The Saint-Gobain Ireland Technical Academy has announced that it is adding to its existing training portfolio by launching a series of nZEB modular courses. Starting this July, these innovative nZEB courses
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![New Requirements Introduced to Provide Additional Transparency and Facilitate Mortgage Switching](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CentralBankHousing-505x306_c.jpg)
Following a public consultation process, the Central Bank is introducing changes to the Consumer Protection Code 2012 to help consumers make savings on their mortgage repayments, provide additional protections to
By ISO Quality Services Limited We often get asked “What’s the difference between Certification and Accredited Certification?” In principle, the systems are the same, it’s who certificates you and how
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Lidl, the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket, has awarded Dale Farm, the largest UK farmer-owned dairy co-operative, a lead contract to supply cheddar cheese to its stores across the UK, Europe and
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Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, TD has welcomed Ireland’s strong innovation performance reported in the European Commission’s European Innovation Scoreboard 2018. The annual Innovation Scoreboard provides a comparative
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Leading communications agency Springboard PR & Marketing and Waterford City & County Council have won a prestigious national PR award for the launch of the Waterford Greenway. The campaign won
![DCU Launches Ireland’s First Centre of Excellence For Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DCUJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Ireland’s first Centre of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion has been launched at Dublin City University. The DCU Centre of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion will focus on diversity and inclusion research and
![Major New Report on Housing Outlines Policy Actions to Boost Affordability and Supply](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ConstructionSummitHousing-505x306_c.jpg)
Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has launched a new national campaign – Better Lives, Better Business championing new policies across four key pillars – housing, infrastructure, planning and sustainability. Better Lives,
![Dublin Bakery Becomes the Smartest in Europe](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BretzelJune2018-505x306_c.png)
The Bretzel Bakery, one of Dublin’s oldest artisan bakeries, has invested in Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help it cut its utility bills and comply with Ireland’s tough food
![EIB Backs €80 Million Port of Cork Container Terminal Development](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/PortOfCork3-505x306_c.jpg)
The Port of Cork has marked a major milestone for the company with the launch of the new Cork Container Terminal development in Ringaskiddy. The Cork Container Terminal will initially
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In the year to April, residential property prices at national level increased by 13.0%, according to the latest CSO figures. This compares with an increase of 12.6% in the year
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WEEE Ireland, Ireland’s largest electrical and battery recycling scheme powered the most successful year in its history in 2017. WEEE Ireland recycled 35,708 tonnes of e-waste and 874 tonnes of waste batteries
![Aramark’s Frank Gleeson Named European Industry Leader of the Year](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AramarkFrankGleesonJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Frank Gleeson, president of Aramark Northern Europe, has been named the 2018 NACS European Industry Leader of the Year. The award, sponsored by Mondelēz International, was presented during the recent NACS Convenience Summit
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Northern Ireland-based developer and contractor McAleer & Rushe has been awarded the prize for ‘International Project of the Year’ at the Irish Construction Industry Awards for Global Student Accommodation’s 1000-bed
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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD has launched the Bord Bia 2018 Brexit Barometer, a comprehensive survey of 117 Irish food, drink and horticulture companies, representing 48%
![College Group to Construct New €10 Million Biofuel Facility in County Meath](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CollegeGroupJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
College Group is to invest €10 million in building a new renewable energy facility producing biofuel from used cooking oil and animal fats in north County Meath. The investment is
![Irish Global Packaging Solutions Company Announces €27 Million Investment](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ZeusBrianOSullivanResized-505x306_c.jpeg)
Zeus, the Irish-owned global packaging solutions company, has announced a €27 million investment in new premises in Dublin and the UK. The investment will also lead to the creation of 80
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CRH plc has received regulatory approval for its proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of Ash Grove Cement Company, from the US Federal Trade Commission. Ashe Grove is a leading US cement
![AllinAll Ingredients Officially Opens New €5 Million Facility in Dublin](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AllInAll3June2018-505x306_c.jpg)
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, TD (pictured above left), has officially opened AllinAll Ingredient’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing and Research and Development facility in Rosemount, Dublin. The company, which has been in
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Elaine Leahy, David O’Donovan, Daniel Crowley, Ryan Breen, Michael Ahern, Brian Fitzpatrick and Colm Nicholl, students from Cork Institute of Technology, have won the overall Enterprise Ireland Student Entrepreneur of
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McArdle Skeath, one of Ireland’s leading supply chain management providers, has opened its new 12,500 sq m temperature controlled storage facility in Hollystown, Dublin 15. The supply chain facility represents
![Ambitious Enterprise Cross-Border Rail Strategic Development Plan Launched](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IrishRailResized-505x306_c.jpg)
Translink and Iarnród Éireann have launched an ambitious new strategic development plan for the Cross-border Enterprise Rail Service between Belfast and Dublin. Called ‘Better Connecting Dublin and Belfast’, the strategy
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Between now and 2030 worldwide demand growth for milk and milk products will be three times the level of current US milk production. This was one of the main findings
![IDA Reports Strong First Half](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IDAIrelandMartinShanahan-505x306_c.jpg)
IDA Ireland, the inward investment agency of the Irish Government, has reported a very strong first half of 2018. IDA
![Building and Construction Output Increased by 7.4% in 1st Quarter 2018](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GuaranteedIrishConstruction-505x306_c.jpg)
According to the latest CSO figures, the volume of output in building and construction increased by 7.4% in the first
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The current housing market is failing our younger generations, according to Ella Dunphy (pictured) of DNG, who recently became the
![Irish Gin Exports Up 433% in First Quarter of 2018](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Gin-505x306_c.jpg)
New CSO figures reveal that the value of Irish gin exports grew by a whopping 433 per cent in the
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For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation. A new
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The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has announced the winners of 2018 RIAI Architecture Awards. The awards, held recently
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The latest Irish grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 20 May 2018, show Tesco reclaiming
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Walled City Brewery, located in Derry’s exciting new cultural quarter Ebrington Square, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to
![DCU Crowned 2018 Enactus Ireland Champions](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/EnactusJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Enactus Dublin City University were crowned the winners of the recent Enactus Ireland National Competition which took place in Chartered Accountants House, Dublin
![Cork Leads the Way as Ireland’s Creative and Tech City of Tomorrow](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cork-pic-505x306_c.jpg)
Huawei, the global technology leader, has unveiled its New Renaissance Hotspots report which reveals how the Ireland is witnessing a new age
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The latest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) projections show that Ireland’s total greenhouse gas emissions will increase from current levels to
![The Interconnected Era – Shaping Your Digital Transformation Strategy](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/EquinixEventJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, will host an event at 14:00 on Thursday, 28th June in Quay 14, Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin 1 to
![New Atlantic MedTech Cluster Launched](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AtlanticMedTechMay2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Eight indigenous MedTech specialist companies have formed an innovative business cluster to promote Ireland as a global centre of excellence
![Kildare Agri-business Wins National Enterprise Award For 2018](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TerraLiquidMineralsMay2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Terra Liquid Minerals in Kildare, an agri-business set up by two brothers in 2012, has won the overall title at