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Contents
Avvio to
create 30 jobs in Limerick
Async
Technologies to create 11 jobs,
Interleado.com
launches product to improve website rankings
3
Ireland in €30m broadband deal with Nokia
PA
Consulting partners Iontas for business process optimisation
eWorking
website urges firms to cut costs through homeworking
Movidia
secures €10.5m funding
Schlumberger
downsizing Cork operation
More ICT
News: Norkom - ChangingWorlds - Lionbridge
Anglo to
sell off €3bn of loans
Bank of
Scotland (Ireland) to discontinue tracker loans
Ryanair
opens two new Italian bases
Aer
Lingus website nosedives on fares deal
Aer
Arann plans to cut workforce by 25%
RTÉ
seeks to cut staff costs by €10m
Government
makes changes to 1% income levy proposal
Bio-science
energy company Kedco floats on London’s AIM
SFI
welcomes €179m funding in Budget 2009
Renewable
energy chief espouses green tech as way forward
OpenHydro
signs deal with EDF to provide turbines
Taggart
Holdings has administrator appointed
More
General News: Barry Group / Kirby Group Engineering / gas prices / energy
advice
Dycon
appoints Sales & Marketing Manager
New head
of GMIT School of Hotel & Catering Management
TCD
research on human trafficking
Minister
launches McAnally Collection at UL
Health
service conference at UL
US
Presidential debate for NUI, Galway
NUI,
Galway honorary conferrings
UU
Science in Society lectures
Lecturer
in Construction Management & Engineering
International
Promotions Officer (North America)
HEAD OF
INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
HEAD OF
EDUCATION, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
HEAD OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS & COMMUNICATIONS
Head of
Human Resource Development
ICT NEWS
Avvio to create 30
jobs in Limerick
Limerick-based Avvio, which provides reservations
software and online marketing software hospitality industry, plans to create 30
new jobs over the next two years as part of its strategy to increase
international sales. This will bring total employment to 70. Avvio will also
invest over €1.6m in R&D and innovation and aims to quadruple its revenue
to over €6m by 2010.
Making the announcement Tánaiste and Minister for
Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said: “Avvio is embarking on an
aggressive international growth strategy and is aiming to nearly double its
current workforce over the next two years. This investment, with support from
Government through Enterprise Ireland, is indicative of the company’s
confidence in its ability to compete and win business internationally”. http://www.avvio.com Async
Technologies to create 11 jobs,
Ennis-based software company Async Technologies is to
invest €2.4m with a view to enhancing the company’s R&D and international
sales divisions. As a result the company will create 11 new high skilled jobs.
Async produces a tyre management technology solution, ‘Tyre–Check’ which, it is
claimed, extends tyre life by up to 30%. http://www.tyrecheck.com/
Interleado.com
launches product to improve website rankings
Interleado.com, an online marketing software solutions
company based in NovaUCD, has released a new product, the ‘All in One SEO
Workbench’, which allows users to generate customised reports for their target
websites. These reports then allow users to easily see, in a dashboard format,
how well each website is optimised and what its visibility level is. Also
displayed are the top three issues that are preventing each website from
attracting more traffic, along with a comprehensive list of the critical
factors influencing the website’s visibility.
The product, which is delivered using the SaaS (software-as-a-service)
business model is targeted at web design, internet marketing, PR and
advertising agencies but can also be used by individual businesses.
Interleado.com, was founded in 2007 by Peter Cullen. www.Interleado.com 3
Ireland in €30m broadband deal with Nokia
Mobile and broadband operator 3 Ireland signed a
three-year €30m contract with Nokia Siemens Networks which will enable 3 to
upgrade its network to offer Irish consumers and businesses high speed broadband
access operating on 7.2Mbps technology this year, with the deployment of
14.4Mbps technology in 2009. In addition to the downlink technology, 3 is also
deploying uplink technology of 2Mbps.
3 is deploying the technology through the provision of
Nokia Siemens Networks flat network architecture solution known as ‘Internet
High-Speed Packet Access’ (I-HSPA), a technology optimised to carry huge
volumes of data traffic, with its all-Internet Protocol (IP) backhaul. 3 plans
to switch on 7.2 Mbps per second technology in the Munster region in the coming
weeks. http://www.3ireland.ie
PA
Consulting partners Iontas for business process optimisation
Management consulting firm PA Consulting Group has
joined forces with Iontas to deliver consulting services and software,
respectively, through a comprehensive, cooperative engagement. Combining PA's
expertise in operations architecture with Iontas's Focus software suite,
organisations will be able to gauge the efficiency of their people and
processes, and make the appropriate changes.
