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From pencil and paper to drones and satellites – Geological Survey Ireland Celebrates its 175th Birthday

July 31, 2020

July 31 2020 marks the 175th anniversary of the Act of Parliament that created a Geological Survey in Ireland. The Act was to facilitate the Completion…

Rick Crowe Appointed Member of FIDIC’s New International Financial Institutions Committee

July 22, 2020

FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers and represents…

Geoscience Ireland Joins Marine Energy Wales Cluster (MEW)

July 21, 2020

Established in 2016, MEW works to build a positive and unique collaboration between industry, government and academia.It has a significant role to play…

GDG Appointed by Simply Blue Energy to Support Emerald project

July 13, 2020

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), has been appointed by Simply Blue Energy (SBE) to provide development support services with respect to their Emerald…

Nicholas O’Dwyer and NIRAS Design Infrastructure Masterplan for Rosslare Port

July 9, 2020

Nicholas O'Dwyer Consulting Engineers, with specialist input from Danish firm NIRAS, has designed an Infrastructure Masterplan for Rosslare Port, which…

Geo Drilling Apprenticeship 2020 Recruitment Opens

June 17, 2020

Recruitment for the second year of Geo Drilling apprentices has now commenced. The next intake of apprentices will commence the Geo Drilling apprenticeship…

Minister Canney Launches ‘The Formation and Maintenance of a Successful Business Cluster May 2020’ Manual

May 21, 2020

On the 21st of May, Minister of State for Natural Resources, Sean Canney TD, launched ‘The Formation and Maintenance of a Successful Business Cluster…

GDG bolsters offshore team with additional Geoscience capabilities

May 19, 2020

Irish offshore consultancy, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), has welcomed the addition of new senior geoscience staff to boost their existing capabilities…

Ireland becomes the 81st member of the African Development Bank (AFDB)

May 6, 2020

On the 24th of April 2020, the Republic of Ireland became the 81st shareholder of the African Development Bank (AFDB). Membership of the AFDB is contingent…

Severe Impacts of Covid 19 on Ireland’s Geoscience Business Sector, Significant Uptake of Government Supports

April 27, 2020

A survey completed last week (23 April 2020) by the Geoscience Ireland (GI) business cluster reflects the severe impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on its…

RSK Group acquires Nicholas O’Dwyer

April 1, 2020

Nicolas O’Dwyer, a leading Irish civil engineering firm, was acquired by UK-based RSK Group on 16th March 2020. RSK Group operates in both Ireland…

Geoscience Ireland: CV19 Impact

April 1, 2020

As Ireland moves into a more intensive stage of mitigating the impacts and spread of Covid-19, the Irish Government outlined several measures including…

GDG provide Owners Engineering services to support Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm

March 19, 2020

Irish Offshore Engineering company, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG) have recently been appointed to support the Taiwanese Hai Long Offshore Wind…

Minister Canney addresses Ireland business forum at PDAC

March 9, 2020

Sean Canney TD, acting Minister of State for Natural Resources, provided the keynote address at the “Ireland – Open for Business” forum at the Prospectors…

GI Participates at UK AMP7 Seminar

March 9, 2020

Enterprise Ireland hosted a seminar on supply chain opportunities for Irish companies who are considering entry into the English and Welsh water sectors.…

Sean Canney TD to lead Ireland Delegation at PDAC 2020

February 26, 2020

Sean Canney TD, Minister for Natural Resources, will lead the Irish delegation at PDAC this 1-4 March. Minister Canney will participate at the EU forum…

Geoscience Ireland Offshore Renewable Energy Workshop

February 18, 2020

Geoscience Ireland (GI) held its first workshop of 2020 in the Irish Management Institute on the 13th of February. The thematic workshop focussed on Offshore…

Ireland at PDAC

February 18, 2020

The annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention and Trade Show – the largest international meeting of its type in the world,…

FLI Group announces acquisition of Cadegeau

January 30, 2020

FLI Group has announced the acquisition of Cadegeau, a French based Environmental Consultancy based in Cholet.

Geo Drilling Apprenticeship Commences

January 23, 2020

On the 7th of January, 16 apprentices commenced the Geo Drilling apprenticeship in Institute of Technology Carlow. These apprentices will be the first…

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) awarded €500,000 for SEAI funded research project to explore offshore wind potential

January 22, 2020

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) was recently awarded €500,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to undertake a research project to investigate the seabed characteristics of the Irish Sea and the implications for offshore wind energy developments along the East Coast of Ireland.