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June 20, 2018 No Responses

Unmeployment Down by 20% in First Quarter

Unemployment fell by almost 20% (18.6%) in the year to March – a fall of 30,000 people. The Central Statistics Office has published its Labor Force Survey for the first three months of the year. The number of people in...

June 15, 2018 No Responses

Ministers Sign Off On Landmark’s Sale to Irish Times

A proposed purchase agreement whereby The Irish Times will acquire all of the publishing and media interests of the Landmark Media group has received ministerial approval. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten, thi...

June 9, 2018 No Responses

Crowley Carbon Creates 187 Jobs in Wicklow

A Wicklow-based company has created 187 new jobs, it was announced today. Energy services company Crowley Carbon is expanding its workforce, with over half of the jobs being made available at its Powerscourt facility, as well as a small number...

June 7, 2018 No Responses

Private Bus Company to Create Over 400 Jobs in Dublin

Go-Ahead Ireland, a new private bus company, announced today that 425 new jobs will be created in Dublin. The company will also be making an almost $10m investment in its operation which will be spread across driver training, depot fit...

June 5, 2018 No Responses

Seven Town Centers to Get Free Wi-Fi

Seven town centers are to become free public wi-fi zones under a new iniative. High-speed broadband will be installed in Sligo, Westport, Monaghan, Knock and Carrick-On-Shannon town centres, with two further locations in Kerry and Donegal yet to be announced.....

June 5, 2018 No Responses

Ryanair Asks for EU to Act on Strikes

Budget airline Ryanair has called for “immediate” EU action to prevent a summer of travel chaos after it revealed more than 1,100 flights were cancelled last month due to air traffic control strikes, impacting over 200,000 customers. The Dublin-based carri...

June 5, 2018 No Responses

Tesco is Winning The Supermarket Wars

Tesco has reclaimed its position as most popular supermarket chain for the first time since 2015. According to market share figures released by Kantar Worldpanel today, the retailer now has an overall share of 22.3%, followed by SuperValu and Dunnes...