Issues
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FDI above pre-pandemic levels
Foreign direct investment (FDI) saw a growth of €109 billion in 2021, according to a release from the Central Statistics…
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St James’s Hospital leads the way on standards-based innovation for digital care
RFID belongs to a group of technologies referred to as automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). The technology has been…
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Ireland: A European leader in digital transformation
The latest Harnessing Digital progress report states that all of Ireland’s main objectives on digital transformation are being met on…
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COP27: Progress but a missed opportunity
The COP27 climate conference, which took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, agreed on a flagship measure of a “loss and…
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Housing 2022 reflections Overall housing target on track but crisis abounds
One year since the launch of Housing for All, government insists that it will exceed its target of 24,000 new…
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Transformation through talent
Skillnet Ireland Chief Executive, Paul Healy, discusses efforts to transform the competitiveness, innovation, and productivity of the business sector in…
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Efficient green procurement
Demand stemming from the necessity for efficiency from the Covid-19 pandemic has enhanced the role of sound procurement practices, according…
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Competitiveness: All-island productivity gap dramatic
A productivity gap of some 40 per cent per worker has emerged between the Republic and the North in the…
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Climate change: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability
“The science is clear, any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to…
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Circular economy strategy 2.0
Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Philip Nugent, outlines the intention to move to an…
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