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Geoscience Ireland Members QME & LTMS Collaborate on Egyptian Mining Project

November 24, 2021

QME, a contract mining company based in Navan, Co. Meath and LTMS, a training and mine engineering consultancy based in Co. Monaghan, are successfully…

Geoscience Ireland (GI) Member GDGEO at the World Geothermal Congress

November 12, 2021

The World Geothermal Congress was held in Reykjavik at the end of October. The conference had been postponed for over a year due to the Covid pandemic,…

Engineers stepping up to the mark to ensure green future | Sunday Business Post

November 2, 2021

Geoscience Ireland (GI) Business Development Director, Sean Finlay, featured in last weekends Sunday Business Post, discussing the importance of a reliable…

Review of Geoscience Ireland Business Cluster Shows 1,031 Jobs Created Over 5 Years

October 29, 2021

A Policy Review of the Geoscience Ireland business cluster by Indecon International Economic Consultants (Indecon) for Department of Environment, Climate…

Geoscience Ireland Members contribute to Dublin Geothermal Workshop | Major Studies and Policy Review Underway

October 26, 2021

Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) hosted a half day Workshop on Geothermal Energy on 19th October. Policy and regulatory issues were addressed by Philip…

Confident Outlook at Enterprise Ireland International Markets Week (IMW)

October 11, 2021

Welcoming participants to this years IMW today, Minister Leo Varadkar TD noted the growing confidence by Irish exporters in Ireland's economic recovery…

British Irish Construction TM

September 27, 2021

iQuest, on behalf of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and the Trade Team at the British Embassy in Dublin, facilitated a virtual Trade Mission…

Tánaiste led an Enterprise Ireland & IDA in Trade Mission to France on Tuesday 7 September

September 6, 2021

Photo: Left to right, Leo Clancy , Xavier Piechaczyk, Minister Leo Varadkar, Mark Foley, Ambassador Patricia O Brien Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise,…

Geoscience Ireland Companies Results

September 2, 2021

A survey of 41 members of the Geoscience Ireland (GI) business cluster reveals a revenue for 2020 of € 1.237BN as compared to €1.23BN for 2019. Revenue…

GI Members shortlisted for ACEI Awards

August 18, 2021

Congratulations to the ACEI Member Firms who have been shortlisted in this year’s Engineering Excellence Awards. It is proposed that the award winners…

ByrneLooby Ranked in The ENR Top 225 International Engineering Design Firms in The World

August 17, 2021

ByrneLooby is ranked #174 out of 225 international consultants worldwide. The Engineering News-Record (ENR) have released their Top 225 Design…

Offshore Wind Energy in Ireland’s West

July 28, 2021

An unprecedented renewable energy opportunity for Ireland, the Shannon Estuary and the south and west coasts have been unveiled in a major study. The…

LTMS Gains Training Accreditation

July 20, 2021

LTMS has been accredited by the Minerals Products Qualification Council (MPQC) to deliver training courses for underground mining. The first two courses…

GDG Lands China Offshore Prize

July 1, 2021

Geoscience Ireland member company Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions has been appointed to assist a major client in China carry out various research projects…

ByrneLooby Celebrates International Women’s Day 2021

June 23, 2021

Geoscience Ireland member ByrneLooby has been celebrating International Women's Day 2021 and highlighted the importance of today. Celebrating the successes…

UNGM Procurement Seminar June 16-17 2021

June 18, 2021

An international procurement seminar involving 80 staff from 11 UN agencies took place virtually over 2 days. The event was co-hosted by the national…

Mincon And Subsea Micropiles Collaborating On Technology For Offshore Wind Energy Industry

June 11, 2021

The Irish government has awarded a €2.9-million grant in support of a new construction method for marine foundations and anchors. This new technology…

Economic Recovery on a Shared Island

June 4, 2021

As part of a Shared Island Dialogue Series, over 100 representatives from North and South attended a webinar on 2 June which featured speakers from the…

GDG Joins ERM Dolphyn Project Team

May 11, 2021

Geoscience Ireland (GI) member Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), is supporting fellow GI member ERM in its development of ERM Dolphyn, which comprises…

Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geoscience (iCRAG 2) Outlines Ambitions to Geoscience Ireland (GI)

May 10, 2021

At an online webinar today, 12 GI companies learned of Science Foundation Ireland's second iCRAG Research Center projects on Resources, Geotechnical Engineering…

Rubicon Heritage appointed to the £195m Highways England Archaeology Framework

April 30, 2021

Rubicon Heritage has been appointed to the £195m Highways England Archaeology Framework for the next four years. Rubicon will deliver this as a JV (Infra…

New Industry Liaison Officer (ILO) for Geo Drilling Apprenticeship

April 6, 2021

Geoscience Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Shane Lavery P. Geo as ILO for the Geo-Drilling Apprenticeship delivered by the Institute…

Canada -EU Opportunities in Clean Technologies

April 1, 2021

Over 500 delegates participated in a 3 day webinar on 29-31 March on opportunities presented by the Canada EU Trade Agreement (CETA) for business opportunities…

ByrneLooby Appointed by ABP (Associated British Ports) as Lead Engineering Design Consultant on Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility

March 30, 2021

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed ByrneLooby as lead engineering consultant to provide the design phase of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility…