A technology company has today announced plans for 100 new jobs in Dublin and Cork, while a cybersecurity provider will also create 75 jobs in Tipperary and Dublin. Technology company Qorvo has announced plans to create 100 highly-skilled engineering positions in Dublin and Cork. Qorvo said the new jobs will support its global ultra-wideband (UWB) […]
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As costs of living in cities rise, could rural hubs provide a solution?
We are all aware of the socio-economic pressures on urban centres, particularly Dublin, Cork and Galway. Our cities are growing rapidly, commercial and residential rents are rising, childcare and transportation costs are increasing, and traffic congestion is at an all-time high. According to the Dublin Economic Monitor, August 2019, rents in Dublin City alone […]
Amazon are to create 1,000 jobs across Irish Operations
Amazon is to create another 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years, bringing its total permanent workforce here to 5,000 people. The new roles will be based across the company’s Cork and Dublin sites in Blanchardstown, Tallaght, the city centre, and north County Dublin. The new jobs range from software development […]
Irish unemployment rate reaches 13-year low of 4.8%
Figures from the Central Statistics Office indicate that the number of workers classified as unemployed was 119,000. The unemployment rate of the Republic remained at 4.8% in December with economists expecting another year of strong employment growth. Last month the CSO figures highlighted the number of workers classified as unemployed in the Republic to be […]
Dublin is Announced as Worst City in the World
Dublin had been crowned as the worst city in the world to find a place to live according to a recent study that was released on Tuesday afternoon. Ireland’s capital city was in last place followed by San Francisco and Munich, out of a total of 82 cities surveyed in the Expat City Ranking 2019 […]
Killarney Receives Share of €67 million Conference Windfall
Killarney has received a generous slice of a €67 million conference pie announced by Fáilte Ireland who confirmed that 162 international seminars have been secured for Ireland so far this year. This represents an increase of over 15% in the value of the events secured over the same period of time last year, […]
Strongest Recorded Quarter Ever for Office Take Up in Dublin
Property Consultants CBRE Ireland have released figures for the level of office leasing activity reached in Dublin for the first quarter of 2019. Reports show that a total of 107,200 squared metres of transactions were signed in the Dublin market in the first quarter of the year. This indicates the highest first quarter office take-up […]
Boost Business this Tourist Season
Ireland is an expensive country to live in, so you can only imagine how expensive it is as a holiday destination. What can businesses do to ensure that customers receive value for money on their holiday to Ireland? After the past couple of days amidst the St.Patrick’s day festivities we have seen tens of […]
Irish Tech Company Announces Large Dublin Expansion
An Irish Tech company has just announced that they are currently expanding their Dublin offices. The expansion will result in the creation of 150 new jobs. Workhuman which was previously known as Globoforce announced that there will be a major expansion taking place and a €4,000,000 investment will be put into its Dublin based HQ. […]