Peter Burke

Government criticised for not indexing minimum social welfare payments

Industry lobbyists have widely criticised Peter Burke’s failure to secure the tax cut

Connect delegates support call for €600 weekly limit to be increased to €1,015 in line with average wage growth since the current cap was introduced in 2004

Cork-based company currently employs 150 in Ireland

Minister for Enterprise warns data centres ‘very important’ to Ireland

Proposed changes to the retirement relief system would generate huge tax bills for family businesses

Other countries are trying to lure multinationals away from Ireland, tech giant told the Government in June

US drug giant also formally opens $800m expansion of obesity and diabetes medicines plant in Cork

Apple warned Government of ‘real threat to Ireland’ from countries trying to lure multinationals away

A Competition and Consumer Protection Commission spokeswoman said that it will now ‘consider all options to ensure consumer protection law is followed’

Part of the German Schwabe Group, the firm has had a presence in Little Island since 1978

Additional reforms urgently needed for Irish economy to remain competitive, says Excel Recruitment Group

Increases to minimum rates for permit-holding meat workers went ahead as planned despite misgivings from employers within the sector

Seen & Heard: VAT surprise for Uber drivers; McKillen’s ‘informal contract’ with Sheikh; renewable firms’ crisis profits; pension deadline

Young Irish people don’t need an insulting €750 tax break; they need reasons to feel hopeful again

Low Pay Commission understood to have recommended 80 cent increase per hour to the current rate

Seen & Heard: Up to 10k apartments to hit the market, €100 million college football cash boost, 'high growth' firms support and sports stars back grinds school

Minister admits agencies claim pay packages that are ‘sometimes not competitive’ can deter applicants

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Minister for Enterprise will do well to make the necessary political connections system during conference season

Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’

Bantry parish priest would not give Colm Burke communion and told him ‘you have been excommunicated’

New initiative is a key element of the Government’s package of SME supports

Agency’s latest half-year report said it supported 131 investments enabaling delivery of 8,900 jobs

Majority of industrial emissions are generated by companies primarily in the food and beverage, cement, pharmaceutical, and chemicals sectors

Without use of local data planned product would be ‘second-rate experience’, says Facebook owner

A report suggested the various measures would add about 19 per cent to costs in the hospitality sector by 2026 and about 15 per cent in retail

Low Pay Commission says below-minimum wage rates for some workers should be removed

Ireland at disadvantage in accessing EU-funded initiatives over absence of arrangements to vet key personnel

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The recently appointed Minister for Enterprise knows he has only a short window in which to leave his mark on the portfolio ahead of an election

Some 50,000 long-term unemployed to receive ‘personalised’ supports

Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland say lack of official procedure is hindering innovative companies internationally

Volumetric Business Companies has set up an operation in Monaghan but State’s experience with modular is not encouraging to date

Donegal man (24) was killed in an attack on a convoy of Irish peacekeepers in December 2022

What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?

Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien to seek Cabinet approval for extension of Rent Pressure Zone rules until December 2025

New enterprise support package expected to be approved by Cabinet on Tuesday

Agreement provides for ‘very significant’ levels of change and job losses but should provide ‘certainty’ for more than 400 workers