Iontas chief executive Joe Stockton said, “Clients who
use Iontas software will have a distinct advantage when utilising PA's
services. Given PA's specialisation in analysing and optimising business
processes, it can analyse the data produced by the Iontas Focus Software and
provide guidance on implementing best practices based on those results”. eWorking
website urges firms to cut costs through homeworking
Specialist broadband provider Centrecom has launched a
website, eWorkingIreland.com, to provide Irish companies and employees with
information about saving money through eWorking or teleworking. Research
featured on the new website indicates that 40% fewer Irish people work from
home than the EU average while 69% of Irish workers would be more likely to
join a company that offered eWork.
“eWorkingIreland.com has been launched to provide
comprehensive information to employers and staff interested in eWorking in
Ireland. The website refers to numerous studies and reports that testify to the
cost-saving advantages of having employees work part-time from home”, according
to Christopher Plockelman, manager director of Centrecom.
Founded in 2005, Centrecom has experienced rapid growth
by providing services from corporate homeworker broadband to telecoms brokering
and project management services. Centrecom is a sister company of network
infrastructure company Independent Site Management www.ismireland.com. www.eWorkingIreland.com Movidia
secures €10.5m funding
Dublin start-up Movidia, which develops computer chips
for mobile phones, has secured more than $14m (€10.5m) in funding from a
consortium of Irish and international investors. The investment was led by
Canadian venture capital firm Celtic House Venture Partners and Capital-E, a
Belgian fund specialising in investments in the semiconductor sector. French
fund Emertec Gestion, AIB Seed Capital Fund and Enterprise Ireland were also
involved in the investment.
Movidia employs 50 staff – 12 in Dublin, eight at its
office in Hong Kong, and the remaining 30 at a software development centre in
Romania. http://www.movidia.com http://www.celtic-house.com Schlumberger
downsizing Cork operation
The Schlumberger Information Solutions operation in
Cork is to close its help desk in December with the loss of 37 jobs out of a
total staff of 49. Reports suggest the Cork subsidiary of the French firm lost
support and training contracts with a number of companies in recent years and
has been primarily engaged in providing technical support to its operations in
Europe, the Middle East and Asia over the past two years.
When the Little Island facility was established in
2002, it was reported that Schlumberger was investing more than €7.5m and would
create 200 jobs. http://www.slb.com/content/services/index_sis.asp
More ICT
News: Norkom - ChangingWorlds - Lionbridge
Norkom Technologies, a provider of financial crime and
compliance solutions, has launched a new programme, Norkom Case Management
Conversion Practice (CMCP), that enables financial organisations to transition
their legacy systems for combating financial crime to Norkom's Enterprise
Investigation Management (EIM) solution. CMCP enables users of legacy Fraud and
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) case management systems to migrate to Norkom's EIM
solution. Norkom unveiled CMPC at the Combating Payments Fraud Conference,
hosted by the Bank Administration Institute at the Gaylord National Resort and
Convention Center outside Washington DC. www.norkom.com
ChangingWorlds, a provider of mobile data
personalisation and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, has selected
Lionbridge Technologies to provide additional premium testing capacity for its
ClixSmart Mobile Internet personalisation solution. The new agreement comes in
the wake of Lionbridge successfully testing solutions deployed by
ChangingWorlds to a major US mobile operator. www.changingworlds.com www.lionbridge.com BANKING &
FINANCE
Anglo to sell off
€3bn of loans
Anglo Irish Bank is preparing to sell off €3bn worth of
loans on the international markets in a bid to raise fresh funds. The bank is
seeking to sell on the loans – issued to property developers, shopping centre
owners and retailers – to international buyers in its first securitisation
transaction since the Irish government announced its €480m bank guarantee
scheme earlier this month.
Anglo is preparing to sell on 71 commercial mortgages
issued by the bank on 114 properties in Ireland and Britain.
It is understood that the bank is anxious to obtain
fresh liquidity in a bid to neutralise concerns over its credit profile. Rating
agency Moody's said on Friday it may downgrade the bank's long-term deposit
rating.
