• INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

  IMO agrees to new set of proposals

  21.05.2013 Proposals to be referred to a meeting of its national council on Thursday.

  

• AVIATION

  Neil Pakey named SAA chief executive

  21.05.2013 Former John Lennon Airport boss appointed to Shannon Airport role.

  

• INNOVATION

  UL researchers design medical alloy

  20.05.2013 New metal to make medical devices inside body more visible under X-ray.

  

• BROADCASTING

  RTÉ Radio boss Clare Duignan leaving RTÉ

  14.05.2013 The managing director of RTÉ Radio to leave RTÉ, the broadcaster announced...

  

• FINANCE

  NTMA to auction Irish Treasury bills

  14.05.2013 Auction of Treasury bills to take place on Thursday, 16 May.

  

Latest News

• 24 May
• 17:16
  Intel to invest US$1.5m in Tyndall over three years

  Intel Corporation said today that it will invest US$1.5m in the Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork over the next three years.

• 16:54
  First Nama funded road project - a link between Dublin's N2 and N3 - opens

  The first road project to be funded with assistance from Nama, the N2/N3 link road in west Dublin, was opened by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar today.

• 16:28
  IMO council defers decision on revised proposals for new public sector agreement

  The council of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) met last evening to consider the organisation’s response to the outcome of negotiations between the IMO and the Government in respect of the so-called Haddington Road Agreement on pay and terms in the public sector.

• 14:33
  EU, US and Canada launch Atlantic Ocean research alliance in Galway

  Ireland today sees the signing of an historic agreement between the EU, the US and Canada, all of whom share a North Atlantic coastline.

• 13:01
  No confidence motion in Justice Minister from Fianna Fáil

  Fianna Fáil has put down a motion of no confidence in Minister for Justice Alan Shatter TD.

• 13:00
  FDI, jobs and students focus of newly launched UCC strategic plan

  Increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) and job creation, as well as a surge in attracting international students, lie among the regional, national and international benefits outlined in University College Cork's (UCC) strategic plan, Sustaining Excellence 2013–2017, which was launched today.

• 23 May
• 18:07
  Siptu recommends acceptance of revised public sector deal

  The national executive council of Siptu has issued a statement this evening recommending acceptance of the revised pay and reform agreement for the public sector.

• 12:51
  Rise of ‘hybrid consumer’ to polarise food sector – Rabobank report

  The rise of the ‘hybrid consumer’ is an emerging trend with significant implications for food companies, food retailers and food service companies, according to a new report from Rabobank.

• 12:46
  Cork Chamber welcomes appointment of local business representative to DAA board

  Cork Chamber has welcomed the appointment yesterday of H+A Marketing & PR’s Ann-Marie O’Sullivan to the board of Dublin Airport Authority.

• 11:36
  New president for Chartered Accountants Ireland

  Brendan Lenihan FCA has been elected as president of Chartered Accountants Ireland.

• 11:02
  FIT ICT Skills Audit highlights shortage of suitable job applicants in key tech fields

  There are in excess of 4,500 immediate job vacancies in the IT sector in Ireland that are not being filled due to the severely limited supply of suitably skilled applicants, according to the Fastrack to IT (FIT) ICT Skills Audit, a survey of 38 companies and representative SMEs that together employ in excess of 25,000 people in the IT sector in Ireland.

• 10:21
  Minister Sherlock announces €6.9m in funding for 62 research projects

  Minister for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock TD has announced Government funding through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) of €6.9m, encompassing 62 research awards.

• 22 May
• 17:04
  Angela Merkel tops Forbes Most Powerful Women list again

  Angela Merkel has topped the Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list for the third year in a row.

• 16:03
  Ann-Marie O'Sullivan appointed to DAA board

  Ann-Marie O'Sullivan has been appointed to the board of Dublin Airport Authority plc by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar TD.

• 15:02
  Europe's innovation leaders honoured in inaugural Innovation Luminary Awards

  Dublin last night hosted the first annual European awards for innovation leadership in Trinity College as part of this week’s Open Innovation 2.0 Conference.

