Europe’s fastest-growing MedTech event Medical Technology Ireland returns to Ballybrit this month

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Medical Technology Ireland is Europe’s second largest and fastest-growing MedTech Exhibition and Conference, reflecting the dynamic medical device sector in Ireland.

Garda Síochána launch campaign to hire up to 400 clerical officers

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

An Garda Síochána has this week launched a public competition to hire up to 400 clerical officers across locations nationwide.

The roles are available in a range of areas such as HR, IT, finance and procurement, internal audit, communications, research and analysis, estate management, legal and medical services and include full-time, permanent and temporary positions, with full training to be provided to successful candidates.

Westmeath female entrepreneurs duly encourage others to apply for ACORNS

Thu, Sep 07, 2023

Westmeath female entrepreneurs are encouraging others from the county to join the latest cycle of ACORNS - a highly-successful free development initiative to support early-stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland.

Publication of Private Wires consultation formally launched

Thu, Sep 07, 2023

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has launched the publication of the Private Wires consultation, which opens up the potential to provide off-grid solutions for the generation and supply of electricity in Ireland as it moves towards greater reliance on indigenous, renewable energy.

Farmers are now the main planters of forestation

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has launched the Department’s annual Forest Statistics Report for 2023, which shows that forestry continues to grow throughout Ireland.

Three quarters of Ireland’s workforce has experienced discrimination

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

The majority of workers in Ireland say they have been the victim of and/or have witnessed discrimination at work, a new survey by Matrix Recruitment has found.

Bord Gáis Energy to recruit 300 staff including 70 apprentices

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Bord Gáis Energy has announced plans to triple its services workforce by recruiting 300 staff including training 70 apprentices, and opening a bespoke Bord Gáis Energy Academy, over the next five years.

Six in 10 workers say Ireland’s childcare costs are unaffordable

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

More than six in 10 workers feel the cost of childcare is unaffordable, according to a nationwide survey conducted by leading recruitment specialists Excel Recruitment.

Ifac urges Westmeath farmers to take up succession planning grant

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

Ifac, Ireland’s farming, food, and agribusiness specialist professional services firm, has welcomed the new grant to incentivise succession planning on farms.

Budget 2024 must capitalise on opportunity of AI, Web3 - Digital Business Ireland

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

Digital Business Ireland (DBI) the country’s leading representative body for online businesses, has published its pre-Budget 2024 submission.

It’s what you learned, not just what you did

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

Q: I've never had a CV before - and I'm 37. Every job I've got over the past 20 years has been by word of mouth - I spent ten years in construction in London and was never out of work. But now I'm applying for a job in a semi-state body and they want a CV. Sure, like a lot of men in construction, I can't even remember half the jobs I was on, or which sub-contractor I was even working for at the time. What will I do? (CD, email).

Cost of weekly shop a common financial impact experienced by consumers - Aviva

Thu, Aug 10, 2023

The increased cost of the weekly food shop is the most common financial impact experienced by 77% of consumers this year, cited amongst 82% of women surveyed and 73% of men, according to new research from Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC (Aviva).

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