The Ireland South East region has been selected as #1 Region for FDI Strategy for the third consecutive year at the Financial Times/fDi Intelligence Magazine European Regions of the Future 2023 Awards. Read more
Major increase in capacity for freight customers on Rosslare Europort to Zeebrugge route. To meet the increased capacity and frequency demand from customers, Finnlines is strengthening its Rosslare Europort to Zeebrugge freight service. Read more
Waterford Chamber, in partnership with Waterford City and County Council, are hosting the South East Jobs and Skills Fair on Saturday, March 4th in City Hall Waterford from 9am to 4pm.
Waterford Chamber, in partnership with Waterford Local Enterprise Office, has launched a new podcast, Getting to Know You, which will feature interviews with local business people and debates around topical issues pertaining to business. Read more
Zeus Scooters has raised €650,000 equity funding after buying UK peer Zwings in August 2022. This follows news during 2022 that it would seek to expand its workforce by 20 over the coming months. Read more
The South Eastern Applied Materials (SEAM) research centre at South East Technological University (SETU) has been awarded over €2m in funding through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Infrastructure Fund to secure an exclusive high-power, high-resolution CT scanner, the first of its kind in Ireland, in a major boost to Irish industry. Read more
Energy operator SSE Renewables has announced its first solar energy and battery co-location project in Ireland, choosing its existing South East wind farm for the development. Read more
Nolan Transport has opened a major new €12m warehousing facility in Wexford that will support 30 jobs in response to an unprecedented demand for warehousing facilities caused by changes in customer needs and disruption in the supply chain stemming from Brexit and Covid. Read more
In 2019 Jones Engineering invested €7m to develop a 9,000m2 Carlow factory to manufacture prefabricated and modular units for use in Ireland and for export to countries across Europe. Due to continued expansion, Jones Engineering now have vacancies based in that new facility in Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow. Read more
The Christmas holiday period saw the return of the Careers Kilkenny event at the Medieval Mile Museum where hundreds of available roles were promoted by leading companies across Kilkenny city and county. Read more