• 13:02
  Primark pledges short-term aid to all workers and families affected by Rana Plaza building collapse

  Primark has released a statement saying that it is taking “unilateral action” to try to alleviate the immediate suffering of the victims of the eight-story Rana Plaza building collapse, which occurred in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on 24 April.

• 11:45
  New chairman for Irish Waste Management Association

  Kieran Mullins general manager (Ireland) of Veolia Environmental Services has been named as the new chairman of the Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA).

• 08:00
  Taoiseach to stand over Ireland's tax regime in Brussels

  An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is attending a summit of EU leaders in Brussels today focusing on tax evasion on fraud in the midst of the allegations that Apple has been manipulating Ireland’s tax regime.

• 07:31
  CEO confidence in the EU down in Q1 - YPO Global Pulse survey

  Confidence amongst CEOs within the European Union fell over the first quarter of 2013, as the fallout from the financial turmoil in Cyprus led to uncertainty about the future of the euro, according to the latest YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization)Global Pulse Survey.

• 07:15
  46 BITC Ireland members donated €21.3m to charities and community groups in 2012

  Forty-six of Ireland’s largest Irish companies were involved in over 4,800 community partnerships and donated over €21.3m in cash donations, in-kind donations and employee fundraising to local charities and community groups in 2012.

• 21 May
• 16:40
  IMO agrees to new set of proposals following LRC talks

  The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) announced this afternoon that, following extensive talks at the Labour Relations Commission, it has agreed a set of proposals on key issues that will now be referred to a meeting of its national council on Thursday (23 May).

• 13:48
  2,500 expected at four EI conferences as part of EU presidency

  Enterprise Ireland is expecting 2,500 attendees at four major conferences it’s hosting aimed at driving innovation and competitiveness in Ireland and Europe.

• 12:18
  Eircom cloud specialist first in Ireland to achieve new AWS certification

  Eircom has announced that Mike Lacey, head of product development within the business cloud team, has become Ireland’s first IT professional to be accredited as an ‘Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect’.

• 12:07
  Three new partners appointed at William Fry

  Law firm William Fry today has today announced the appointment of Cliona Donnelly, Eibhlin O'Donnell and Catherine O'Flynn as partners.

• 10:52
  Neil Pakey appointed chief executive of Shannon Airport Authority

  The board of Shannon Airport Authority has today announced the appointment of Neil Pakey as the company’s new CEO.

• 08:29
  Siobhan Talbot to succeed John Moloney as Glanbia group managing director

  Glanbia plc said today that group managing director John Moloney has notified the board that he wishes to retire from his role and from the board by the end of 2013, having been due to retire in 2014.

• 08:03
  Tanaiste in Brussels to discuss €960bn EU budget negotiations

  Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is travelling to Brussels today to chair Ministerial discussions on the EU multi-annual budget. According to the Government, he expects to get support from member states for the presidency’s push for progress in negotiations with the European Parliament.

• 07:32
  Tony Brazil and Tom Coughlan appointed to Shannon Airport Authority board

  Tony Brazil of Limerick Travel and Clare county manager Tom Coughlan have been appointed to the board of Shannon Airport Authority (SAA).

• 20 May
• 15:49
  Emily O'Reilly announced as official candidate in European Ombudsman election

  National Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Emily O' Reilly has been announced by the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz as an official candidate in the European Ombudsman election.

• 12:31
  UL researchers design medical alloy with higher X-ray visibility

  Scientists and engineers from the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) at the University of Limerick (UL) have invented a new metal that will make medical devices inside the body more visible under X-ray.

• 11:02
  Tax refund enquiries up 10pc – Taxback.com

  This year could be a bumper one for applications for tax refunds as people look to claw back money from the taxman in the wake of the household charge and the local property tax (LPT), according to Taxback.com.

• 09:50
  Isme in new agreement to support GPs

  Isme is to provide expert advice and support on key business services including tax, accounting, HR and other key functions to members of the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP), ensuring the effective delivery of primary care services in the community.

• 08:13
  Convention on the Constitution focuses on possible Dáil reform

  Amendments to the Dáil electoral system and moving towards a separate mixed member system such as in New Zealand and Germany are to be discussed at a meeting of the Convention on the Constitution in June.