Anglo’s share price has fallen over 80% so far this
year and in what was another bad day on the Dublin exchange the bank's stock
today fell a further 6% to go below the €2 mark at €1.945. http://www.angloirishbank.ie
Bank of
Scotland (Ireland) to discontinue tracker loans
Bank of Scotland (Ireland) has become the last Irish
lender to withdraw its range of tracker mortgages. The bank is to discontinue
offering new tracker mortgages from November 4. Having first introduced the
tracker mortgage to Ireland back in 2001, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) is
currently the only lender still offering this type of mortgage.
Bernard Kingston, Head of Homeloans at Bank of Scotland
(Ireland), said: “We are reluctantly withdrawing our tracker products. They are
a great product for customers as they provide real value for money and complete
transparency in terms of rate. Unfortunately, the turmoil in the financial
markets makes them no Back to top TOURISM &
TRANSPORT
Ryanair opens two
new Italian bases
Ryanair has opened two new bases in Italy, basing three
new aircraft at a cost of $210m (€160.7m) in Alghero and Cagliari. The new
bases – Ryanair’s sixth and seventh Italian bases – will create eight new
domestic and 11 new international routes to/from the island of Sardinia.
Ryanair also announced that it will increase frequency
to five daily return flights on the Rome-Milan route from November 24 and from
December 4 it will add a new route with a twice-daily Rome to Trapani service. Aer
Lingus website nosedives on fares deal
The Aer Lingus online booking website faltered as it
was inundated with customers looking to avail of a "free" flights
deal which the airline advertised on Tuesday.
The website stopped functioning at 11:00am, was back on
track shortly after 1:00pm but collapsed a second time during the day. The
problems arose after the airline sent an email to its mailing list offering
free flights to destinations in continental Europe – the first time the airline
has made such an offer. However, customers have to pick up the tab for taxes
and charges. Aer
Arann plans to cut workforce by 25%
Aer Arann has said it is seeking to cut its workforce
by 25% as part of a cost reduction programme which will result in 100
redundancies.
The airline, which operates between domestic airports
in Ireland and flies between Ireland and Britain as well as some European
destinations, says it intends to shift its focus more onto charter flights and
leasing its aircraft and crews to other airlines. The airline currently
operates 12 aircraft providing 600 flights per week and has one plane on lease.
A spokesman said key routes remain unaffected but the company is to change its
business model to ensure its long-term viability. Passenger numbers have grown
from 12,000 in its first year to 1.1m in 2006. www.aerarann.com
MEDIA
RTÉ seeks to cut
staff costs by €10m
As a result of a fall-off in advertising revenue, the
State’s national broadcaster RTÉ has announced a cost-reduction scheme which
will involve cuts in programming and measures to reduce staff costs by €10m in
2009. Director General Cathal Goan said RTÉ is reviewing its activity in a bid
to break even in 2009 and proposed staff reductions are expected to account for
40% of the overall savings. A year-long pay freeze before implementation of the
national wage agreement in September 2009 has been proposed; this means no
increments, merit increases, ex-gratia payments or bonuses to be paid to staff
at any level. However RTÉ will be making a special pensionable payment of €400
to all full time staff earning less than €50,000 a year.
In addition, the station is also reviewing its
purchasing practices and said some “curtailment of programming” is planned. The
station will be pursuing efficiency and value for money across the board.
Mr Goan who, along with his five most senior
executives, has volunteered to take a pay cut of 17.5%, also warned that if the
current difficult conditions worsen, then further cuts may have to be
undertaken.
TV3 is facing similar problems and is laying off 15
staff. THE ECONOMY
Government makes
changes to 1% income levy proposal
Last week's Budget created a crisis for the Government
with one Fianna Fáil TD, Joe Behan, resigning from the party and others
expressing grave concern about the plan to means-test the medical card for the
over-70s. Taoiseach Brian Cowen postponed a trip to China to help draught new
proposals which were revealed during a press conference yesterday morning. The Taoiseach was joined by Minister for
Health Mary Harney and Green Party leader John Gormley as he announced a
revised scheme which includes a simple means test but which will result in 95%
of the over-70s retaining a full medical card. Only a single person with an
income in excess of €36,500 per annum or a couple on €73k will be excluded.
To achieve the €100m savings which the original
proposal sought to deliver there will be an adjustment in the fees paid to
doctors. An independent consultant will spend the next week considering
submissions before recommending a new single capitation rate to be paid to GPs
in respect of each person on their books over the age of 70. At present a
doctor receives €161 per year in respect of each person over 70 who qualified
for the old means-tested medical card and €640 per year for those who only
qualify on age grounds. Savings are also to be made in the national drugs bill.
