Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

More than €370m has already been allocated to 104 projects, 46 of which focus on artificial intelligence

Business support agency frustrated at operation of strict government rules over the hiring of new staff

New initiative is a key element of the Government’s package of SME supports

Dublin-based Réaltra Space Systems Engineering provided on-board technology systems

The 2022 Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act followed anecdotal evidence some employers were using tips to pay staff and service overheads

A report suggested the various measures would add about 19 per cent to costs in the hospitality sector by 2026 and about 15 per cent in retail

Only small fraction of Irish-based firms export goods abroad despite the State’s reputation as a small, export-led economy

Former minister for state claimed any directorships and properties he ever had were registered at one point

Ireland at disadvantage in accessing EU-funded initiatives over absence of arrangements to vet key personnel

Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland say lack of official procedure is hindering innovative companies internationally

More powerful successor to supercomputer - named after pioneering Irish scientist - is due soon but funding has yet to be approved

Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities

Shannon Estuary Taskforce chairman says State making a strategic error by not backing floating wind

Some 62 companies have entered the Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process, or Scarp, since 2021

Unions plan May Day recruitment events against backdrop of Ictu awareness campaign highlighting benefits of being in a trade union

Immigration specialist warns ending of visa-free travel from South Africa will impact on Irish companies

National Skills Council says pharma companies could create 21,000 jobs over the next three years, but could struggle to fill them

For Irish Government officials, the first step was determining under whose remit the controversy falls

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says revelations are ‘deeply shocking’

Department of Enterprise to investigate alleged breaches of UN and EU sanctions after Irish Times investigation found Irish company trained forces of Russian-backed general Khalifa Haftar

Despite extreme need, Department of Housing fails to use €141 million available to it last year and carries it over into 2024

Campaigners call for end to year-long wait and salary threshold for bringing family into country

Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision upholding refusal to grant visa for man and his family after he obtained employment permit

New domestic legislation in line with European moves against unwanted foreign takeovers

Details of these and other payments set out by Department of Transport in answer to series of parliamentary questions

Irish public companies are in advance of EU targets of 33 per cent by 2026

SFI has become a flagship funder of scientific research in our universities, with corresponding aid to industry for collaborative research via the IDA and Enterprise Ireland

Company has developed new stent that it plans to put through clinical trials

‘We must continue to give R&D funding sufficient priority to ensure Ireland remains a strong innovation leader,’ say Simon Harris

Largest number of permits granted in health and social work sector, accounting for just under one third of the total

If Ireland is to deliver on 2030 targets, this year is crucial and that requires joined up thinking and converting policy into action

Short notice for significant minimum salary rises could catch some companies ‘off guard’

One year on from the introduction of a new law, what’s the story with tips, fairness and clarity about who gets the extra you leave for staff?

Government consultation on personal taxes calls for reform of system where between a quarter and a third of workers pay no tax or USC

Cork flooding: Minister for Enterprise to bring memo to Cabinet on plan to provide payments with a maximum ‘in excess of €70,000′

Planned AI advisory council has received an ‘overwhelming’ number of applications, says Dara Calleary

Microsoft-owned company has yet to inform the Government of its plans for collective redundancies

About 1,000 staff recruited to Ireland to work as healthcare assistants under work permit scheme in 2021 on pay of €27,000

Budget 2024: ‘This is a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael government and they have a vision of the economy and what it can deliver to marginalised groups. I think in that context we have got a pretty good deal’

Department of Enterprise suggested involvement of former Siptu official Paul Bell might give rise later to man he effectively replaced Ictu nominee to the court challenging procedures