
Engineers Ireland 2017: Geoscience Ireland Award
Engineers Ireland has announced its shortlists for the 2017 Awards including the Geoscience Ireland Award.
The Geoscience Ireland Award, now in its…

Bringing Cluster Collaboration to the Next Level
Bringing Cluster Collaboration to the Next Level
The 5th annual cluster matchmaking conference was held in Stuttgart last week. Topics, centred on “brining…

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions acquires AGE Geotechnical Engineering Consultants
Leading geotechnical engineering consultancy, Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), with offices in Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, and London, recently…

Geoscience Ireland (GI) Member PMS Opens New offices and Celebrates 25 Years
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…

Geoscience Ireland Companies Record Increased Growth Levels Across Employment & Turnover
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…

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Announces Doubling of Team Irelands Overseas Presence
Speaking during a Trade Mission in Toronto yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar outlined plans for the doubling of Ireland’s Global Footprint by 2025.…

Minerals Development Act 2017 Enacted
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…

The Geoscience Potential of CETA
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada came into force on the 1st of July 2017. The effect of…

Minister’s Keynote at GI Industry & Innovation Conference; MoU with French Geoscience Cluster
Minister for Natural Resources Sean Kyne TD was the keynote speaker at the Geoscience Ireland (GI) Conference held in the Irish Management Institute in…

French Geoscience Conference , Pau, June 27
The French Geoscience cluster, Pole Avenia, held its Annual B2B Event & Conference in Pau last week. Over 200 delegates attended including delegations…

European Award for GDG Director Paul Doherty
The European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations (EFCA) has announced that Paul Doherty of GDG Geosolutions is the winner of the eighth…

Trade Mission to Canada; Growing Relationships
The fifth Ministerial Trade Mission to Canada in four months saw over 25 Irish companies, supported by the Irish Embassy in Canada and the Canadian Embassy…

Dr. Kieran Feighan Appointed President of Engineers Ireland
At Engineers Ireland’s AGM (31st May), Dr. Kieran Feighan was appointed President of Engineers Ireland. Kieran is Managing Director of Pavement Management…

ByrneLooby acquires leading Structural Consultant SJ&P
Global civil engineering consultant ByrneLooby (BL) has recently bought structural consultant Sinclair Johnston & Partners (SJ&P).
SJ&P…

Geoscience Ireland joins British Irish Chamber of Commerce
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is pleased to announce that it has been accepted for membership of the Council of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC).
The…

Brexit: does the forthcoming election represent a move from uncertainty?
On 18 April, the British Prime Minister Theresa May called a General Election for June 8th. The underlying questions are how will the UK economy and built…

Closer Collaboration between Geoscience Ireland Members – New Joint Venture Agreement
A key component of Geoscience Ireland (GI) strengths is the collaboration between Member Companies – an essential element of GI's success since its formation. Reflecting…

Minister Kyne welcomes Arup (Ireland) to Geoscience Ireland
Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State for Natural Resources, is delighted to announce that Arup (Ireland) has become the latest member of Geoscience Ireland…

Sunday Business Post Supplement
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is featured in this week’s Sunday Business Post supplement.
The feature interviews GI director Sean Finlay who details the…

Geoscience Ireland members Win ACEI Awards
GI members Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and TOBIN Consulting Engineers were winners at this year’s Association of Consulting Engineers of…

Geoscience Ireland welcomes two new Members to Panel of Experts
David Morris and Andrew Skelton have joined the Geoscience Ireland (GI) Panel of Independent Experts.
David Morris, operating as ProSmelt Ltd, is…

Compass Informatics joins Geoscience Ireland
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is delighted to announce that Compass Informatics has become its latest member.
Compass Informatics has nearly twenty years…

Cautious Optimism at PDAC & Strong Ireland Presence
The 2017 Prospectors as and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention and Trade Show in Toronto witnessed a more upbeat mood than was evident…

Ten Geoscience Ireland Members to participate at PDAC 2017
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is pleased to note that ten of its Members will participate at Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) this year.
PDAC…