European Startup Festival comes to Ireland - 26/09/2016
European startup festival Uprise will be held in Ireland for the first time - in Dublin’s RDS on October 20.
Founded by Irishman Paul O’Connell in Amsterdam in 2015, the festival has quickly gained a reputation among startups, investors and enterprises, as a practical event that helps startups attract talent, investment and partnerships.
"The Uprise Festival is about putting startups first. We turn t [...]
Brexit and Ireland Company Formation - 23/09/2016
There have been a lot of enquiries from companies considering moving to Ireland from the UK in the wake of the Brexit vote, according to the Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
The minister, who is in London this week, told Bloomberg TV that while there had been interest from companies, no decisions had been made yet.
He said that economic conditions had been improving, and "if it had not been for Brex [...]
€250m landmark campus planned near Dublin Airport - 23/09/2016
A LANDMARK international business park that will probably cost more than €250m to construct is being planned by developer Michael Howard at a site near Dublin Airport.
His company, Genvest, intends to build 13 grade A office blocks on a huge site beside the M50. It's expected that the campus could eventually see up to 8,500 people employed there.
The massive development will provide one million sq ft of [...]
SIRO to invest €40m to expand its offering to six new towns across Ireland. - 22/09/2016
SIRO is Ireland's first 100pc fibre-optic broadband network and is available in 50 towns nationwide so far.
The investment will see its services enter Mullingar, Newbridge, Ennis, Portlaoise, Drogheda, and Carlow.
As a result, services will be live or construction work will be under way in 17 towns by the end of the year - Dundalk, Cavan, Carrigaline, Sligo, Letterkenny, Tralee, Wexford, Drogheda, Westp [...]
Yroo to create 33 new jobs - 22/09/2016
Shopping search engine Yroo is to create 33 new jobs over the next three years as it looks to grow its Irish base.
The company is adding staff to its Dublin office in order to build out its global operations through customer support for over 35 countries.
As well as customer support the Irish base will be responsible for management and international sales, as well as business and marketing software develo [...]