The Government then moved to make radical changes to
the 1% income levy which would have applied to all earnings under €100,000. The
proposal had been strongly criticised by trade unions, who wanted the low paid
excluded from the measure. Those earning the national minimum wage, or less,
will now be excluded from the levy. With those earning up to €17,500 excluded,
about one-third of the workforce, further adjustments will be made to the
scheme in the Finance Bill to recover the €50m which this change will cost.
This could be achieved by lowering the 2% threshold from €100k or having a 3%
levy for very high earners.
The Taoiseach has also told the Dáil that he will be
announcing a public service reform package in the coming weeks. GENERAL NEWS
Bio-science energy
company Kedco floats on London’s AIM
Cork-based energy group Kedco started trading on
London's AIM market on Monday in a move valuing the firm at €34.9m. The company
has listed almost 199.5 million shares at the admission price of 17.5 cent per
share.
Kedco supplies technology that generates electrical
power from sustainable fuel sources in Ireland and Britain. It forms joint
ventures with medium-sized waste management operators, local authorities and
food companies, whose waste it takes and converts to energy. The firm is
currently embarked on 25 projects, 16 in Britain and nine in Ireland.
Commenting on the listing, Kedco chief executive Dónal
Buckley said: “We believe our presence on AIM will raise our profile among new
and existing customers, enhancing their understanding of our proposition and
its revenue generating opportunities”. He also said the company will follow the
floatation with a further share issue in the new year. http://www.kedco.com SFI
welcomes €179m funding in Budget 2009
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) welcomed the
Government’s commitment to scientific and engineering research following the
provision of €179m in Budget 2009 to SFI for next year. SFI invests in research
areas of strategic value to Ireland’s long-term competitiveness and
development.
The Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation
(SSTI) 2006-2013 is a cornerstone of the National Development Plan, and has an
overall objective that “by 2013, Ireland will be internationally renowned for
the excellence of its research, be at the forefront in generating and using new
knowledge for economic and social progress, within an innovation-driven
culture”.
With most countries in Europe, Asia and South America
now investing heavily in scientific and engineering research, Ireland must
build on progress to date in enhancing its own research base, according to SFI.
http://www.sfi.ie Renewable
energy chief espouses green tech as way forward
Dr Eddie O’Connor, chief executive of Mainstream
Renewable Power, believes that with the right vision Ireland has the
opportunity to become a leader in green tech, by developing new technologies in
harnessing the wind, the sun, the ocean, and heat from the earth itself.
Addressing the annual dinner of the Irish Venture
Capital Association in Dublin recently, Dr O’Connor said that the opportunity
for Ireland was huge. “If Ireland was to install 6000mw of wind energy on land
and sea, some €15 to €20bn would be spent. This would go a long way to making
us energy independent. It would create some 18,000 new jobs. We would forego
the emission of 10.8 million tonnes of CO2, thereby avoiding fines of €324m per
annum. We would forego importing six million tonnes of coal equivalent every
year at a cost of €671m.”
He said that if Ireland does not grasp the opportunity
to become a world leader in a few chosen technologies then “we will be left
behind and reduced to being followers in them all. We have already wasted too
much time before getting started and if we don’t galvanise our efforts over the
next year it will be too late for us to catch up”. Full speech at http://www.ivca.ie/documents/SpeechtotheVentureCapitalistsAssociation81008.doc
OpenHydro
signs deal with EDF to provide turbines
OpenHydro has agreed to build and install
underwater electricity turbines off Brittany for French energy giant EDF, in a
deal understood to be worth over €20m. The manufacturer of tidal energy systems
will install four to ten turbines at the site off the Breton coast that will
generate between two and four megawatts of electricity for the French national
grid. OpenHydro designs and manufactures turbines at its plant in Greenore, Co.
Louth. http://www.openhydro.com/home.html
Taggart
Holdings has administrator appointed
An administrator has been appointed to the operations
of Derry-based builder Taggart Holdings in Ireland and Britain. The future for
housing developments in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, and Navan, Co. Meath is now looking
uncertain despite the firm’s assertions that it will complete the projects.
The Revenue Commissioners had issued a winding-up
petition against the firm in April after it failed to provide a forwarding
address when it closed its Dublin office early in 2007. Today it is reported
that Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland also called in administrators as the
company was unable to service its debt.
