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April 16, 2019 No Responses

Study Ordered to Assess Impact of Visitors on Giant’s Causeway

A study is due to assess the impact of more than a million visitors on one of the North’s natural wonders. The UK’s National Trust has announced a sustainability study to understand the impact on and opportunities for the local...

April 16, 2019 No Responses

Varadkar Confirms National Broadband Plan Could Cost More Than $3billion

The Taoiseach has confirmed the cost of the National Broadband Plan could be around €3 billion ($3.39bn). It had been hoped Ministers would unveil details of the project this week but it has been delayed until after Easter. The original...

April 15, 2019 No Responses

Doolin Wins Fáilte Ireland Award for Excellence in Customer Service.

Doolin has been awarded Fáilte Ireland’s Destination Award for Excellence in Customer Service. Tourism businesses in the popular Co Clare village undertook Fáilte Ireland’s Accredited Service Excellence Program to achieve the award. Almost 120 local tour...

April 15, 2019 No Responses

Greater Banking Transparency Promised by Irish Banking Culture Board

Greater transparency, treating customers with fairness and maintaining the highest ethical standards will be the focus of a new board tasked with overseeing a change in banking culture. The Irish Banking Culture Board has been established to ensure a change...

April 12, 2019 No Responses

NUI Galway Launches New Biofuels Research Laboratory

NUI Galway has launched a new laboratory to research the generation of biofuels from organic waste. Professor Piet Lens, a leading expert in environmental biotechnology, will lead a team of 25 PhD and post-doctoral researchers in the university’s Departm...

April 11, 2019 No Responses

British Irish Chamber of Commerce More Optimistic After Brexit Extension

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the extension of Article 50 granted at the emergency meeting of the European Council last night. European Union leaders agreed to delay Brexit until October 31. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and other EU...

April 11, 2019 No Responses

NY International Auto Show Is Parked at the Jacob Javits Center This April

New York International Auto Show 2019 Jacob Javits Center April 19 – 28, 2019 Running from April 19th to the 28th, 2019, the New York International Auto Show, held at the Jacob Javits Center, is a perennial favorite for both...

April 11, 2019 No Responses

House Price Rises Continue to Slow in Ireland

Residential property prices increased by 4.3% nationwide in the year to February. This compares to an increase of 12.5% on the same time last year. The annual increase in house prices has now dropped in the past 10 months. According...

April 9, 2019 No Responses

IFA Tells Oireachtas That Farmers Already Have Taken €100m Hit From Brexit

Beef farmers have already incurred losses of €101m since last autumn because of the effects of Brexit, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Irish Farmers Association (IFA) president Joe Healy said his organization has calculated that “angry and frustrated”...

April 8, 2019 No Responses

New Cashless Coffee Shop Opens in Dublin

A new Dublin coffee shop may be the first in Ireland where customers cannot pay with cash. Bear Market Coffee, on George Street, is completely cash-free, which owners Ruth and Stephen Deasy say means staff can concentrate on providing better...

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