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Technology Ireland calls for more support in the budget
Technology Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the tech sector, said today that the 2022 budget must recognize and support the tech sector as the main driver of the country’s recovery. He also said the budget should aim to develop Ireland’s foreign direct investment growth model to attract and retain multinational tech companies, support entrepreneurship …
Lyon urges businesses to get involved in the High Street Scheme
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today encouraged retailers, hospitality and service sectors across Northern Ireland to show their support for the High Street Support Scheme, which opens applications between the September 27 and October 25. Minister of Economy Gordon Lyons The ministry has released a digital suite of promotional material for all qualifying retail, hospitality and …
Irish company Corre Energy raises 12 million euros to the Dublin listing
Corre Energy has raised 12 million euros during its initial public offering on Euronext Dublin. The market value of the company will be € 62 million following its admission to the stock market here, according to a press release from the group. Corre Energy is headquartered in the Netherlands and is headed by Irishman Keith …
Inflation ignites political debate as TD returns to Dáil
Suddenly, inflation – and especially the rise in the cost of energy – has exploded on the political agenda, and will play an important role in the government’s budgetary considerations. TD says the cost of living has been a smoldering public issue for some time. But as energy prices have skyrocketed in recent months, that …
The multilingual Irishman who valued the language of others
In 1941, Fredericka Martin, an American nurse, arrived on the isolated islands of Pribilof in the Bering Sea with her doctor husband. The couple had been brought to the islands by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. At Saint-Paul Island, located in the sea between Alaska and Siberia, they would provide medical services to the …
Ireland to push UN on link between climate change and global conflict
The threat posed to global security by climate change would be a permanent item on the agendas of major world powers if an Irish proposal for a United Nations Security Council resolution were accepted. Taoiseach Micheál Martin will use the Irish Presidency of the Council on Thursday to urge those at the international diplomacy table …
Biden makes peace offer to Macron as Aukus dispute continues
Updates from Aukus Sign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to hear about Aukus news. Joe Biden offered an olive branch to French President Emmanuel Macron to ease tensions that have erupted over France’s exclusion from a new trilateral security pact that deprived Paris of an agreement on sub- long-anticipated sailors. In …
Irish Water chief says transfer of council staff is urgent
Irish Water executives informing TDs and senators of drinking water contamination incidents in Dublin and Wexford will warn that the management structure of water treatment plants is inadequate. iall Gleeson, managing director of Irish Water, wrote to the Oireachtas housing committee to say that there is an urgent need for all factories to be placed …
All smiles but no trade deal as Minister blunders Northern Ireland
B oris Johnson has admitted he is not close to concluding a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and UK, although the Leave campaign trumpeted such a deal to win voters in 2016. After more than 90 minutes of discussions with Joe Biden at the White House, the Prime Minister conceded Wednesday that he is …
Louth community and arts projects to receive additional funding from Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland has announced that several community and arts projects in Louth and Meath will be supported by it under a new fundraising initiative. Bank of Ireland’s Begin Together funds will see more than € 825,000 in funding placed in community and arts projects across Ireland, with suicide prevention and LGBTQ + support receiving …