Taggart Holdings, which was set up in 1989 by Michael
Taggart and his brother, John, employed more than 150 people in April 2007 and
now has just 15 staff.
Taggart began expanding into the Republic in the
mid-1990s. Two years ago, it acquired
Cecil M Yuill, a northeast England housebuilder, for £65m and later that year
went on to spend more than £100m on development land in the Belfast area,
neither of which now seems to have been a good investment. More
General News: Barry Group / Kirby Group Engineering / gas prices / energy
advice
·
The Barry Group, owners of the Costcutter and Quick Pick
convenience store groups, had turnover of just over €691m last year, up from
€632m the previous year, its managing director Jim Barry told the group’s
annual conference. The combined investment in 2008 by Barry Group and its
retailers was over €25m and included the upgrading of 25 stores and the
development of a number of green field sites. In addition, 32 new stores will
join the group by the end of this year, bringing the total number of Costcutter
stores in Ireland to over 135. http://80.93.20.168/
·
Kirby
Group Engineering, one of Ireland’s largest engineering services contractors,
has been awarded the contract to install the MV/LV electrical infrastructure
and control/instrumentation systems associated with the ESB's new 431MWe power
plant in Aghada, Co Cork. The majority of work involved will be undertaken
within the gas turbine hall and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) building
but will also include ancillary support buildings such as pump house, water
treatment buildings, administration and controls centres. The news comes as
Kirby Group has transferred its office from Douglas to larger premises in
Eastgate Business Park in Cork where it employs 150 people.
·
Bord
Gáis is to apply to the Commission for Energy Regulation this week for an increase
in gas prices of between 5% and 8% from January 1. The rise, which will affect
over 500,000 households and 1,700 small businesses, is the second increase this
year, coming in the wake of a 20% increase in September. The proposed increase,
however, is considerably less than anticipated due to the fall in world gas
prices in recent weeks.
·
The
Commission for Energy Regulation has launched a new website, www.energycustomers.ie for domestic
energy customers that supplies information on customers' rights and energy
supplier codes of conduct. APPOINTMENTS
Dycon appoints
Sales & Marketing Manager
Dycon, an Irish manufacturer and
distributor of high performance building and DIY products, has appointed Gerard
Metzer as Sales & Marketing Manager.
He will lead the sales and marketing team at Dycon, and will be
responsible for new product development and business growth strategy for
Dycon's manufacturing and distribution units.
Gerard has more than 20 years in the sector
and joins Dycon from Jack's Paint & Hardware, a specialist paint retail
group with more than 60 shops across South Africa, where he was marketing and
merchandise director. He has worked previously in a wide variety of sales,
marketing and technical roles in South Africa and Germany. http://www.dycon.ie
New head
of GMIT School of Hotel & Catering Management
Cáit Noone has been appointed Head of the
School of Hotel & Catering Management at Galway-Mayo Institute of
Technology (GMIT). Cáit has 16 years' experience in education overseas. She set
up and was appointed Dean of the first International Hotel Management College
in Shanghai with the Chinese government partner Jin Jiang International.
Cáit has also worked for Les Roches
Switzerland, a leading international Swiss hotel school, as Academic Manager,
and taught in that sector from 1992. She returned to Ireland in 2005. She holds
a BA in Post Compulsory Education and an MBA from University of Colorado. www.gmit.ie ACADEMIC NEWS
Launch of new GMIT
website
Tomorrow, Thursday, a new website,
dedicated to Lough Carra in Co. Mayo, is to be launched at the Castlebar campus
of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The website has been developed by
students and staff, with input from postgraduate students Lorraine Grimes and
Chris Meehan, and Heritage student John Thornton. The website
http://www.loughcarra.ie, designed and constructed by student Mary Roberts,
provides information on the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of Lough
Carra and its lakeshore habitats. http://www.gmit.ie/news-events/cbar-loughcarra.html
TCD
research on human trafficking
Research carried out by the Irish School of
Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin, part of a European Science Foundation
project, has shown cases of trafficking for labour exploitation dating from
2003. The exploitation of workers has occurred in the restaurant trade, agriculture,
domestic work and construction. The results of the research were revealed at a
seminar entitled "Trafficking for Forced Labour: Realities and
Responses", where Dr Gillian Whyte of the School of Ecumenics spoke of
forced labour being a reality in the country today. Also speaking at the
seminar was David Nix, Head of Policy and Communications at the Gangmasters
Licensing Authority in Britain, a body set up in the wake of the Morecambe Bay
tragedy. http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1010&pressReleaseArchive=2009
IMSLA
call for papers
The editors of "Irish Migration
