32,000 New Businesses in 2013 – Ireland’s Entrepreneurs Soars
32,000 people started new businesses in 2013 as Ireland’s entrepreneurial activity soars Pictured: Paula Fitzsimons, Gem Report co-author and national GEM co-ordinator, Minster for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton and Theresa Keady, EC Charging Some 32,000 people started new businesses in Ireland in 2013, and one 11 in of the adult population are now engaged in some form of early-stage entrepreneurial activity, according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem). According to the findings, entrepreneurial activity is at its highest since the economic crisis began. The number of people indicating that they intend to start a business in the next three years increased significantly in 2013 and is now at its…
Read MoreGraeme McDowell takes the lead in RBC social media campaign
Irish golfer Graeme McDowell is out in front in a 15-week social media campaign involving 12 golfers striving to raise $125,000 for their chosen charity. Called RBC’s Golf for Kids programme (#RBCGolf4Kids), the campaign is driven by one of McDowell’s sponsors – Royal Bank of Canada. McDowell’s chosen chairty is the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and The National Children’s Research Centre. He, along with 11 other golfers, has been raising awareness of the programme through the use of personalised hashtags on Twitter and Instagram. The golfers whose tag has been used the most over the course of the campaign will…
Read MoreAutism On The Rise in Public and Private Schools
The number of autistic students entering the private and public school systems has skyrocketed over the last ten years, prompting the CDC to do a full study on how having autistic children in the classroom changes the dynamics. Teachers who are not well prepared can feel frustrated or overwhelmed. Administrators can also feel frustration or the sense of being overwhelmed for different reasons, as it is estimated that the cost of just one autistic child in the school system can cost $25,000-$100,000 more than a non-autistic child for a single school year. That can be difficult for schools with tight budgets and sharp increases in autism. The findings prompted CDC director, Dr. Colleen Boyle, to respond, “It is…
Read MoreCPA Ireland awards funding to researchers in Irish third-level institutions
Research examining the formation of Irish water; the use of imagery in annual reports and the determinants of SME growth in Ireland are among the inaugural projects to be funded by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) Ireland Research Fund. The CPA Ireland Research Fund was established by the CPA to support scholarly and creative research in the area of accountancy and finance. Researchers from Queens University Belfast, Dublin City University, the University of Limerick and Cork Institute of Technology will each receive funding of up to €2,500 to progress their research. “There are many challenges facing researchers in attracting funding in the area of finance and…
Read MoreIreland set to be first in EU to legislate for plain tobacco packaging
Ireland is set to become the first country in the European Union to introduce legislation on plain packaging for tobacco products. The Government has approved the publication of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and the presentation of the Bill in the Seanad. “Ireland will be the first country in the European Union to introduce such legislation and the third country worldwide,” said Minister for Health James Reilly. “Australia introduced plain packaging legislation in November 2011 and the New Zealand Bill had its first reading in Parliament on 11 February this year. I understand that other EU countries are also considering such legislation. “This represents a significant…
Read MoreMondelez Ireland extends sponsorship of Paralympics Ireland by three years
Owner of brands including Cadbury Mondelez Ireland has extended its sponsorship of Paralympics Ireland three years until March 2017, taking it beyond the next Paralympic Games in 2016.
Read More‘Busking Unbarred’ to take to Dublin’s streets at Youbloom festival with Tullamore Dew
At this year’s Youbloom@Dublin, the annual international music festival and conference launched to help new talent develop and prosper, ‘Busking Unbarred’ will take to the streets of Dublin’s Dame District. Hosted by Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, the outdoor busking event will celebrate the spirit of buskers and the contribution they make to towns and cities. With live music firmly embedded in its Irish roots, Tullamore Dew has been working with The Busking Project, an advocacy movement championing the rights of street performers around the globe, to support and help grow appreciation for busking artists. The Busking Unbarred event will be taking place on Saturday, 14 June between 4.30pm and 7.30pm on the Tullamore Dew…
Read MoreLimerick students achieve third place at CanSat competition in Norway
A team of secondary school students from Limerick City have won third place at a European Space Agency competition in Norway. The Crescent College Comprehensive team joined students from 14 countries across Europe in the competition to build a CanSat – a simulation of a real satellite integrated within the volume of a soft drinks can – which was then launched by rocket to a height of 1km. The test for teams was to include all the major subsystems found in a satellite, such as power, sensors and a communication system. At launch stage this week, the primary mission was to measure temperature and air pressure and transmit the data…
Read MoreIrish Stock Exchange reports 15pc increase in pre-tax profits for 2013
The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has reported pre-tax profits of €7.2m for 2013, a 15pc increase on 2012. Revenues were 12pc higher at €22.9m. The increase was driven by strong growth in primary markets business (in particular from listing debt securities), where revenues grew 17pc to €15.4m and accounted for 67pc of total ISE revenues. Primary markets business relates to international debt, fund and equity listings. At the end of December 2013 the ISE had approximately 30,000 securities from 4,000 issuers in 78 countries listing their securities on its markets. Traded markets business (income from market data sales, transaction income, infrastructure and membership fees), represented 33pc of ISE revenue in…
Read MoreOutgoing BIM CEO to head up €35m project in Killibegs
Outgoing CEO of Bord Iascaigh Mhara Jason Whooley is to head up Bio-marine Ingredients Ireland (BII) in Killybegs, Co Donegal from next September. BII is a €35m project which will result in the creation of up to 50 jobs during the construction phase and a further 70 direct and indirect jobs when it intends to go into full production in 2016. It was formed as a result of a joint venture between the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation and Norwegian pharmaceutical and marine biotech experts Biomarine Science Technology. “We intend BII to position Ireland as a global leader in marine ingredients,” said BII chairman Martin Howley. “With somebody of the vision and…
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