(February 25 – 2015) IDA IRELAND, the government agency responsible for attracting inward investment, has announced ambitious targets to boost Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland by over 40%, creating
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Company plans to add sixty highly skilled jobs at Dublin facility over next three years. Horizon Pharma plc (NASDAQ: HZNP), a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients’ lives by
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Apple is to invest €1.7bn to build and operate two data centres in Europe that will be 100pc powered by renewable energy. One will be located in Athenry on Ireland’s
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Siemens has initiated operations at its Clean Energy Center, which is located in Ludwigsfelde, Germany. Developing the new burner test centre involved an investment of €100m, Siemens said. The facility
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The innovative new phone charging service, WattSpot, is quickly making a name for itself as its services are spreading across Ireland. The new start-up based in the Media Cube at
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Work will begin this month on the first element of a major restructuring of the port of Foynes in Co Limerick. It is part of a €50m investment in transforming the port
Energy upgrades worth €118m saw 24,600 homes and 900 public and commercial buildings improved, and 2,400 jobs maintained through the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources’ Better Energy programme