Studies in Latin America" invite contributions for the March 2009 issue on
any aspect of Irish involvement in Latin American politics, government and
diplomacy. The issue covers Latin American and Caribbean countries and
territories, as well as Portugal and Spain, in any period. Contributions will
be drawn from the fields of political and other social sciences, history and
the humanities, among other disciplines. The editors also welcome book, film
and website reviews, biographies and edited source material. Articles in English
must be emailed to the Guest Co-Editors (politics@irlandeses.org) no later than
21 January 2009 (articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French or German no later
than 22 December 2008). http://www.irlandeses.org/0903cfc.htm
DCU
students win LRC Awards
Patrick Cadwell of Dublin City University
has been announced as the winner of the 12th Localisation Resources Centre Best
Thesis Award, sponsored by Symantec. His dissertation was entitled
"Readability and Controlled Language: does the study of readability have
merit in the field of controlled language, and is readability increased by
applying controlled-language rules to texts?" The runner-up in the
competition, also a DCU student, was Sara Morrissey, whose dissertation was
entitled "Data-Driven Machine Translation for Sign Languages". http://www.localisation.ie/resources/Awards/2008winners.htm
Seasonal
conference at TCD
On October 24 and 25 the School of English at Trinity
College Dublin is hosting a conference on the ghost story, "Ghostly Genre:
Short Fiction and the Supernatural". Keynote speaker at the conference
will be Professor Peter Marshall of the University of Warwick, author of
"Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story" which focused on ghosts
in 17th century Ireland and Britain. The conference is free of charge and is
open to the public. Minister
launches McAnally Collection at UL
Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea performed the
official launch at the Glucksman Library in University of Limerick of the
McAnally Collection. Representing 50 years' work by the late solicitor and book
collector Ciaran McAnally, the collection includes material from the 17th
century to present day guides. Its focus is on Irish travel, topography and
heritage literature and includes many original manuscripts. The acquisition of
the collection was made possible through the generosity of a director of UL, Dr
Dermot Smurfit. Health
service conference at UL
A Health Systems Research Conference took place last
week at the University of Limerick, at which a panel of speakers from Ireland,
Britain, Europe and Canada gave perspectives on the evidence, myths, rhetoric
and conventional wisdom that informs health policy positions. Among those
speaking at the conference were Professor Stiofan de Burca, director of the
university's Health Systems Research Centre; Professor K. Walshe of Manchester
University and Britain's National Institute for Health Research Service
Delivery Programme; and Professor Charles Normand of Trinity College Dublin. US
Presidential debate for NUI, Galway
On Thursday October 30, NUI Galway will host a US
Presidential Election Debate featuring Grant Lally, national co-chairman of the
Irish American Republicans, and former US Connecticut Congressman Bruce
Morrison.
The event, which is open to alumni and is jointly
hosted by NUI Galway's Law Society and Literary and Debating Society, will take
place in the university's Áras na Mac Léinn at 8:00pm. Moderator will be Boston
native and NUI Galway law lecturer Larry Donnelly. http://www.nuig.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=850
NUI, Galway
honorary conferrings
NUI, Galway will have conferred five Honorary Masters
Degrees over the course of this week. Brothers Seán and Jimmy Duggan were
recognised for their contribution to Galway hurling; Tony Corcoran was honoured
for his service over several decades to the university's soccer club; Sarah Wairimu
was recognised for her work with children in Kenya, many of whose parents died
of AIDS; and John Muldoon is to be honoured for his contribution to Chemistry
at the university, and to community life. UU
Science in Society lectures
The first in this year's University of Ulster annual
Science in Society lecture series took place on Monday, with Professor Kevin
Warwick from the University of Reading delivering the first seminar, entitled
"Robots with Biological Brains and Humans with Part Machine Brains".
The series, organised by the university's School of
Biomedical Sciences, aims to promote the discussion and understanding of
science and making it accessible to all. http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/4061.html
IT&T conference
at GMIT
A national conference on Information Technology and
Telecommunications is taking place tomorrow, Thursday and Friday at Galway-Mayo
Institute of Technology. The conference will present research papers on the
broad scope of Virtual Systems and Digital Convergence in a Knowledge Society,
on themes including E-learning technologies; Speech, Language and Vision
Processing; Web 2.0 and Semantic Web; Ubiquitous and Distributed Computing;
Security and Forensics; Data Warehousing and Information Quality; Network
Management and Planning; Digital Convergence; Wired and Wireless Networks;
Virtual Machines; and Virtual Communities.
