Uisce Éireann celebrates 10th year of its sponsorship of the Green Schools Water Theme, saving 2.6 billion litres of water

Uisce Éireann celebrates 10th year of its sponsorship of the Green Schools Water Theme, saving 2.6 billion litres of water

176 students across Clare and the Western Region are water ambassadors for the programme   Monday, 9 January 2023: Uisce Éireann has confirmed its continued sponsorship of An Taisce’s Green-Schools programme to support schools working to gain a Green Flag under the water theme. Now in its tenth year the sponsorship has seen over 2.6 billion…

Tánaiste sets out Ireland’s ambition for a green and digital economy

7th December 2022 Tánaiste, Ministers Calleary and English launch White Paper on Enterprise Government sets out enterprise policy direction to 2030 The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD and Ministers of State Dara Calleary TD and Damien English TD, have launched the White Paper on Enterprise which was approved by government today.  Following a…

Minister Harris designates Skillnet Ireland to lead workforce development for small and medium businesses

Minister Harris designates Skillnet Ireland to lead workforce development for small and medium businesses

Minister for Further and Higher  Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (December 16th) confirmed Skillnet Ireland’s leadership role working in partnership with small and medium businesses to meet their talent, skills and workforce development needs.   Ireland’s international reputation and profile as an innovative, agile and high-performing economy is critically dependent…

New Liverpool route from Shannon Airport announced for 2023

New Liverpool route from Shannon Airport announced for 2023

Bumper 27 Ryanair routes for Summer ‘23 from Shannon Airport       Monday 12th December 2022: Shannon Airport received yet another boost today with the announcement of a new Liverpool service with Ryanair set to operate twice weekly on Fridays and Sundays from 26th March next year.    This comes on top of the announcement less than three weeks ago of new Ryanair services to Naples in Italy and Porto in Portugal. It is part of the Shannon Airport Group’s work to build back air services, which has seen…

Irish Water branching out its Biodiversity Action Plan in time for Christmas

Irish Water branching out its Biodiversity Action Plan in time for Christmas

Over 5,500 native trees to be planted at Drumcliffe Water Treatment Plant Tuesday, 6 December 2022: Many hands make light work was the theme of the day as 4th class students from Ennis National School gave Irish Water a dig out with planting native trees at Drumcliffe Water Treatment Plant.   Members of Irish Water’s South…

Core Optimisation ranked Number 10 in the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50 Awards

Core Optimisation ranked Number 10 in the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50 Awards

Core attributes its growth to bespoke strategic approach to client’s ever changing needs Shannon, Co Clare, December 6th— Core Optimisation today announced that it ranked number 10 in the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over…

Shannon Heritage celebrates 20 years of magical Christmas event at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Shannon Heritage celebrates 20 years of magical Christmas event at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park

Over 31,000 visitors expected over the Christmas period  50 additional local staff hired for the festive season    Monday 5th December 2022: Christmas has been unwrapped at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park as one of the region’s top festive experiences gets underway. The annual Christmas event is celebrating 20 years of operation, with over 31,000 people expected to visit…

An Post Reports Zero Gender Pay Gap for a second year

An Post Reports Zero Gender Pay Gap for a second year

‘- First company to report zero for two years in a row – Female Representation on Senior Management Group increases from 33% to 41% – An Post commits to driving female recruitment and progression – Recruitment drive to attract more diverse talent for vital sorting and delivery roles Wednesday, 30th November 2022: An Post has…

Minister Harris announces state support and policy to stimulate supply of student accommodation

Minister Harris announces state support and policy to stimulate supply of student accommodation

29th November, 2022 Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Harris TD has today confirmed Government approval for a new policy to provide state assistance to stimulate the development of new and additional student accommodation for public higher education institutions. This landmark policy response will, for the first time, see the state…

Minister Foley announces payment of the additional funding of €100m once-off cost of living measures to support increased school running costs and the school transport scheme

Minister Foley announces payment of the additional funding of €100m once-off cost of living measures to support increased school running costs and the school transport scheme

Press Release 29 November 2022 The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced the provision of €90 million additional funding for schools for the 2022/23 school year, as announced on Budget Day 2023. This once-off payment is to provide additional support to schools given general inflation and increasing energy prices and will be…