http://www.irishpressreleases.ie Irish Press Releases Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:22:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en · 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. · Job losses show no room ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/23/sfa-end-of-year-statement-on-jobs/ 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 facility in at UCD Conway Institute, with the ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/21/wyeth-sets-up-research-facility-at-ucd-conway/ 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 confined its operations at Dublin Airport to UK routes. However, from ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/21/ryanair-launches-18-new-routes-from-dublin-to-europe/ 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 ComReg, the Irish ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/21/smart-telecom-plc-announces-funding-of-3g-initiative/ 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 well Advanced Driving Export Growthand Productivity remains a Priority– ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/21/enterprise-ireland-end-of-year-statement-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 in personal borrowing recorded this year ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/20/credit-union-chief-warns-of-hidden-dangers-in-over-borrowing-to-fund-christmas-spending/ 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 of 737-200’s on schedule at the end of December. These ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/20/ryanair-delays-additional-aircraft-at-east-midlands-and-pisa-bases-for-a-period-of-two-months-due-to-delay-in-boeing-deliveries/ 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 ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/20/church-of-ireland-joint-christmas-message-from-the-bishops-of-cork-most-revd-john-buckley-and-rt-revd-paul-colton/ 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 million). Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management has circa US$2.8 billion assets ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/20/bank-of-ireland-group-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-guggenheim-alternative-asset-management-a-us-fund-of-hedge-funds-manager/ 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 Ireland’s point of ... http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/2005/12/19/dete-ireland-inc-to-benefit-from-trade-talks-deal-minister-ahern/