The unemployment rate fell to 8.4 per cent last month, down from 8.6 per cent in March and from 9.7 per cent for April 2015, new figures from theCentral Statistics Office (CSO) reveal. The data show the number of people recorded as unemployed totalled 183,700 last month, down 3,700 compared to March and down 25,700
It was announced today that Global footwear chain, The Athlete’s Foot, will be expanding into Ireland. The global chain will officially open a new store at 120 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork on Thursday 28 April. The store on Oliver Plunkett Street currently employs three full time and four part-time staff and further expansion of The Athlete’s Foot in
IRISH INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTER Irish TV has signed a deal with Indian conglomerate Tata that will make it accessible on smart devices worldwide. The channel, which is targeted at the Irish diaspora, will be the first station to fully partner with Tata’s Media Ecosystem service. The deal will make Irish TV available to viewers worldwide on smart TVs
Dublin Airport has confirmed this morning that it will proceed with plans for a new parallel runway – with the project estimated to cost as much as €320m. The DAA, which operates Dublin and Cork airports, said the 3,110-metre long runway is expected to be complete by 2020. The project will support 1,200 jobs
FACEBOOK HAS BEEN granted permission to construct a second building at its data centre site in Meath – almost doubling the size of the facility. The new building brings the total size of the data centre to 621,000 sq ft, giving it a floorspace around the same size as eight Aviva Stadium pitches. The data