Guest speakers from the Digital Enterprise Research
Institute (DERI) and Microsoft Ireland will talk on the Semantic Web and
Virtualisation respectively. For full details see http://www.ittconference.ie http://www.gmit.ie/news-events/conf-itt08.html
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick (UL) with over 11,000
students and 1,300 staff is a young, energetic and enterprising University with
a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and
scholarship. UL is situated on a superb riverside campus of over 130 hectares
with the River Shannon as a unifying focal point. Outstanding recreational,
cultural and sporting facilities further enhance this exceptional learning and
working environment.
Applications are invited for the following positions:
Faculty
of Science & Engineering
Department
of Materials Science & Technology Lecturer
in Construction Management & Engineering
(2 posts) Lecturer
in Civil Engineering
Salary Scales: €53,415 -
€87,669 p.a.
Further information for applicants and application
material is available online from: http://www.ul.ie/hrvacancies/
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday,
28th November 2008.
Applications must be completed online before 12 noon on
the closing date.
Applications are welcome from suitably qualified female
and male candidates. The University is an equal opportunities employer and
committed to selection on merit. Trinity College Dublin
International
Office International
Promotions Officer
(North
America)
(3-year contract)
€38,092-€48,849 per annum
For further details please visit Professional Ireland's
website at http://ieplists.com/?ID3160
Further information and full application details are
available at www.tcd.ie/vacancies and
the closing date for applications will be no later than 12 noon on Wednesday
29th October 2008.
Trinity College Dublin is
an equal opportunities employer. Energy by nature - harnessed by BORD GÁIS
HEAD
OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Cork Based (Ref 217/08) COMMERCIAL
LAWYER
Cork based (Ref 218/08)
For further details
please visit Professional Ireland's website at http://ieplists.com/?ID3158
These roles offer the successful candidates a
significant opportunity to develop their experience in a company that is
currently going through an exciting phase of development. The roles offer
significant professional and career opportunities, together with a competitive remuneration
package, which will have a strong performance element. Interested candidates
should reply in confidence before Friday October 31st 2008 (quoting the
relevant reference), enclosing a full current curriculum vitae and details of
salary to Anne Marie O’ Sullivan, HR Manager, Bord Gáis, P.O. Box 51, Gasworks
Road, Cork or email to recruit@bge.ie
BORD GÁIS IS COMMITTED TO
A POLICY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Craft Council of Ireland
Showcase their talent - advance your
own
Our client, The Crafts Council of Ireland, is the
national design and economic development organisation for the craft industry in
Ireland and is responsible for fostering the growth and commercial strength of
this industry in Ireland and overseas. Due to a reorganisation within the
Council and in order to ensure greater efficiencies, as well as delivering on
the strategic objective of growing the craft industry in Ireland, the Council
now wishes to recruit the following senior level appointments. Candidates will
be based in Kilkenny and should be strong people managers who are eager to
develop this creative industry sector. HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Ref. 6198 HEAD OF EDUCATION,
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Ref. 6200 HEAD OF MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
Ref. 6197 HEAD OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS & COMMUNICATIONS
Ref.6199 EXHIBITIONS MANAGER
Ref.6201
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Ireland at http://ieplists.com/?3028 to
view full job details
Candidates should send
full personal, career and salary details, quoting the appropriate reference
number, to
Michelle Noone,
KPMG Executive Search
& Selection,
1 Stokes Place,
St. Stephen' s Green,
Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 410 2801 Fax: 01
412 2801
E-mail: michelle.noone@kpmg.ie
CARDI
The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in
Ireland (CARDI) has been established to encourage collaboration among researchers
on ageing, disseminate research information relevant to an ageing population
and older people and advance the ageing research agenda in Ireland (North and
South).
CARDI wishes to appoint
a: COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICER
Salary Scale: £25,167 -
£34,218
€38,133 - €51,847
Location: Belfast or Dublin
Secondment will be considered
The successful applicant will lead, co-ordinate,
develop and implement CARDI's communication strategy and associated operational
plan in pursuance of CARDI's mission, vision and values.
The above position will require a person capable of
adapting to the developing requirements of a recently established organisation
and those with a high degree of motivation, flexibility and initiative.
