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Business Anticipates Ploughing Championships

July 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sixty-two South East based companies, from App design technology to GAA gear, hope to generate more than €1.5 million in sales at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.

Ploughing Championships

Ploughing Championships

The South East Enterprise Village, launched today (Wednesday 11th July) by the South East County and City Enterprise Boards at Dunbrody Ship, New Ross, will showcase companies from Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford City and County, South Tipperary and Wexford. The South East Enterprise Village will be a first for the National Ploughing Championships, being held this year in New Ross, Co. Wexford from 25th to 27th September. [Read more…]

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Galway Hurling Royalty get Azzam feeling

July 8, 2012 By 1 Comment

Legends Join Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Ahead of Final Volvo Ocean Race Tilt

Galway Hurling Royalty

Galway Hurling Royalty

Galway’s hurling royalty, the Connolly brothers, swapped their sticks for dock shoes today as they joined Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, the Abu Dhabi-backed team in the gruelling round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, for a sail onboard its Azzam yacht, which means determination in Arabic. [Read more…]

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New Future For Shannon Airport

May 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Shannon Airport

Shannon Airport

“Today’s announcement by the Government that Shannon Airport is to separate from the Dublin Airport Authority into a new entity, which will include Shannon Development, is but the start of a challenging process which will take the airport in a new direction,” said Shannon Chamber’s president Damian Gleeson in Shannon [Read more…]

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Finland is a model for Ireland

April 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr. Sean Sherlock

The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr. Sean Sherlock

The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr. Sean Sherlock TD, today (Thursday) concluded a two day visit to Helsinki, Finland where he met with a range of Finnish research and education policy makers, funding agencies and innovators. [Read more…]

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Hear Leading Social Entrepreneur

April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Caroline Casey - Social Entrepreneur

Caroline Casey - Social Entrepreneur

Described by the Wall Street Journal as the woman who redefined inspiration, Caroline Casey, founder of Kanchi and the O2 Ability Awards, is making a rare appearance in the Mid-West region on Wednesday, 25 April when she address a business gathering at Dromoland Castle Hotel’s Brian Boru Hall at 6.30pm. [Read more…]

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Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment

March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment

Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment

Around 3,400 people, aged between 50 and 64, started their own business in Ireland last year* but that figure could dramatically increase in 2012 if more people in that age group were encouraged to seek assistance for their business ideas. [Read more…]

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St Patricks Day Message 2012

March 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
St Patrick's Day Message 2012

St Patrick's Day Message 2012

I wish to send warm greetings on this St Patrick’s Day to Irish people at home and abroad and to our wider Irish family around the world. [Read more…]

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Treatment Plants Fail To Meet Standards

February 24, 2012 By 2 Comments

Nearly half of Ireland’s wastewater treatment plants serving urban centres are failing to achieve national and EU standards, according to a new report released today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [Read more…]

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Time Running Out To Solve Energy Crisis

February 11, 2012 By 1 Comment

Fuel Poverty levels could cover 50 per cent of the population within five years and 75 per cent within a decade if a properly co-ordinated energy policy is not developed, Architect and television presenter Duncan Stewart told the Energy Action conference in Dublin Castle. He also questioned if the €400 million spent each year of fuel allowances was being spent in the right way. [Read more…]

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Tricia McCarthy Memorial Scholarship

February 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Tricia McCarthy Memorial Scholarship

Tricia McCarthy Memorial Scholarship

The many fundraising initiatives by House of Fraser in support of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) in recent months have lead to the formation of a new scholarship at the Institute, ‘The Tricia McCarthy Memorial Scholarship’. Over the last eighteen months House of Fraser raised an incredible €25,000 for the breast cancer charity at their Dundrum store. The Scholarship is named after Tricia McCarthy, sister of well-known beauty writer Triona McCarthy who has become a champion for NBCRI since her sister was diagnosed with the disease in 2007. [Read more…]

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