Tagged: Investment & News
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Work permit reforms have led to €10.5m in additional investment News
17.05.2013 In the past year, new work permit schemes in Ireland have brought in an estimated €10.5m of investment in terms of the creation and retention of 270 jobs in ICT, recycling and... -
20-20 vision – Ireland is still only at the start of its fibre journey News
17.05.2013 Ireland’s fibre journey is not a fait accompli and if anything time is of the essence if the Government is to reach its goal of having a minimum of 30Mbps for every home by... -
Eircom goes live with up to 70Mbps fibre network News
16.05.2013 Eircom has gone live with the first phase of its €1.5bn fibre network which will deliver speeds up to 70Mbps to some 300,000 homes initially. By the time the network rollout is... -
MicksGarage.com reveals €2.3m investment and 65 new jobs News
02.05.2013 Irish car parts and accessories e-commerce retailer MicksGarage.com is to create 65 new jobs over the next two years on the back of a €2.3m investment to expand the business. -
Squarespace to create 100 new jobs in Dublin News
01.05.2013 Web publishing platform player Squarespace is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin, the IDA revealed this morning. The New York company’s platform allows anyone to easily create... -
Irish founder of City-of-London.com seeks to raise stg£100,000 News
25.04.2013 Peter Dodds, an Irish advertising and media industry veteran behind City-of-London.com, is planning to raise stg£100,000 from individual investors at the FT Digital Media...Categories: Media, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures News
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK... -
Telefónica Ireland’s Tony Hanway: 4G will be a catalyst for bridging the digital divide (video) News
17.04.2013 Telefónica Ireland CEO Tony Hanway said that when 4G arrives in the coming months it will help to bridge Ireland’s digital divide by bringing with it vast improvements in the... -
UPC’s Dana Strong: enormous risk Irish firms face by ignoring digital economy (video) News
16.04.2013 Already 50pc of online purchases by Irish consumers are with overseas websites and Irish firms that fail to tackle the digital economy face tough challenges down the line, the... -
Exit from troika will boost IDA’s efforts overseas – O’Leary News
16.04.2013 Ireland’s planned exist from the ‘troika’ lending programme later this year will provide a reputational boost overseas, the CEO of IDA Ireland Barry O’Leary explained, helping... -
IT work permit scheme will create immediate opportunities for Irish tech employers News
11.04.2013 Major work permit and educational reforms announced yesterday by the Irish Government will result in immediate opportunities for employers in the local tech sector, tech...Categories: Upskilling, Software & Web Development, Investments, Engineering, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
Seven Irish companies make the Red Herring 100 list of European tech firms News
11.04.2013 Seven Irish companies have made this year’s Red Herring 100 list of up-and-coming private European tech firms. This achievement shows that a small country like Ireland is... -
Google Ventures teams up with Andreessen Horowitz and KPCB to fund Glass projects News
11.04.2013 Vice-president of Google Ventures Bill Maris has announced that Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) will join the venture capital investment arm of...Categories: Investments, Development -
Denis O’Brien assembles Digicel consortium to pursue Myanmar mobile licence News
04.04.2013 Denis O’Brien has assembled a consortium of investors that includes US-Hungarian billionaire businessman and philantropist George Soros and Myanmar business leader Serge Pun to... -
200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro locates in Waterford News
28.03.2013 Waterford awoke to some thrilling news this morning, that the region is to benefit from 200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro Healthcare revealed plans to establish a...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
12 new software jobs for Galway as OnePageCRM secures €575k investment News
27.03.2013 Cloud-based sales management software company OnePageCRM has raised €575,000 from Enterprise Ireland and other investors. The funding round will enable the company to create 12...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, Engineering, Digital Business, Data Management, CRM, Apps -
Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power to create 20 new jobs in Dublin News
27.03.2013 Twenty new highly skilled jobs have been created in Dublin at Natural Power, an international renewable energy consultancy specialising in onshore wind, offshore wind, tidal... -
Insurance giant Zurich to create 112 jobs at two new IT hubs in Dublin News
26.03.2013 Global insurer Zurich is to establish two new IT hubs in Dublin that will result in the creation of 112 new technology jobs. The two hubs will serve the IT service and security...Categories: Servers, Security, Management, Leadership & Management, IT Management, Investments, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management -
Irish Times Digital Challenge winner GetBulb heads to London to seek VC investment News
25.03.2013 Startupbootcamp alumnus and winner of The Irish Times Digital Challenge GetBulb will be in London today to pitch to venture capitalists and seek investment in the latest version... -
Green IFSC US roadshow to attract eco-conscious investors to Ireland News
19.03.2013 President of Ireland’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) John Bruton has announced a series of events across the US, targeting asset managers, private equity and...