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Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has announced the successful applicants of the Capital Equipment Fund administered by Enterprise Ireland through the Technology Gateway and Technology Centre Programmes. A total of 29 successful projects from across the third level sector have secured over €6m in funding to assist them in buying […]

Global nutrition group Glanbia has reported strong performance in the first six months of the year and raised its guidance for growth in full year earnings per share. Having previously guided growth of 6 to 12%, it now expects it to come in at between 17 to 22% on a constant currency basis. In a […]

Ryanair has confirmed that it will begin operating the Dublin-Kerry air route, previously run by the now defunct Stobart Air. However, the new service will not begin until July 28. On Friday, the Government announced that Ryanair was to begin flying the route on a commercial basis from July 19. It was previously run as […]

Financial services group Irish Life has today agreed to buy Ark Life Assurance from ReAssure Limited, part of Phoenix Group Holdings, for a total of €230m. Irish Life said that when complete the deal will see about 150,000 policies and €2.1 billion worth of assets move to Irish Life. Today’s deal follows the signing of […]

In a bid to improve domestic transport links, the UK government is now conducting a feasibility study to see whether Northern Ireland can be linked by a bridge or tunnel to Scotland, its neighbor over the water. The findings are due later this summer. The idea is not a new one, but it’s been gaining […]

Ryanair has announced a recruitment drive for 2,000 new pilots to crew its new planes over the next three years as the airline recovers and rebuilds from the Covid-19 pandemic. Ryanair said it has now taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8200 aircraft, which will help it to lower costs, cut fuel consumption and lower […]

Italians spilled into the streets from Milan to Palermo to celebrate their national side’s Euro 2020 triumph over England, pushing aside thoughts of the pandemic that has gripped the nation. In the heart of the capital Rome, a concert of car horns and foghorns rang out amid a cloud of smoke from firecrackers after Italy […]

Small businesses and start-ups in the Kingdom are thirving with the help of collaborations in the three rural town hubs. Kerry businessmen Ken Tobin and Tom O’Leary are co-owners of HQ Kerry. They established two hubs in Tralee town centre and one in Listowel. Back in 2016 they were both thinking of starting a co-working […]

England’s footballers are preparing to face Italy in the final of Euro 2020 on Sunday, knowing victory will earn them a first major tournament triumph for 55 years. On a night of nerve-shredding tension, and then unconfined joy, Gareth Southgate’s side beat Denmark 2-1 in front of more than 50,000 ecstatic England fans at Wembley on Wednesday, […]

Stripe, the online payments firm founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, has taken its first major step toward a stock market debut by hiring a law firm to help with preparations, according to people familiar with the matter. The 11-year-old company was valued by investors at $95 billion in a fundraising round in […]

This might be a good time to re-examine long-standing assumptions about how and when we work. In 1964, The Beatles sang “Eight Days a Week”, a title supposedly derived from a chauffer’s complaint about how hard he had to work. There is now growing momentum to cut this particular working week in half, with numerous calls to […]

One of the first Syrian refugees to have been resettled to Ireland has opened a pharmacy in rural Carlow. Fadi Almasri, 34, opened the doors on his new business in the village of Ballon on Monday. He said: “It’s time to give something back to Ireland – the country which has given us lots of […]

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has formally declared a state of emergency in Tokyo, putting restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus infections in place until 22 August. “We will impose the state of emergency in Tokyo,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said at a government meeting on infection measures. “The period will be until August 22.” On […]

Representatives of the hospitality sector and senior Government officials will meet later today to assess how restaurants and pubs could reopen for indoor hospitality later this month. It is understood that the discussions are focused on how the EU Digital Covid Certificate could be used to secure admission to any premises, and how the new […]

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF Ireland’s newest university, Munster Technology University (MTU), has been described by Minister Simon Harris as an “important milestone”. Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee have joined together to become the Munster Technological University (MTU). CIT currently has 17,000 full and part-time students while ITT has almost 4,000. The move comes […]

Glenbeigh-Glencar under 7’s & 9’s had a real treat with brand new jerseys, kindly sponsored by Glenbeigh’s Dave McKeown of RetroFit Design and Fred McDonogh of Red Chair Recruitment. Co Kerry’s number 15 Paudie Clifford who has been a revelation this season was at hand with Pa Killkenny to do a few workshops and present […]

Talks between the hospitality industry and Government representatives to find a way of allowing indoor hospitality to resume will get under way later. Indoor drinking and dining in pubs and restaurants had been due to recommence today, as part of the next phase of easing restrictions. The Government decided last week to delay resuming indoor […]

As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world’s most powerful corporations. Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive today to Andy Jassy and turn his attention to […]