The Irish State will have to pay up to €200 million to compensate Waterford Crystal workers for the loss of their pension benefits. The European Court of Justice found in favour of the Waterford Crystal workers who took a case against the State for the loss of their pensions when the company collapsed. There...
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Jim Corr will have to appear in front of the Commercial Court next month to be cross examined in relation to €1.4m he owes to ACC Bank. It is believed Mr Corr took out the loan over 9 years ago to invest in property. He took out the loan, along with others to purchase...
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Entrepreneurial young student Cillian Fahy sold his own study notes in 2010 on ebay for €3000, or nearly $4000. He got 7 straight “A”s or full marks in his end of high school exams. He is now program coordinator of the website onlinegrinds.ie, a website which gives online live study tutorials, teaching notes and...
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JJ McCabe from Clarecastle, Co.Clare in the west of Ireland sold 48 acres of farmland in 2005 for €18.8m or $24m. To a property developer. No one would begrudge Mr McCabe from sitting back, relaxing and enjoying his retirement. But not so for Mr McCabe who has decided that a laid back retirement sipping...
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It’s like Steve Jobs with an Irish environmental accent. Apple now claims to be only using renewable energies to power its Irish operations and international data centers. The company’s data centres now run on energy sources such as solar, wind and geothermal, instead of coal or other fossil fuels, Apple said on its website....
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In the Irish town of Kilgarvan, they’ve passed a law this winter that allows locals to enjoy a pint or two and drive. The law was proposed and written by local pub owner and politician Danny Healy-Rae, the motion allows people who live in country areas to have a few beers before they drive...
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From day one, the mission for Burbank, California based Barons Media has been to connect businesses and mobile consumers. Says CEO Jim Larkin, “Today, we at Barons Mobile stand by our mission to become one of the largest mobile-local ad networks in the U.S., aggregating and managing billions of location-specific ad requests per month...
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that the International Monetary Fund is preparing a paper to look at the options that might support Ireland’s exit from the bailout. Ireland will be offered a “safety net” of funding to help it return to the international markets under a plan being examined by the International Monetary Fund....
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An Irish-developed armored vehicle has been selected for testing by the United States Marine Corps which is seeking nearly 600 new armored personnel carriers. The 8X8 Terrex armored vehicle was developed in Ireland by engineering world leaders in vehicle and suspension design, Timoney Technology of Navan, for the Singapore Technologies Kinetics company. One of...
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