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Magnet Networks buys Imagine’s retail business division

Telecom and cloud services provider, Magnet Networks, has acquired the Irish retail business division of Imagine Communications Group in an all-cash deal. The new enlarged Magnet Business division will have 11,000

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Syndicate to invest €2m in start-ups in West

HBAN, a joint initiative of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland responsible for the all-island promotion of business angel investment, today unveils its new angel syndicate. The West by North West (WxNW)

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Survey shows: 59% of medtech firms in Ireland increased sales in 2015

Ireland’s reputation as a major global hub for the medtech sector has grown in stature in recent years with 18 of the top 25 medtech companies in the world now operating

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Heidelberg to present “Simply Smart” at Drupa

Packaging is in the spotlight at Drupa where Heidelberg is exhibiting under the banner “Simply Smart” in Hall 1. A 3B/B1 format inkjet press designed for industrial packaging print quality

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Irish Ferries owner posts rise in revenue

Irish Continental Group has reported a 10.5% increase in revenues and a 49.5% increase in earnings before accounting for tax, depreciation and amortisation for 2015. The company, which owns Irish

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Crown truck wins 2016 iF Design Award

Crown, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has won a 2016 iF Design Award, presented by iF International Forum Design. An international panel of independent experts awarded Crown

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PayPal creates 100 new jobs at Dublin centre

Online payments company, PayPal has announced it is to create 100 jobs at its Global Operations Centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in Ballycoolin, Dublin. The company, which

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Maxol’s €8m investment creating 80 jobs in Dublin

Forecourt retailer Maxol is to create 80 jobs through the opening of two new service stations in Dublin. The Mullhuddart service station on the N3, which will be Maxol’s largest

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Hibernia REIT buys Marine House in Dublin for €26.5m

The real estate investment trust Hibernia REIT has bought an office building in central Dublin for €26.5m. Marine House is a six floor office block with an underground car park

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Facebook to pay more tax on UK revenues

Social media giant Facebook has announced it will stop routing sales from major UK customers through Ireland, in a move which is likely to result in a large increase in

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Virgin Media saves the day for Frank in new advertising drive

Virgin Media Ireland is releasing the next phase of its nationwide advertising campaign featuring Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. From today, the extensive national TV campaign will highlight Virgin’s new

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Keep your business up to speed on the energy scene!

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Energy Show 2016 takes place at the RDS in Dublin on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th April. The annual two-day business event, which

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Ricoh unveils €250K investment in new Document Services Centre

Ricoh Ireland today announces an investment of €250,000 in a new 12,000ft² Document Services Centre in Glasnevin, Dublin. The facility will help Ricoh Ireland grow its document services revenue by

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CityJet creates 18 jobs in Dublin

Irish regional airline, City Jet announced it is to create eighteen call centre jobs in its campus in North County Dublin. The airline has said its new customer contact centre,

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EUREKA! The big bang query

Comedy and Science collide as host Neil Delamere puts Team Captains, PJ Gallagher and Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shuilleabháin and their teams of comedians and science personalities through their paces in

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Dalata Group’s profits and revenues rise

The Dalata Hotel Group has reported a pre-tax profit of €28.5m for last year, reflecting a significant expansion in the hotel group’s business. Group revenue for the 12 months to

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Star Wars and Frozen boosts Lego sales in 2015

Lego has secured its place as the world’s best-selling toy firm after the latest Star Wars film and Disney’s Frozen helped send sales leaping 25% higher in 2015. The Danish

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Canon’s new i-SENSYS LBP151dw saves space and time for small workplaces

Canon, world leader in imaging solutions, today announces the launch of the new i-SENSYS LBP151dw single function printer (SFP).  The new mono laser printer is designed to address the print

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Paddy Power opens its 600th outlet

Paddy Power has opened its 600th shop, with a new outlet in Kimmage in Dublin. The bookie chain now has 268 shops on the island of Ireland and 332 in

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UTV Media to become Wireless Group

UTV Media has changed its registered name from UTV Media Plc to Wireless Group Plc with immediate effect. This follows the disposal of its television unit, including its wholly owned

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Dromoland Castle objects to Applegreen plan

The five-star Dromoland Castle hotel is seeking to block plans by Applegreen to extend its national network of motorway service areas into Co Clare. Last month, Applegreen lodged plans to

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Alere to create 40 jobs in Galway

Medical technology company Alere is to triple the size of its operations in Galway, which will result in the creation of 40 new jobs. The company’s Ballybrit operation oversees the

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Center Parcs granted planning for €233m Longford

Longford Co Council has given the planning permission a green light for the new €233m holiday village Center Parcs development. The project, which will create 750 jobs during the construction

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OPTIMA MODULINE at the shareholders’ meeting

Siemens Chairman, Joe Kaeser, presented the newest results at the shareholders’ meeting in Munich at the end of January. An

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Smyths Toys makes €50K savings following €150K deal with Fastcom

Fastcom, the leading network management company, has helped Smyths Toys reduce its IT costs by €50,000 following a €150,000 deal.

