Accenture is expanding its Irish operations and establishing a Centre for Innovation in Dublin where the company will research, incubate, and pilot innovative industry-specific and cross-industry technologies and solutions for
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Researchers at the APC Microbiome Institute in University College Cork and University of Naples Federico II have shown that a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit and vegetables is linked to
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The additional €1.5bn of spending increases and lower taxes planned for Budget 2016 is not needed in an economy already growing at the fastest pace in Europe, according to the
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Announcing its half-year results yesterday, the oil and gas explorer said it is in discussions with its debt provider, US-based Melody Finance, regarding a “possible extension of the terms and
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Mr Villaquiran, who is currently chief executive of the group’s Corrugated Europe division, will take up the new role of CEO of the company’s Europe division. He will take up
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BM (NYSE: IBM) has announced it is to expand its IBM Ireland Analytics & Solutions Lab to advance cloud social collaboration and HR analytics software that help organisations build and maintain
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Taoiseach launches Competitive Feasibility Fund for Galway, Mayo and Roscommon The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, today (Monday 28 September 2015) launched the new Enterprise Ireland €200,000 Competitive Feasibility Fund for
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Tesco has seen sales at its Irish supermarkets grow for the first time in more than two years although the increase is modest at best despite back to school shoppers
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Irish company Neuromod has raised €5.5 million to fund clinical trials in the US for a device that targets millions of people suffering from chronic tinnitus. Tinnitus, often described as
SFI in association with the DCU Ryan Academy invites you to the SFI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) Pitch off. Interested in learning about the talented people and ideas being
Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD today announced that MECO, a leading manufacturer of engineered products for water purification, is to open its European headquarters in the National Technology Park
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Swiss-Irish food group Aryzta said on Monday that revenues in the year to July 31st 2015 rose by 12.6 per cent to € 3.8bn. Across Europe, revenues increased 3.8 per
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Royal Dutch Shell said it would cease exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the “foreseeable future” and take a writedown of about $4.1 billion (€3.6 billion) after failing to find
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Thirty jobs are to be created at a Limerick chimney cleaning company which is using the latest technology to reduce potentially deadly carbon monoxide entering the home. Chimneysafe which installs
Minister at State, Sean Sherlock TD opened the fifth PharmaChemical Ireland (PCI), Parenteral Drugs Association (PDA), International Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) Conference in the Radisson Hotel, Little Island, Cork on Wednesday
United Technologies Corp is set to announce 20 new jobs at a maintenance, repair and overhaul centre in Shannon today. The company, that provides high-technology systems and services to the building and
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Aryzta has announced plans to sell its remaining stock in Irish agri-services group Origin Enterprises. The Swiss-based food group said it will sell more than 36 million shares in Origin, representing
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Directors of Digicel have told investors it is prepared to spend $400 million on up to 15 acquisitions as the group pivots away from being a pure mobile operator and
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), in co-operation with Enterprise Ireland have called on innovative companies to develop smart technology solutions to help make Building Energy Ratings (BER) more
Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton TD announced today that NIIT Limited, a global company which provides multi-disciplinary learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, institutions, and individuals in over
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Around 70pc of the take-up of office space in the first half of the year was dominated by international technology firms, according to joint research from the Economic and Social
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In its latest quarterly Irish Economy Monitor, the company said that its previous forecasts for GDP, of growth of 4pc this year, followed by a further 3.7pc in 2016, were
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NIIT, which provides learning software, will establish the centre as part of its corporate learning group. The company said the
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The company. whose clients include EMC, Symantec and Cisco, plans to set up in Massachusetts initially. Co-founder Brendan McPhillips told
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Adverse exchange rate movements will hit Diageo’s full-year operating profit, the drinks group said, reducing it by up to £150
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Dublin-based clinical research group Venn Life Sciences is to acquire Kinesis Pharma for a total consideration of up to €6.5
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Groupon plans to cut about 1,100 jobs globally, as part of a reorganisation of its international operations. The company expects
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Specialist student lender Future Finance is to create 50 jobs over the next two years as part of a major
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Investec & Irish Exporters Association: FDI companies dominate Ireland’s export industry -Investec Sponsored Irish Exporters Association Report shows significant growth
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The Global Innovation Index (GII), released for the first time in 2007, has swiftly become a widely used metric for
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Zurich Insurance Group abandoned an offer for RSA Insurance Group because it expects a loss in its own general insurance
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Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, the corporate banking arm of the massive US institution, has shifted $9 billion (€8 billion) of
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HP will cut its workforce by as many as 30,000 people as it undergoes its split into two separate companies,
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Oil prices rose by around one per cent on Monday as US drilling slowed and analysts estimated that $1.5 trillion
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Powerscourt distillery will create 18 full-time jobs with a craft distillery and visitor centre at the Powerscourt Estate, in Enniskerry,
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Two companies announced plans to create 75 jobs in Cork on Friday morning. In Ballincollig, Co. Cork, Irish company Asystec,
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Tullamore, Ireland – September 16th 2015. Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English today announced that Nexvet Biopharma (Nasdaq:
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That would bring the group’s workforce down to around 75,000 full-time positions under a reorganization being finalised by new chief
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Preliminary figures for July show that seasonally adjusted goods exports fell by €596m, or 6pc, to €8.76bn from June, according
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Irish-founded online payments firm Realex, which was acquired by the US firm Global Payments for €115 million in March, is
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Today’s results are the company’s first as a stock listed firm. The company said its like-for-like profit margin on fuel
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The biggest drug manufacturer in India in terms of revenue is trying to control costs that have spiralled since it
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Ornua, which was formerly known as the Irish Dairy Board, has reported that sales of its Kerrygold butter and cheese
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Ward Solutions has invested €1.2 million in an operations centre aimed at expanding its managed information security services offering to
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The investment firm revealed the profit yesterday. Crystal Amber only acquired its 2.8pc Aer Lingus stake in summer last year.
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Diageo is expected to name Oliver Loomes as its new country director of Ireland later this morning in place of
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The €2 billion-a-year gambling giant formed by the merger of Irish bookie Paddy Power and London-listed betting exchange Betfair will
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New centre in Dublin expands operations and investment in Ireland’s Big Data economy DUBLIN, IRELAND – 8 September, 2015 –
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Dublin, 08 September 2015: TERMINALFOUR, the digital marketing and web content management platform for higher education, today announced results of
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The week is getting off to a good start with the news that, across the south-east of Ireland, three companies
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Geoscience Ireland member companies created 134 new jobs in the first six months of 2015, according to the Department of
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Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has agreed the terms of its proposed merger with UK gaming company Betfair, paving the way
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Tesco has agreed to sell its South Korean business Homeplus in a £4.2 billion deal in the latest phase of
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The Government is planning a series of jobs announcements later this morning across the south east. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise
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Focusing on entrepreneurship and supporting businesses in scaling up and creating jobs, the fourth Global Irish Economic Forum is to
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It marks the end of a more than decade-long failed assault on the market, with Musgrave now largely concentrating on