Application form, job description and personnel
specification are available to download from: http://www.cardi.ie/vacancies or by
emailing: info@cardi.ie
Completed application forms must be returned by Monday
27th October 2008 12 noon.
CVs will not be accepted. Wyeth
Investing in the health of Ireland
Investing in the Irish Economy
Investing in People
Creating a healthier Ireland
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is the commercial division of
Wyeth Ireland, working across a wide range of therapeutic areas. Our company is
growing and to accommodate this growth we have made a €5 million investment in
our new Corporate Headquarters based at Ballycoolin, Dublin and created a
number of exciting new positions.
Our continued growth is testament to the ongoing
success of Wyeth, Ireland’s largest pharmaceutical employer with over 3000
employees across 5 sites and contributor of over €500 million to the Irish
economy each year. The creation of these new roles within our commercial
organisation will enable us to optimise the launch of the new and innovative
products in our pipeline, thereby bringing them to market sooner.
If you want the opportunity to join this high growth,
dynamic and innovative company, we invite you to apply for the following positions
within our organisation.
1.
Sales &
Marketing Director
2.
Sales Manager, SMA
Nutrition
3.
Health Economist
4.
Medical Advisor
5.
Business Systems
and Processes Analyst
6.
Supply Chain
Specialist
7.
Product Manager
8.
Associate Product
Manager
9.
Marketing Associate
10.
Sales &
Marketing Administrator
11.
Customer Services
Representative
For further
information on these career opportunities:
T: 01- 449 3500
U: www.wyeth.ie
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Research &
Development, Software Development & Design, Software Testing & Quality
Assurance, Project Management/Operations, Interactive Design, Instructional
Design...
You Do. We Do. they
do...
Lead. Strive. Create.
Inspire. Accelerate.
Transform. Change.
Learn. Achieve.
Solve. Participate.
Innovate...Educate.
You can help us
educate them for the future
“Global e-learning
company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) will invest €350 million over the next
five years developing a research and development (R&D) hub in Dublin that
will create 450 jobs.” - Irish Times, September 11, 2008
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt (formerly Riverdeep) is one of the world's largest and most esteemed
educational publishers. With over 100,000 customers and around 6,000 employees,
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt commands approximately 50% market share of the US
primary and secondary school market and $2.5 billion in annual Revenues.
Central to the
company’s offering is a vast array of award-winning print and digital products,
and a long tradition of excellence in publishing, including amongst its authors
Mark Twain, J.R.R.Tolkien, and Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt also has
operations and significant market penetration outside the US, in countries
throughout Asia, South America and Europe. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's recently
announced research and development centre, which will create 450 new jobs in
Dublin, is now poised to provide the most innovative and technologically
advanced educational solutions for the 21st Century. Because we dare to
explore, we are looking for highly skilled, best-in-class talent to join our
research and development team, to help us provide the most engaging and robust
educational content for this century's digital natives.
If you want to
change the way the world learns, and can do, we would love to learn about you.
We currently have positions for innovative, forward-thinking individuals in the
following key areas:
Research & Development
Software Development & Design
Software Testing & Quality
Assurance
Project Management/Operations
Interactive Design
Instructional Design
To learn more about
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's global career opportunities, please visit http://www.hmlt.hmco.com/Intl-Careers.php
Do you care about
innovation in education? We do too!
If you are
interested in attending an Open Day at our offices, please email us at openday@hmhpub.com SVP
Society
of St Vincent de Paul
The Society of St
Vincent de Paul invites applications for a Head of Human Resource Development
Reporting to the
National Director and based in the National Office, Seán McDermott Street, Dublin
1, the purpose of the role is to develop and support a caring, compassionate,
effective and skilled staff inspired by the Mission of the Society.
Key tasks will
include implementing and monitoring the Good Employer Programme, developing
clear organisational structures aligned to a collaborative culture, people
development and leadership capacity building, directing and managing the Human
Resource Management and Development function at National Office.
Key requirements
are degree-level education, at least 7 years' relavant and diverse experience
at a senior level including management of staff, broad HR experience including
industrial relations, a positive and resilient approach, excellent
interpersonal skills, and an ability to work in a large, voluntary-led,
decentralised environment.
Please apply to:
Brendan Schutte, Catalyst Consulting, 334 NCR, Phibsboro, Dublin 7. Tel. 01
8500500.
E-mail: info@dignityatwork.ie
A full job
description is available on request.
The closing date is 17th October.
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