April

Minister Breen opens first Fraunhofer Project Centre in Ireland

9th May 2017 

Science Foundation Ireland partner with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to establish the Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC) for Embedded BioAnalytical Systems at Dublin City University New Fraunhofer Project Centre will focus on developing “Lab-on-a-Chip” technologies

Minister Halligan welcomes the appointment of Sharon Bailey as the Chairperson of the European Association of Research Managers Administrators (EARMA)

28th April 2017 

EGFSN welcomes the launch of the National Skills Council (NSC)

28th April 2017 

Tony Donohoe has been appointed the new Chair of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN)

BorgWarner adds new production line for electric vehicle

28th April 2017 

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor announces HQTralee as first recipient of Vodafone & Siro’s Gigabit Hub Initiative

28th April 2017 

Dingle welcomes a new Creativity and Innovation Hub

28th April 2017 

Ambition to Create over 100 full time jobs in Five Years. 1GB Dedicated Fibre Connection Delivered by eir. Gamechanger for Dingle’s Business and Creative Community.

Dead and injured workers remembered on third Workers’ Memorial Day

28th April 2017 

520 people killed and many others injured in work-related accidents 2007 – 2016

Shire opens new HQ office in Dublin city centre

27th April 2017 

Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor launches National Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition

27th April 2017 

Coalition aims to tackle Digital Skills Gap

Teenage entrepreneurs meet Minister Breen ahead of Student Enterprise National Final on May 3rd

27th April 2017 

15 years of student enterprise to be celebrated by Local Enterprise Offices in Croke Park on May 3rd

Tipperary embarks on first ever unified promotional campaign for inward investment

26th April 2017 

TIPPERARY – THE PLACE, THE TIME to target indigenous and FDI jobs

Enterprise Ireland announces €750,000 in start-up funding for Female Entrepreneurs

26th April 2017 

Tenable selects Dublin as home for its first international headquarters

26th April 2017 

Global cybersecurity leader to create 100 new jobs in local Dublin economy with the grand opening of its new office in the Dublin Docklands

Minister Halligan announces new UK-Ireland partnership to encourage collaborative research

25th April 2017 

Science Foundation Ireland enters new partnership agreement with UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Minister Halligan announces €6.7 million joint research investment by Science Foundation Ireland and UK research council

25th April 2017 

Minister Mitchell O’Connor launches the Framework for Town Centre Renewal

25th April 2017 

Irish business prioritising talent retention, new CIPD research shows

25th April 2017 

Ahead of the CIPD Ireland Annual Conference, new research shows growing focus on attracting and retaining talent

Minister Halligan leads Enterprise Ireland Trade Visit to ESTEC – the European Space Agency’s Research and Development Centre in the Netherlands.

24th April 2017 

Details of ESA contracts secured by Irish companies with a cumulative value of almost €2M announced

Minister Pat Breen marks 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Employment Appeals Tribunal

21st April 2017 

Nearly 200,000 decisions by EAT since its establishment contributing hugely to employment rights in Ireland EAT is winding down as part of the restructuring of the Workplace Relations mechanisms of the State

Minister Breen leads 25 companies on Enterprise Ireland Trade Visit to Antwerp, Belgium

20th April 2017 

Focus is on developing export opportunities for Irish high-tech construction companies

Ministers launch report on Future Skills Needs in the Food and Drink Sector

13th April 2017 

Meat Technology Ireland Launched

13th April 2017 

Minister Mitchell O’Connor welcomes the launch of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2017 by Minister Humphreys, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

13th April 2017 

Citrix to create 150 new jobs as part of expansion drive in Ireland

12th April 2017 

26,000 sq ft of office space to be added to Citrix’s existing offices in Dublin’s East Point Business Park

Chopped to double in size with 20 new Irish outlets, 430 new jobs and UK expansion

12th April 2017 

• Twenty new Chopped outlets to open across Ireland in 2017 as Chopped doubles its Irish footprint from 20 to 40 outlets • 320 employees at Chopped will be joined by 320 new employees for Ireland and 110 new employees to support Chopped’s UK expansion • Six UK outlets will be open by mid-2017

Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Minister welcomes the National Competitiveness Council Report, Competitiveness Benchmarking; Ireland and the UK, 2017

12th April 2017 

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation seeks participation from Irish businesses in new study on Corporate Social Responsibility

11th April 2017 

Minister Breen travels to Budapest to discuss Brexit and the Single Market

11th April 2017 

Minister Halligan welcomes Ireland’s continued success in winning EU funding for Research and Innovation

11th April 2017 

Ireland wins a total €386 million of EU funding

Minister Mitchell O’Connor announces €4.6 million SFI investment to support 37 research commercialisation projects

7th April 2017 

FundRock celebrates the opening of its new Dublin office

7th April 2017 

Minister Breen leads drive for new business links between Ireland and Canada

6th April 2017 

Ireland to grow exports by €250m under new Canada EU Free Trade Agreement

Enterprise Ireland client companies announce 60 jobs for Cork

6th April 2017 

Minister Mitchell O’Connor welcomes continuing fall in Live Register

6th April 2017 

All 8 regions have shown fall in live register over past 12 months

Minister Mitchell O’Connor welcomes further fall in monthly unemployment figures

4th April 2017 

Monthly unemployment rate now at 6.4%

New products and markets key to export growth

4th April 2017