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Aramark announces exclusive partnership with Chopped

Aramark, the global provider of award-winning services in food, facilities management and property, has announced an exciting new partnership with

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Bewley’s to invest €5.3m to make all its fresh coffee Fairtrade Certified

Ireland’s leading fresh coffee company, Bewley’s, will further grow its direct links with coffee producers in developing countries by converting

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GSK to invest €12m in Cork manufacturing plant

Multinational pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced a new €12m investment at its manufacturing plant outside Cork city in Currabinny. GSK

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Oscars statuette will be a 3D-printed recreation of the 1929 original

This year’s Oscars trophies are set to have a twist based on the old and the new – the statuettes

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Petroceltic gets buyout offer

Oil producer Petroceltic International’s  largest shareholder, Worldview Capital Management, has offered to acquire the company for £6.42m in cash. This

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SEAI announces €4.3m grant award to 15 marine energy projects

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced a total grant award of €4.3m to 15 new marine energy

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Two Lidl stores to create 45 jobs

Two new Lidl stores will open today with the creation of 45 jobs. The shops will open in Glanmire in Cork

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Aston Martin to open new factory in South Wales

Aston Martin, famous James Bond car maker,  is to open a new factory in South Wales, creating more than 750

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Irish broadband prices almost double EU average

Prices for fixed broadband in Ireland are almost double the EU average, according to the latest digital scoreboard from the

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Strike action planned at Dublin Cadbury plant

Cadbury’s operations in Ireland face disruption from next Thursday as SIPTU and Unite have served strike notice on the company.

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Asavie and Eir team up to bring IoT to Irish firms

Asavie, an enterprise mobility management firm, and Eir Business, the telecoms provider, have launched IoT Connect, a new service that

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201 jobs to go with Brinks closure

The Brinks security cash-in-transit company is to close its Republic of Ireland operation with the loss of 201 jobs, mostly

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UK’s biggest businesses back campaign against Brexit

Bosses at more than a third of Britain’s biggest businesses have come out in support of the campaign for the

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Facebook a valuable ally to the wireless industry

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried to extend an olive branch to mobile phone companies, on which the popular social network

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Daa to manage Saudi airport terminal

Daa International has secured a multi-million deal to manage and operate the new terminal 5 at Saudi Arabia’s King Khaled

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Plastics are Future will meet in Valencia

AIMPLAS is holding on 26 and 27 April an international meeting, where they will be tackled the future of plastic

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Allergan reports higher than expected Q4 revenue

Allergan, which is being bought by Pfizer, has today reported better than expected revenue. The company said its results were helped

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SuperValu reports sales of €2.6 bn

Supermarket group SuperValu has reported sales of €2.6 billion in 2015 and it said it now has 25% of the

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30 jobs & €5.5m investment for Kneat software company

Limerick software company Kneat has secured a €5.5m investment from Canadian firm Fortune Bay, which it plans to use for

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Branson to unveil “Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2”

Richard Branson is set to unveil the new Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo as the company pushes ahead in the race to

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Norwegian airline’s Cork plans on hold

Norwegian airlines announced planned flights from Cork to the US have been postponed pending receipt of a permit to enable the flight

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60 jobs at risk at Cameron in Longford

Up to 60 jobs may be lost at the Cameron plant in Longford Town. All 270 staff at the company

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€35m investment in Elm Park estate in Dublin

Two investment companies, the US-owned Starwood Capital and Irish firm Chartered Land, are to partner to spend €35m to reposition

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Bord na Móna to build €20m smokeless fuel plant in Limerick

Bord na Móna says it has secured planning permission from Limerick Co Council for a €20m smokeless fuel plant in

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KBC Bank reports operating profit for 2015

KBC Bank Ireland has today reported an operating profit of €119m before tax and impairment costs for full-year 2015. The

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Belgium: EIB signs loan deal with Puratos

With more than 70 years of expertise in producing and delivering ready-to-use mixes and toppings, Pennant Ingredients, located in Rochester, New York,

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Aerogen to represent Ireland in top European Business Awards

Aerogen, the global leader in aerosol drug delivery, has been named as a Ruban d’Honneur recipient for excellence in innovation

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Credit Agricole unviels new ownership structure

Credit Agricole has promised stable investor returns and a solid capital base in the future as the French bank outlined

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Deniel Ek:”Spotify saved the music industry from decline”

Founder of the digital music service Spotify, Daniel Ek, claims his firm to have saved the music industry from constant

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Study shows Ireland is least complex country for business compliance

Ireland is the least complex country in the world for businesses to stay compliant with corporate regulation and legislation, according

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AMBER researcher awarded €2.5m grant

An AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre, researcher, Prof. Valeria Nicolosi, has been announced as a recipient of

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Vodafone pays €1bn to Liberty for Dutch joint venture

UK mobile giant Vodafone and John Malone’s cable company Liberty Global agreed last night to combine their operations in the

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EDF to extend life of 4 UK nuclear power stations

EDF Energy, the British arm of French giant EDF, will extend the life of four of its UK nuclear power

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