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Live updates from the #FutureJobs Forum News
08.02.2013 As the race continues globally to find and attract the best talent, Ireland today finds itself competing with an ever-growing number of countries, for the best candidates in...Categories: Training, Social Media, Recruitment, Government, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Upskilling -
BNP Paribas Securities Services moves to new Dublin offices News
08.02.2013 Asset servicing bank BNP Paribas Securities Services has moved to new offices in Dublin. The global custodian, which has almost €7trn in assets under custody, is moving to a new... -
WebActivate digital skills training programme launches to upskill job seekers News
06.02.2013 The Digital Skills Academy in Dublin is launching a new eight-month digital skills training programme for job seekers called WebActivate, with the aim of equipping people with...Categories: Web, Marketing, Internet, Graduate, Government, Finding a Job, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Meeting the skills challenge as the international battle for talent heats up News
05.02.2013 The skills gap in high-growth sectors like ICT and engineering is leading to a global scramble for the best talent, nowhere more so than in Ireland. It’s a challenge facing all...Categories: Careers and Employment, Economy, Education, Government, Recruitment, Training, Upskilling -
Greenwave science programme launches for students to track spring’s arrival News
04.02.2013 The Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering initiative has launched this year’s Greenwave programme, which calls on primary school students to carry out nature and... -
Expansion and investment to create 114 new jobs in Northern Ireland News
01.02.2013 A company’s stg£3.4m expansion and another firm’s stg£6.57m investment is to create 114 new jobs in Northern Ireland.Categories: Careers and Employment, Economy, Engineering, Government, Investments, Recycling Services -
Education Minister announces 760 ICT graduate skills conversion places News
01.02.2013 Some 760 new college places in ICT graduate skills conversion courses have been announced by Ireland’s Education Minister Ruairí Quinn, TD. -
Evidence of a return to sustainable employment growth across private sector News
01.02.2013 Some 249 out of 270 actions under the Irish Government’s Action Plan for Jobs have been implemented and 12,000 private-sector jobs have been created in the past year, the... -
Hackers break into New York Times, steal employee passwords News
31.01.2013 The New York Times has claimed that hackers based in China managed to infiltrate its computer network and access employee emails. -
‘Think outside the box’ awards target enterprising third-level students News
31.01.2013 Enterprise Ireland has launched this year’s ‘Think outside the box’ awards programme that aims to help third-level students from around the island of Ireland progress their... -
New centre for entrepreneurship education to open at CIT News
29.01.2013 A new centre has been set up at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), with the aim of addressing gaps in current research on entrepreneurship in an Irish context and to inform... -
Skillnets opens new €500k training fund for Ireland’s private sector News
28.01.2013 Ireland's State-funded training and upskilling body Skillnets is launching a new €500,000 training fund specifically aimed at companies in the private sector. Groups of... -
European one-stop shop for privacy will rely on ‘consistency mechanism’ News
28.01.2013 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes – who is working with Facebook to ensure the social network meets its global privacy obligations – said today that while the... -
#GreenGrowth – UK energy deal could power industrialisation of Ireland’s Midlands (videos) News
25.01.2013 Mainstream Renewables’ Eddie O’Connor said the UK-Ireland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see Irish wind energy power homes and businesses in the UK will prove to be... -
UL secures €3m from SFI for research, including mathematical modelling News
25.01.2013 Researchers at University of Limerick (UL) have secured €3m from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as part of the €60m investment programme announced today by the science-funding...Categories: Software, Science, Research, Life Sciences, Investments, Graduate, Government, Energy, Economy -
#GreenGrowth - Ireland could generate 10,000 green collar jobs by 2015 (video) News
25.01.2013 Ireland has the potential to create 10,000 green collar jobs by 2015 and become a major exporter of wind energy to the UK in the years to come, Minister of State at the... -
SFI to pump €60m into scientific research projects with economic potential News
25.01.2013 Irish Government ministers announced today that €60m will be invested in 85 research projects across the country through Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigator Programme.... -
Ireland's wind-energy industry welcomes MoU on renewable energy trading News
24.01.2013 With Ireland's Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte, TD, and the UK’s energy secretary Edward Davey set to sign a memorandum of understanding... -
EIB loans €200m for Irish water investment projects News
24.01.2013 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €200m loan to help finance 23 water projects around Ireland, including new water mains, water and waste-water treatment...Tags: Ireland, Environment, -
Tech sector is most trusted by public, but only one in four trust social media News
24.01.2013 The technology sector continues to be the most trusted sector of Irish society while Government, banking and financial services remain the least trusted sectors, according to...