• 17 May
• 15:45
  FCS Global implementing system for Console as CSR initiative

  Irish-owned company FCS Global is implementing a new unified communications (UC) system for suicide prevention and support charity Console, which aims to expand throughout Ireland and the UK.

• 15:45
  Sale of IBRC loan assets to be completed by end of year "or as soon as practicable thereafter"

  The special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), KPMG’s Kieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson, said today that they have received further instructions from Minister for Finance Michael Noonan regarding the valuing and subsequent sale of IBRC assets.

• 08:44
  More big data courses required to help fill IT skills gap - EMC

  IT multinational EMC, which employs 3,000 people in Ireland, has called on colleges to create more big data programmes as experts predict millions of new jobs in analytics over the coming years.

• 16 May
• 15:46
  CPA Ireland Skillnets launches guide to new accounting standard FRS 102

  The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland), in association with Skillnets, has published a reference guide to FRS 102, the new financial reporting standard that will become mandatory for all accountants in Ireland and the UK from January 2015.

• 14:52
  Europe must grow manufacturing sector to maintain international competitiveness – Accenture study

  The vast majority of Europe’s business leaders and senior decision-makers say Europe must grow the size of its manufacturing sector if it is not to lose its competitiveness, according to a new study by Accenture on behalf of Businesseurope.

• 11:48
  Dublin to host aviation flypast - Flightfest - in September as part of The Gathering

  Dublin is to host an international aviation flypast, featuring more than 30 aircraft from a Boeing 737 to a World War II Spitfire, on 15 September.

• 09:39
  Younger workers are turned off by pensions – survey

  A survey has found that when young workers (aged 22–40) were asked their views on financial planning for the future, their extent of forward planning was limited at best.

• 08:24
  Good corporate governance cannot be legislated for -- survey

  A survey of delegates in advance of a corporate governance event being held in Dublin shows that 77pc believe that EU initiatives in this area should aim at a new drive to encourage general adoption of best practices in all member states.

• 07:46
  AOL employees down tools for the day to help out in local communities

  AOL employees around the world – including all 170 staff members in Dublin – will leave their offices today for the company’s fourth annual ‘Monster Help Day’.

• 07:28
  Change law to stop strikes disrupting key public services – Ibec

  In advance of its annual Employment Law Conference in Clontarf Castle in Dublin today, Ibec has called for the reform of Irish labour law to minimise the disruption of essential pubic services, such as public transport, health and education, during industrial disputes.

• 15 May
• 17:26
  Massachusetts keen to collaborate with Dublin's HealthXL

  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick attended a digital health gathering today in accelerator HealthXL’s headquarters in Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus in Dublin.

• 17:12
  BoE raises forecast for growth to 1pc in 2013

  The Bank of England has raised its growth forecast for the UK economy this year to 1pc, up from its 0.9pc projection in February.

• 14:02
  UL researcher develops mathematical technique for predicting contagion in networks

  A new mathematical technique to predict social phenomena in large populations has been developed by University of Limerick research, Prof James Gleeson.

• 11:32
  Lero and TCD to participate in €2.5m European research programme

  A Lero research team at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is to participate in an international European Commission funded research programme worth €2.5m.

• 11:11
  Property tax and rising costs putting more pressure on consumers

  Consumer confidence remains weak as unemployment remains high and rising costs, including new taxes, continue to put pressure on already cash strapped consumers, according to UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and the Marketing Institute’s Consumer Market Monitor for Q1 2013.

• 10:41
  Over 80pc of professionals in Ireland have a positive view of company performance – survey

  A total of 81pc of Irish respondents said that their company was performing either the same as 12 months ago or better, according to a survey carried out by Dublin and Cork-based Berkley Group, which specialises in resourcing and talent management.

• 09:44
  Positive saving indicators stabilise April’s Savings Index

  The Nationwide UK (Ireland)/ESRI Savings Index stabilised in April as an increase in saving regularly and a decline in not saving counteracted the recent ongoing trend of negativity towards the economic environment and Government policies.