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60 NEW jobs have been created in Shannon with the news that global security company has opened a new logistics centre.

By MEGAN HUGHES news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Crowds flocked to Ironwood to celebrate the ever-popular annual Festival Ironwood this past week.

Next in our spring football positional recaps, we will be giving our final take on Nebraska's offensive line.

DESPITE a tough year on the business front, employment, thanks to multi-nationals across the region, has grown - new figures have shown. Statistics released by ...

Clare FM Text 086 1800 964 5th May 2021 IDA Ireland’s Mid-West Regional Manager is hopeful high tech companies can begin to form an ‘ecosystem’ of investment in Clare and the Midwest region. It’s after the latest in a line of foreign direct investments in the area saw Renovo Motors announce thirty new jobs coming on stream at the Future Mobility Campus in Shannon by 2024. It follows job announcements by cybersecurity firm exida and global investor services group IQEQ in the ...

Limerick’s cutting edge lies in its STEM city status Image: © Evgeni/Stock.adobe.com A recent article sparked massive backlash for its description of Limerick, but it also presented a perfect opportunity to remind the world what the city truly has to offer, writes Jenny Darmody. There’s something unique about watching a fallout happen on Twitter. I have often come to such incidents via something akin to the backdoor, where a mixture of subtweets referencing some sort of gaffe leads me the ...

IDA targets 76 investments in Mid West over next three years Reporter: );  ); DESPITE tough times brought about by Covid-19, IDA Ireland is still aiming for 76 investments in the region over the next few years. As part of this, the job creation agency will construct its own advanced manufacturing centre between now and 2024, as well as upgrading its stock of business parks across the region including the National Technology Park in Plassey. The IDA’s manager for the Mid-West region Will Cor...

Students experience nature in the University of Vermonts "Birding to Change the World " class. A new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19... view more  Credit: Andy Duback/University of Vermont What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say. The new study finds that 26% of people visiting parks during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic had...

Pandemic drove many people into nature for the first time in years During the pandemic, a surprising 26% of park visitors had rarely – or never – spent time in local nature in the last year, finds new research by UVM Professor Brendan Fisher and a team of student researchers. Photo: UVM’s ‘Birding to Change to the World’ course by Andy Duback. What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, r...