Irish Press Releases

December 2005

Monthly Archive

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SFA - End of Year Statement on Jobs
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 23 Dec. 2005 — · Level of redundancies only blackspot in brilliant year for employment. · Redundancies of 21,532 in 2005 disappointing. · Manufacturing Industry hardest hit with 6,400 redundancies in 2005. · 43% of all jobs lost are in Dublin. · 59% of all job losses suffered by males....
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Wyeth sets up research facility at UCD Conway
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 21 Dec. 2005 — Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr Micheál Martin TD announced that Wyeth Research, a subsidiary of Wyeth Corporation - one of the largest research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare product companies in the world - is to establish a bio-therapeutic drug discovery research...
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RYANAIR LAUNCHES 18 NEW ROUTES FROM DUBLIN TO EUROPE
Ireland — 21 Dec. 2005 — Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Wednesday, 21st December 2005) announced the last of its new route announcements for Summer 2006 by selecting Dublin Airport as effectively its 16th European base. Ryanair which is now Ireland's largest airline has until today largely...
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Smart Telecom PLC announces funding of 3G initiative
Ireland — 21 Dec. 2005 — The Board of Smart is pleased to announce that it has completed the drawdown of a financing package totalling €56.7 million, which has been utilised to fund the initial payments for the 3G and 900 Mhz spectrum licenses pursuant to the recent offer of this spectrum to the Company by...
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Enterprise Ireland End of Year Statement 2005
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 21 Dec. 2005 — Focus on Driving Export Growth and R&D is Working Major Gains by Irish Companies in Export Markets 2005 Target of €1 Billion New Export Sales to be Reached 540+ Companies Now Engaged in Meaningful (€100k +) R&D Positioning of Irish Companies within High Growth Asian Markets...
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CREDIT UNION CHIEF WARNS OF HIDDEN DANGERS IN OVER BORROWING TO FUND CHRISTMAS SPENDING
Ireland — 20 Dec. 2005 — Liam O’Dwyer (CEO, Irish League of Credit Unions) today (20.12.05) warned that current levels of borrowing will inevitably result in personal difficulties for very many people in the near future in both the low and middle income brackets. This is evidenced by the substantial increase...
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RYANAIR DELAYS ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AT EAST MIDLANDS AND PISA BASES FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS DUE TO DELAY IN BOEING DELIVERIES
Ireland — 20 Dec. 2005 — Ryanair, Europe's No.1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 20th December 2005) announced a number of changes to its flying programme during January, February and March 2006 to accommodate the late delivery of new aircraft from Boeing, and Ryanair's decision to retire the existing fleet...
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Church of Ireland - Joint Christmas Message from the Bishops of Cork, Most Revd John Buckley and Rt Revd Paul Colton
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 20 Dec. 2005 — From the Most Revd John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross and the Right Revd Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The coming to earth of Jesus Christ truly changed the course of human history. He came because of the love that he has for each and every one of us. In this...
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Bank of Ireland Group to acquire majority stake in Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management - a US Fund of Hedge Funds Manager
Ireland — 20 Dec. 2005 — Bank of Ireland Group announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 71.5% of Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management, a US fund of hedge funds manager focusing on institutional and high net worth clients, for an estimated cash consideration of US$184 million (€153...
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DETE - Ireland Inc. to benefit from Trade Talks Deal - Minister Ahern
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 19 Dec. 2005 — Minister for Trade, Michael Ahern T.D., Ireland’s trade representative at the World Trade Organisation talks, welcomed the deal struck late on Sunday after a week of tense and fraught negotiations in Hong Kong. He described the last minute deal as a fair and balanced outcome from...
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TELE2 SELLS ITS UK AND IRELAND OPERATIONS TO THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 19 Dec. 2005 — Stockholm - Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announces that it has sold its fixed telephony operations Tele2 UK Communications Ltd in the UK and Tele2 Telecommunications Services Ltd in...
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DFA - Conor Lenihan launches research funding programme to benefit developing countries
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 19 Dec. 2005 — Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights, today launched a new programme of cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Health Research Board. The Department of Foreign Affairs will make available €1 million for an...
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Dublin Samaritans Christmas Press Release
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 18 Dec. 2005 — A call every seven seconds is expected by Samaritans this Christmas and New Year. As always, Samaritans is open throughout the Christmas period – Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day – just like every other day of the year. Its 18,300 volunteers offer...
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COUGHLAN WELCOMES HONG KONG WTO AGREEMENT
Ireland — 18 Dec. 2005 — Speaking at the end of intense and protracted negotiations at the Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong this morning the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mary Coughlan TD said that the package represented the best possible outcome for Ireland. The agreement between the 148 members of the...
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“Christmas is not about opting out of the real world” - Archbishop Neill’s Christmas Message
Co. Dublin, Ireland — 18 Dec. 2005 — In his annual Christmas message, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr John Neill will issue a call for Christian generosity at home and overseas at this time of the year and insist that “Christmas is not about any opting out of the real world.” Emphasising the ‘real world’ aspect...