Employment News

• Dealz to open 10 new stores in Ireland October 20, 2012
  Discount retailer Dealz will open 10 new stores across Ireland, creating 300 jobs.
• Fall in UK jobless not replicated in North October 18, 2012
  MORE PEOPLE than ever are in work in the UK, according to latest labour statistics, which show that employment has hit an all-time high of 29.59 million people.
• Keen interest in lottery, says Howlin October 17, 2012
  THE GOVERNMENT’S plan to sell an extended 20-year licence to run the national lottery has attracted “considerable interest” both domestically and internationally, Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin said yesterday.
• Patents system is broken and beyond repair October 15, 2012
  THERE ARE many ways to measure innovation, and there are no shortage of rankings and indices that attempt to do exactly that. Innovation is seen as key to economic growth – we are all adherents of Joseph Schumpeter now – and if you want to encourage it, you must be able to measure it.
• Olhausen receivers hopeful of buyers October 11, 2012
  THE RECEIVERS appointed to failed meat producer Olhausen are hopeful of attracting buyers for parts of the business, which has been in existence since 1896.