focus of deep voter dissatisfaction both in pre-election opinion polls and at the ballot box. Now, new details have emerged that prove that large swathes of the Irish countryside have been left without reliable […]

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Irish economy is the best in EU again


Ireland’s economy grew by 7.8% last year, making it the fastest growing economy in the Europe Union for the second successive year after growth accelerated sharply in the final three months of the year. Ireland has rebounded quickly from a 2010 international bailout and its economy benefited in 2015 from further falls in unemployment, a […]

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IT remains a key driver of the high skills jobs market in Ireland


Morgan McKinley have today released their February 2016 Irish Employment Monitor. The Monitor measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market by tracking the number of new job vacancies and new candidates within the Republic of Ireland each month. It registered a 11% decrease (11,762) in the number of professional job opportunities compared to […]

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100k Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Challenge


Four Dublin local authorities and Enterprise Ireland launched the €100k Small Business Innovation Research Challenge (SBIR) in City Hall yesterday as part of the Smart Dublin initiative. Successful applicants will be selected by an open competition process run in two phases. The competition is open to any organisation, developers of ICT and software solution providers, […]

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60% of companies have no female board members


There is a significant correlation between women in corporate leadership and profitability according to a global survey undertaken by EY and The Peterson Institute for International Economics. The report was released to coincide with International Women’s day and was carried out across almost 22,000 publicly traded companies (52 in Ireland) from 91 countries worldwide. For […]

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38% of Irish don’t feel appreciated in their workplace


New research conducted by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) for World Employee Appreciation Day, March 4th, indicates that over a third of Irish employees (38%) don’t feel appreciated in their workplace. The NSAI survey also found that 73% of workplaces do not provide regular team building activities, while almost a quarter (21%) said […]

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