Ulster Bank completes ‘One Week in June’ fundraiser
Ulster Bank completes ‘One Week in June’ fundraiserKevin Keegan, head of HR at Ulster Bank with Tony Keville and Tomasz Kolodziejskui, marking the close of the bank’s One Week in June campaign Ulster Bank teamed up with eight charities across the Republic of Ireland for an initiative called ‘One Week in June’ to raise funds. Activities ranged from bake-offs to hill walking, relay runs to band battles and Ulster Bank staff all over Ireland got involved. The charities to benefit in the Republic of Ireland were: Barnardos; Concern Worldwide; the Irish Cancer Society; the Irish Heart Foundation; the Irish Hospice Foundation; Rehab; the Simon Communities; and the Society of St…
Read MoreLondon City Airport is ‘Best Airport in Europe’ for third year
London City Airport has been awarded the Best Airport in Europe in the 1-5 million passenger category for the third year in a row by Airports Council International (ACI), a worldwide association of airport operators. It received the award in Frankfurt, Germany at the 10th annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards for its “eagerness to innovate together with its quality of services, active sustainability and active agendas, such as airport tours for young people”. Declan Collier, CEO of London City Airport and former Dublin Airport Authority CEO said the judges recognised a number of areas where it had excelled in reaching and engaging with customers, the local community and employees.…
Read MoreBritish Airways launches new Dublin to London flights
British Airways Expands Dublin-London Connectivity British Airways launches new Dublin to London flights British Airways is to start flying to the financial heart of London from Dublin this winter. The airline announced that it is to add an additional link between the two capital cities with the launch of new direct flights from Dublin to London City Airport. From the start of the winter schedule, 26 October, British Airways will launch five-a-day services to London City Airport using a mix of Embraer 170 and 190 jets from its new fleet of 17 aircraft. Business and Connectivity Benefits The aircraft will be based in Dublin overnight for an early morning departure,…
Read MoreInnovative doubling Dublin workforce to 50 by end 2015
US library technology company Innovative is to double its workforce in at its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Dublin to 50 by the end of 2015. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Innovative is a global provider of integrated library management and automation software. Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD met with the company’s CEO Kim Massana on his recent marketing business trip to the US with IDA Ireland. “We have had a very positive experience of the business environment in Ireland since we first set up our EMEA headquarters in Dublin in August 2012,” said Massana. “Dublin has a rich talent pool and we have been able to…
Read MoreKinvara Skincare only Irish finalist at UK beauty awards
Organic skincare company Kinvara Skincare is the only Irish finalist at the FreeFrom UK Beauty Awards this year. Over 100 products from more than 70 skincare brands around the world have made the shortlist and the winners will be announced at the ‘Love Natural, Love Organic’ show at the Olympia in London on 4 July. Nominated products from the Kinvara Skincare range include the Rosehip Face Serum in the ‘Leave On Face Care’ category, along with the Absolute Cleansing Oil in the ‘Take Off Face Care’ category. Suitable for men and women, the Irish-owned skincare range based in Co Galway uses plant packed ingredients (93pc from an edible food source)…
Read MoreAmber develops NanoWow course for primary school teachers
Amber, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, has launched a new summer training course in nanoscience and materials science for primary school teachers. The course, which runs from 7– 11 July, is Department of Education-accredited and will take place in Amber in association with the School of Education, Trinity. It is created to help primary school teachers to teach nano and materials science to fifth and sixth class students and will focus on a number of key areas including nature of science and science teaching pedagogy; developing creative science investigation in the primary classroom; and enquiry-based approaches to science teaching in primary…
Read MoreBank of America Merrill Lynch Announces TCD Library
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Library will receive funding to conserve, research and digitize four early Irish manuscripts through the company’s 2014 global Art Conservation Project. Since 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has provided grants to museums in 27 countries supporting 71 conservation projects. Once conserved the manuscripts will be made available via TCD Library’s digital collections and exhibited alongside the Book of Kells, the Book of Durrow and the Book of Armagh at TCD Library. The grant will fund the treatment, technical examination, digitization and art historical study of four of TCD Library’s most important early medieval Irish manuscripts, the Codex Usserianius Primus, the Garland of…
Read More3e inviting students to be part of rebrand process
TV3’s sister channel 3e is involving students in the process of a major brand refresh inviting them to contribute as part of the ‘3e Accelerator Programme’. To be launched in coming weeks, the programme aims to empower students from all over the country to submit their ideas as to how 3e should look and feel as a brand predominantly targeting 15-34 year olds. Students will be also asked to submit ideas for a brand new station ‘ident’ via the new 3e website, www.3eTV.ie, which was launched this month. The winning team will see their work brought to life on air when 3e launches the new look station idents during the…
Read MoreOpel Ireland announces Springboard partnership
Opel Ireland and its parent company General Motors (GM) have announced a partnership with the Higher Education Authority’s (HEA) Springboard programme. It will mean the introduction of new free graduate programmes in University of Limerick (UL) and NUI Galway involving 30 graduate positions a year over the next four years. The Higher Diploma in Software Development (Middleware integration) will be delivered at UL starting in the middle of July while the Diploma in Applied Sciences will be delivered by NUIG with a high performance computing stream being developed in conjunction with the Irish Centre for High End Computing based on the NUIG campus starting early August 2014. Applicants eligible to…
Read MoreBank of Ireland to sponsor Shane Lowry until end 2016
Bank of Ireland has announced a sponsorship deal with Irish professional golfer Shane Lowry which will run until the end of 2016. Under the agreement, he will represent Bank of Ireland both as a brand ambassador in Ireland and as he competes across the world in the years ahead. He will sport its branding on the left chest of his golf apparel in addition to hosting a number of corporate events for the bank each year. The announcement was made at a press conference for the Irish Open in Fota Island Golf Club, Ci Cork where the former champion of the tournament is competing over the coming week. Winner of…
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