Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State for Natural Resources presented the winners of the Irish Concrete Federation’s (ICF) Sustainable Quarry Awards which were held on October 25th, 2017. Read more
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is delighted to welcome Fehily Timoney & Company (FTC) as its 34th member. Read more
Ontario Ministers Hon. Kathryn McGarry (Natural Resources and Forestry) and Hon. Kevin Flynn (Labour) undertook a trade mission to Ireland last week and attended a roundtable discussion with Irish and Canadian companies at Philip Lee law firm in Dublin on Friday, 13th Oct. Read more
Engineers Ireland has announced its shortlists for the 2017 Awards including the Geoscience Ireland Award. Read more
The 5th annual cluster matchmaking conference was held in Stuttgart last week. Topics, centred on “brining cluster collaboration to the next level”, included:
The key focus is innovation whereby new knowledge gained acts as the access mechanism to new international markets. Over 175 clusters from 27 countries partook in ‘matchmaking’ meetings whereby cluster managers exchanged overviews of their respective activities and objectives while exploring potential areas of collaboration with other clusters. Read more
Leading geotechnical engineering consultancy, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), with offices in Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, and London, recently acquired SE England based consultancy Applied Geotechnical Engineering (AGE). Read more
In what was a week of celebration for the wider county of Galway on the back of their wins (Senior and Minors) in the All Ireland Hurling Finals, Pavement Management Services (PMS) joined in by marking two significant items of their own. On Friday the 8th of September, GI Member PMS had a day of celebration marking both their 25th year in business and the opening of their new custom built facility in Raheen Industrial Estate in Athenry County Galway. Read more
A survey of the 33 Member Companies comprising the Geoscience Ireland (GI) business cluster has shown that 226 net new jobs were created in the first six months of 2017 – this now brings total employment to over 3,400. The total turnover of the Members in 2016 exceeded €830m. Read more
Speaking during a Trade Mission in Toronto yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar outlined plans for the doubling of Ireland’s Global Footprint by 2025. This means new and augmented diplomatic missions and as well as significantly increased resources for investment, tourism, cultural and food agencies overseas. Read more
The Minerals Development Bill passed all stages of debate in both the Dáil and Seanad and was enacted on July 26th 2017 and was the subject of constructive debate in both Chambers. Read more
