Manufacturing Irish manufacturing conditions deteriorate at sharpest pace for three years - AIB indexPurchasing activity fell, inventory levels were scaled back, and business sentiment remained ‘historically subdued’
census 2022 Ten things to take away from Census 2022Dramatic changes recorded in the realms of population size, religion and education
Legal RTÉ challenges decision that Late Late band member is an ‘employee’A review of contracts by the Department of Social Protection led to a decision that drummer Ray McCann is an employee but RTÉ’s director of human resources claims this is incorrect
Employment Employment rate reaches record high with 2.6m working - CSO70 per cent of females under 64 have jobs, the highest number recorded
Manufacturing US firms open OLED manufacturing plant in Shannon with €10m investment UDC/PPG-owned facility currently staffs 50 and intends to double its workforce with further investment
business TikTok sensation Shein sets up EMEA headquarters in DublinChinese fast fashion business plans to hire 30 people in Ireland before the end of the year
Construction Activity in construction sector slows for sixth month in a row – report In response to the higher new order intakes, companies added to their headcounts again in March however
Employment Professional services firm Azets Ireland to create 120 jobsAzets is also looking to hire a number of people for its recently created entry-level and graduate positions
Employment Ireland facing worst talent shortage in 17 years - reportThe study by ManpowerGroup, a recruitment agency, found that four in five employers are struggling to attract talent
Employment 95% of Irish employees want four day work week – survey The number of workplaces that have either implemented or are trialling a four-day working week has dropped
Tech Number of confirmed layoffs in tech sector ‘almost certain’ to be an underestimate – Central BankA number of large multi-national firms in the Information and Communication Technology services sector announced reductions to their global workforces last year and early this year
Employment Employers likely to give pay rises of up to 5%Seven in ten employers increased salaries to retain staff in 2022, according to the survey.
Employment ‘Two-tiered’ work permit system prioritises overseas tech workers over low-paid migrants – NGOOireachtas committee to hear calls for review of rules that mean some workers can change jobs after two years while others have to wait five years
Cost Of Living Crisis Irish companies plan to raise pay budgets by 4.5 per cent this yearSurvey by employee benefits company WTW finds inflation is main driver of rise in salary budgets
Tech Overseas tech workers ‘pausing’ plans to relocate to Ireland - studyRecruitment firm Morgan McKinley says factors including the housing crisis and remote working options have also led technology workers to look elsewhere for employment
Media Irish staff not informed of job cuts as Reach announces 200 redundanciesPublisher of Irish Mirror and Irish Daily Star is making the cuts as part of a £30m cost-cutting drive
Employment Ireland’s unemployment rate drops in December to 4.3%December’s rate was lower than the 4.8 per cent level of unemployment recorded pre-pandemic, in December 2019
Employment 70% of staff at Enterprise Ireland-backed firms live outside Dublin as agency reports 20,000 new jobsThe agency’s client companies employed 218,178 people in 2022, with the government praising the ‘regional balance’ of these jobs
Tech Twitter notifies Varadkar of 140 Irish redundancies Figure is lower than the 250 job cuts previously reported
Tax Brian Keegan: Despite external risks, domestic policy errors would do more harmConditions may be chaotic, but the outlook for the Irish exchequer is not necessarily bleak
