ISME SIPTU Congress Maynooth University Savejobs.ie Simon Harris TD We represent a sector that has never used NMW as a typical rate of pay. Our members are reporting severe pressures from trickle-up from the new NMW Michael Taft can call it 'spin'- but in the absence of an impact study + unaddressed housing issues for workers, it's very real.

The Brexit news is so grim, even the Express is going for it...

Funding for Irish start-ups fell by 35 per cent last year to €847 million, according to new figures businesspost.ie/tech/funding-f…

Explainer: What are the pros and cons of Ireland joining the Unified Patent Court? businesspost.ie/news/explainer…

The Government is set to postpone the holding of another referendum following the crushing defeats of the family and carers votes last month. A planned referendum on a new EU court is now in severe doubt. independent.ie/irish-news/ref…

The allergy to factual data again in evidence showing why SIPTU and @congress will not tolerate SME representation on LEEF.
BTW, the Maynooth University paper was laughably incorrect in ignoring the 'trickle-up' effect of the increase in the NMW.

Savejobs.ie Simon Harris TD

#GDPR ubbish from ⁦An Roinn Iompair - Department of Transport⁩. As Data Protection Commission Ireland point out in the article the ' #GDPR should not prevent the proportionate publication of crash location details, particularly where any personal data element is largely anonymised/limited in detail.' rte.ie/news/primetime…

- Food and drink account for 35% of tourist spend in Ireland
- Surveys show tourists require a quality food offering
- Food-led hospitality outlets must be supported
by the Department of Tourism and tourism bodies

Have your voice heard in the Department of Tourism’s new survey –…

Inflation rate eases again but consumer prices are still rising independent.ie/business/perso…

It is heartening to see so many members of The Bar Council and solicitors campaigning for stronger anti-SLAPP protections in the UK.
Something the Law Society Ireland and The Bar of Ireland appear to have been silent about here.

Department of Justice 🇮🇪 EU Justice Helen McEntee TD James Browne TD RTÉ

#SLAPPs : Index on Censorship has co-ordinated 60 leading editors, lawyers, journalists, academics & experts to say the UK anti-SLAPPs bill should be amended to ensure it can protect everyone speaking out in the public interest.

Read more here:
indexoncensorship.org/2024/04/more-t…

Consumption spending higher by €2.5 billion is heavily driven by higher prices.

But households incomes grew by more (€4 billion across the first 3 items).

It's a sign that the cost of living crisis was overwhelmingly compensated for.

A big day for tourism today as we mark 10 years of the Wild Atlantic Way at #Meitheal2024 , Ireland’s most important tourism trade event.

Since we launched the brand at Meitheal 2014, the Wild Atlantic Way has become a globally recognised tourism brand and has provided an…

This is lack of data is an issue of urgency & needs to be addressed by the RSA Ireland Jack Chambers TD RTÉ Prime Time In the design of safe roads for all, it is a basic requirement

How a lack of crash data is hampering Ireland's road safety aims rte.ie/news/primetime… via RTÉ

And worth noting is that motor insurance costs were up 5.1pc in March, the seventh month in a row of motor insurance rises:

Poet falsely claimed she had passengers after crashing car into ditch
#insurancereform
independent.ie/irish-news/cou…

Irish family businesses are uniquely hit by unfair ‘succession taxation’ when new generation steps up independent.ie/business/irish…

Why on earth can’t we drag ourselves out of Victorian-era ways of doing things. There is no reason with the type of digital tools available these antiquated practices are allowed.

rte.ie/news/business/…

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Savejobs.ie Ireland has the highest consumer prices & amongst the highest business costs in EU27, being a bad look for a small open economy. There’s a view that Irish SME’s are super profitable & can afford endless cost creep! Revenue corporation tax data disproves that myth!

Suggest that the recent Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Cost Impact report be read in detail by all commentators, pity it was not published before the LEEF pre-Oct ‘24 Budget meeting, unfortunately no Savejobs.ie members present?
enterprise.gov.ie/en/publication…