Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, said that Ireland is most likely to come out of its bailout agreement by the end of 2013 while also saying that Greece’s woes are most likely to continue for the next decade at least. This comes on the back of the agreement to cut the Greek debt in half [...]

Salon Euphoria, Hair Salon, Townyard Lane, Malahide was delighted to be among the top five finalists in two categories, Dublin Salon of the year and Marketing Salon of the Year at this year’s annual Schwarzkopf Professional Irish Hairdressing Business Awards which were held on Monday at the Mansion House, Dawson St, Dublin 2. The awards, [...]

Yesterday was another in the very long list of shameful acts carried out in this country. People’s lives have been turned upside down due to savage tax cuts, forced to drastically “tighten their belts” and now some have been ruined by a flood beyond anyone’s control and the refusal of insurance companies to pay out. [...]

Interflora are running a “Best Halloween Shop Window” competition whereby the winning florist receives a prize worth £200. So all you QBA members out there, go to the link below and get voting for our very own Scarecrow Florists!!   http://blog.interflora.co.uk/vote-for-your-favourite-halloween-shop-window/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=halloween2011voting.

European leaders have failed to quell market jitters after a cancellation of a meeting between EU finance ministers today. Markets responded by taking a sharp tumble before making some inroads to recovery when it was announced that EU leaders were still going ahead with their planned meeting today in Brussels. However, the cancellation of the [...]

A US firm, specialising in medical devices, is set to create 79 new jobs in Carrick-On-Shannon as part of an expansion initiative. VistaMed is looking to enlarge its R&D activities and further develop its manufacturing operations in the Leitrim area. The plan has been supported by Enterprise Ireland. Minister for Jobs, Richard Bruton, described this [...]

There was a palpable tension evident when European leaders met yesterday in Brussels, with UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, being treated as more of a cheeky schoolchild than the man who runs a country. French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, told Mr. Cameron to “shut up”, as leaders from all 27 EU countries met to discuss the [...]

S&S Office Interiors, led by their Managing Director Alan Spain, hosted a visit by Sean Gallagher, presidential candidate, to the Drinan Enterprise Centre in Swords on the 30th Sept 2011. Sean addressed a group of business owners with offices at the Enterprise Centre as well as visitors to the centre for the event and then met [...]

Ireland has met all its conditions under the ECB-IMF-EU troika after its latest review of the country’s harsh but necessary austerity measures. Finance Minister, Michael Noonan, has hailed the outcome of the report as a success, at a press conference this lunchtime. He also said focus must shift now to the upcoming Budget scheduled to [...]

  There’s pandemonium on the streets of Greece. However, it is the small, seemingly innocuous occurrences throughout Europe that should be worrying us the most. French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has said that it cannot cope with the burden of the euro-zone on its own and has urged Germany to stop dragging its feet on a [...]