€85 Million Extension At Bausch + Lomb Waterford Officially Open
Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company, today announced that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, officially opened a €85 million extension at the company’s Waterford, Ireland facility to help meet the consumer demand of its contact lens portfolio, specifically Biotrue® ONEday daily disposable […]
Shocking Unemployment in Co Tipperary – Seamus Healy
Seamus Healy TD has said that there has been shocking neglect of job creation in Co Tipp by recent Governments and emergency action is needed now. Tipp Town (34.0%) and Carrick-on- Suir (29.2%) are unemployment blackspots! Jobless rates in 26 Towns and Villages in the County are 5% or more over the National Average; Your Town […]
Tipperary – The Place, The Time To Target Indigenous and FDI Jobs
Tipperary’s coming of age as a single county will see it wipe away 180 years of division as it embarks today on its first ever campaign to promote the entire county for inward investment. The ‘TIPPERARY – THE PLACE, THE TIME’ campaign is the latest advancement by the county following the amalgamation of its two […]
200 Jobs For Kilenny And Waterford
Kilkenny, Ireland-Based Studio to Create 140 Jobs and develop Animated Children’s and Family Television Entertainment, for Multiplatform Global Distribution Significantly bolstering animation production in Ireland, Mercury Filmworks, one of Canada’s most prolific independent animation studios, has joined forces with acclaimed Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon to create an all-new 2D-focused animation studio in Ireland, Lighthouse […]
Casa Systems Establishes International Operations In Limerick
Casa Systems, Inc. (Casa), a worldwide leader in next-generation ultra-broadband access technology, announced today that it has established international operations in Limerick, creating 50+ new jobs over 3 years. The move will allow the company to support its continued growth internationally, bringing it closer to its European customers and acting as a base for non-US […]
300 new jobs in Fazzi Healthcare Services in Limerick
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor today announced that US-based Fazzi Healthcare Services has established a new Irish based coding and healthcare services company in Limerick, creating 300 jobs over five years. The project is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation through IDA Ireland. Medical coding, a regulated process […]
IDA Statement On Eu Commission Ruling that Apple owes Ireland €13 billion in unpaid taxes
IDA Ireland (Ireland’s Investment Promotion Agency) notes today’s decision by the EU Competition Commissioner. IDA Ireland Chief Executive Martin Shanahan said “Ireland’s position has not changed – we do not do tax deals, and it’s simply untrue and a gross mischaracterisation of our taxation regime to say otherwise.” The Irish Government has again reiterated that […]
Mota-Engil To Establish UK & Ireland Headquarters In Loughrea
Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief Sean Canney TD officially opened the new offices of water and waste water solutions company Glan Agua Limited and civil engineering company MEIC Limited in Loughrea today. Both companies are subsidiaries of Mota-Engil who are expanding their operations in Ireland through these companies […]
Ireland Moves Up Competitiveness Rankings in Latest Global Survey
IDA Ireland, today welcomed the news that Ireland ranks 7th of the 61 countries benchmarked in the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. This means that Ireland has moved up nine places in overall competitiveness from last year’s ranking. Ireland achieved top ranking position in a number of important sub factors as follows:- 1st for Real […]
My IDA meeting regarding Suir Pharma will leave no option unexplored – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath is set to meet today with representatives of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to discuss follow up action and the wider issue of job creation in the county following the shock closure of Suir Pharma Ireland Ltd in Clonmel. Deputy McGrath was speaking ahead of the meeting which is due to […]
