Additional €100 Million Added to First Home Scheme
Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government Darragh O’Brien has announced that an additional sum of €100 million is to be added to the First Home Scheme fund. This scheme was set up over two years ago to provide financial support to first-time buyers in the housing market to assist with the price of the […]
Garryhinch Wood Exotic Mushrooms, Offaly Shortlisted for National Organic Awards
Bord Bia has announced the shortlisted organic food and beverage businesses for the National Organic Awards 2024. These awards showcase nineteen Irish food and drinks companies in seven categories. The awards are held in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to celebrate the high standards of the organic growers, producers and […]
Calling Rising Green Innovators in Tipperary: Applications for Bord na Móna’s Accelerate Green Programmes are now open
Businesses across the Premier County are being encouraged to apply for Bord na Móna’s Accelerate Green Programmes. The Accelerate Green programmes are delivered by Bord na Móna in conjunction with Resolve Partners with the aim of providing companies with the knowledge and skills required to expand their reach in Ireland and internationally. Accelerate Green […]
Tipperary Company Scoops Second Major Award
Tipperary Based McHale Plant Sales have been presented with a major award from Swedish company Komatsu Forest organisation. The ‘Dealer of the Year’ award was presented to McHale Plant Sales for its contribution to the marketing and sales of their timber harvesting equipment in Ireland. Timber harvesters marketed by McHale are used to fell […]
90 million drinks containers returned in June as Ireland averages Three million bottles and cans per day
Operators of the Deposit Return Scheme have announced that June set a new monthly Re-turn record for the fifth consecutive month. The number of drinks containers returned rose to 90 million last month from 78 million in May. An average of 3 million containers were returned each day in the month of June. These numbers are […]
Bank of Ireland recruiting for 100 technology roles
Bank of Ireland is recruiting for 100 roles in technology to support digital projects across the Group. The roles will help direct important technology projects for the Group including new customer features on digital channels, protecting customers against fraud and advanced data analytics. These news roles will be filled across data, delivery management, engineering, […]
Factories Can and Must Do More on Beef Price – IFA
Declan Hanrahan IFA Livestock chair has expressed his dissatisfaction at factories attempts to undermine beef prices and needs to stop. He said that the demand for beef is expected to pick up over the coming months. “This gap in prices with our most important market is not acceptable and must be closed. Volumes of […]
IFA Timber Price Survey Shows Stability
According to a survey of the prices of timber products completed from April – June the prices of timber products have shown no significant changes from the first quarter of the year. Speaking about the stability in prices IFA Farm Forestry Chair Jason Fleming said: “Timber prices have been stable in the first half […]
Davy Economic Report Forecasts ‘Rapid Growth’
According to a report by Davy, Ireland is on the verge of rapid economic growth. A broad-based acceleration of economic growth is expected with growth of national income to 4.5% in 2024 and 4.3% in 2025. Features of Davy’s new economic forecasts include Employment growth of 2% a year helped by Foreign Direct Investment, Lower […]
Rise of the Independent Consumer as Cost of Living Continues to Top the Agenda – EY Future Consumer Index
According to the latest EY Future Consumer Index the cost of living is still at the top of the pressures weighing on Irish consumers’ minds. Almost 62% of Irish households are extremely concerned about the cost of living, outweighing concerns around geopolitical conflict (39%), climate change (38%), personal finances (36%) and the economy (33%). The […]
