Irish unemployment falls to 11% in October from 11.1%

Irish unemployment fell to 11 per cent in October from 11.1 per cent in September, the 10th straight month in which it dropped, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said. It stood at 12.4 per cent in October last year. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the live register...

400 new tech jobs for Dublin, Cork and Galway

Four-hundred new jobs in the technology sector have been announced by eight companies at an IDA Ireland event in Dublin. The companies from the United States and Europe will create the 400 positions in Cork, Dublin and Galway over the next three years. The jobs will...

US trade agenda awaits midterm elections

By Shawn Donnan (Financial Times) See at  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/209bac34-5834-11e4-b331-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3GxL4KwPf If Republicans seize control of the Senate in next month’s midterm elections, it would be bad news politically for Barack Obama and his...

Emily O’Reilly seeks public opinion on EU trade deal

European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has opened a public consultation process on the EU-US trade deal negotiations, arguing that the process could have “a significant impact” on the lives of EU citizens. Ms O’Reilly yesterday opened a six-week consultation process,...