#Ireland: #irishfarmers blockade meat factories in protest over #cattleprices

Processors say 24-hour action ‘unnecessary, misguided and counterproductive’

Farmers led by IFA president Eddie Downey (front left) and IFA national livestock chairman Henry Burns at the Department of Agriculture in June during a protest over cattle prices. Photograph: Finbarr O’Rourke

Farmers have begun a 24-hour blockade on meat factories in a protest at what they claim are low cattle prices... (Read more)

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#Ireland failing to tackle corruption in #exportcountries

Report shows few countries taking steps to stamp out corruption in corporate world

The study finds that just four out of 41 exporter countries who signed up to the OECD anti-bribery convention 15 years ago are actively investigating and prosecuting companies that cheat taxpayers

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Ireland is among a number of exporter countries accused of doing little or nothing to stamp out corruption in the business world... (Read more)

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#Ireland: Europe’s Irish presence in the #transatlanticcorridor

David O’Sullivan, the new EU ambassador to the US, is assuming the role at an important political moment

David O’Sullivan: the chief operating officer of the European Union’s diplomatic corps, the European External Action Service

Sitting in his office in the European External Action Services (EEAS) headquarters in central Brussels, David O’Sullivan apologises for the bareness of the room. Most of his belongings have already been shipped to Washington, he explains. The distinctive blue flag of the European Union is still there, however, soon to be joined by the stars and stripes of the US flag as the Churchtown native prepares to take up his new role as EU ambassador... (Read more)

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#Ireland on course to incur €80m fine for exceeding #milkquota

Farmers ramp up production ahead of removal of EU’s milk quota regime

Figures from the Department of Agriculture suggest the State’s milk supply is currently 6.93 per cent over-quota

Ireland could be hit with a record €80 million fine for exceeding its milk quota this year if the current level of supply is not curtailed.

With the EU’s milk quota regime ending in March, it appears many farmers have ramped up production ahead of time. Figures from the Department of Agriculture suggest the State’s milk supply is currently 6.93 per cent over-quota... (Read more)

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#Ireland: Record year for #trade expected at #DublinPort

Total throughput figures (consisting of imports and exports) are close to 2007 levels

Ships in Dublin Port being loaded with goods for export. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

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Dublin Port is predicting a record year for trade on the back of a sharp rise in throughput levels and ferry passenger numbers.

New figures show that total throughput (consisting of imports and exports) at the country’s largest and busiest port rose 5.7 per cent to 7.8 million tonnes in the third quarter... (Read more)

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#Ireland: A plan to save the #Irisheconomy

In an extract from a new biography, the former civil servant Ken ‘TK’ Whitaker recalls the drafting of the plan that turned Ireland’s economy around in the late 1950s, a time of emigration, unemployment and political pessimism

Financial architect: Ken Whitaker, photographed in March this year, at the age of 97. Photograph: David Sleator.

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#Ireland ranked as one of the best for #industrialcompetitiveness

A number of new studies published today show Ireland doing well on the global stage

A number of new studies have ranked Ireland in terms of its competitiveness, connectedness and repuation

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#Ireland: #French #softwarecompany chooses #Dublin over France for #expansion

Sidetrade plans to recruit 90 people

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton (left) with Olivier Novasque, chief executive, Sidetrade Group, and Martin Shanahan, chief executive of IDA Ireland, at the opening of Sidetrade’s new offices in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Aidan Crawley.

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#Vietnam opens its #market to #Irishpigmeat

Six processors accredited by Vietnamese authorities to provide fresh and frozen produce

Vietnam has opened its market to Irish pigmeat in a move which Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said would give pig producers “a vital foothold” in a key market. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times.

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#Ireland: Are comparisons to 1980s emigration now justified? #irishemigrant

Since 2009, 123,800 more people have left Ireland than moved here, which is on par with the 1980s

 

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#Ireland: #Philippinesbeef deal offers opportunities for #Irishfood firms

Simon Coveney: “I am firmly of the view that it is vital that Irish companies have access to as many markets worldwide as possible.” Photograph: Eric Luke

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We need a Marshall Plan for rural Ireland

Towns and villages in rural Ireland are being allowed to wither with little debate about the cultural, planning or economic issues associated with their demise

Rural decline: overlooking Granard, in Co Longford, a badly affected town. Photograph: Bryan O Brien

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Ireland: Manufacturing prices rise 0.3% in June as export sales increase

Lates CSO figures give mixed picture of industrial inflation

 

 

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Chinese officials in Ireland for government training

The Senior Officials Training Programme is aimed at promoting and developing avenues for Ireland’s economic interests in Shanghai

The Department of Foreign Affairs: organised training and briefing programme. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

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US wants new law to clamp down on companies moving overseas

Ireland among countries that benefit from US corporate ‘inversions’ to cut tax bills

Jacob “Jack” Lew, US treasury secretary. Mr Lew has urged members of Congress to pass legislation immediately to stop US companies from shifting their legal addresses overseas

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Ireland: Top shippers Maersk, MSC attempt new sharing agreement

Deal will see companies sharing 185 container ships

MSC and AP Moller-Maersk, the parent company of Maersk Line, said 185 vessels would be shared, including 20 of Maersk’s giant Triple-E ships. Photograph: Reuters

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Germany rules on economic planning but Irish opportunism makes sense

Business Opinion: German plan is so good it makes it difficult for us to plan long-term 

THE IRISH TIMES. Mon, Jul 7, 2014, 01:00 Jhon McManus

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Eurozone manufacturing growth eases slightly

Fears mount that Eurozone recovery is losing momentum as contraction in activity deepens in France

A disappointing PMI survey for the Eurozone’s manufacturing sector is raising concerns that the euro zone recovery is losing momentum. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

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Manufacturing sector continues return to form

Sector recorded its 13th consecutive month of growth in June

New orders rose at the fastest pace in over three years in June, with the UK and Asia key sources of growth in export business during the month. Photgraph: Getty

THE IRISH TIMES Tue, Jul 1, 2014. 09:30. Fiona Reddan (Click here to complete article)