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Minister Robert Troy T.D. launched Enterprise Ireland’s first Healthcare Advisory Panel in Canada
As part of his trade visit to Canada Minister Robert Troy T.D. launched Enterprise Ireland’s first Healthcare Advisory Panel in Canada, where three Irish companies PMD Solutions, MedModus, PacSana pitched to an advisory panel who lend their experience and advice providing feedback on their solution offering, and insight into Canada’s healthcare system. In closing, Minister Robert Troy T.D. offered an invitation to the representatives of the […]
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Enterprise Ireland and IDA in trade mission to US and Canada
Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland have today started a five-day trade and investment visit to Canada and the US covering the cities of Toronto, Montréal, Boston and New York. Led by Robert Troy, the Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, the trade visit is aimed at boosting trade collaboration and support an accelerated […]
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Build it and they will come: CNIB Lake Joe reveals accessible soccer pitch for people with sight loss
Through the generosity of its members, the Synthetic Turf Council (STC) donated a fully accessible playing field, mini golf course and amenities to CNIB Lake Joe. Marking the STC’s very first international Community Service Project, CNIB Lake Joe hosted the dedication ceremony on Friday September 24, 2021. The STC aims to help create a limitless […]
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Cabot Cape Breton Voted Best Canadian Hotel In Hemispheres Magazine’s 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards
Cabot Cape Breton, located on over a mile of sandy beach along the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, has tied for Best Canadian Hotel with Fairmont Banff Springs in Hemispheres magazine’s 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards. The magazine’s second-annual Readers’ Choice Awards recognizes the world’s top hotels, resorts, destinations, cities, and more, based on the results of a 2021 […]
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Ireland is back open for business tourism
It’s official: after over 18 months of disruption and inactivity, Ireland is back open for business meetings, conferences and events. September 21st 2021 marked the first in-person conference to take place since the easing of restrictions, where details on plans from Fáilte Ireland (the National Tourism Development Authority) to support recovery of the business tourism […]
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Harland & Wolff Announce Award of Major Fabrication Contract
Harland & Wolff, the iconic shipyard with over 160 years of maritime and offshore engineering pedigree, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract by Saipem Limited for the fabrication and load-out of eight wind turbine generator (WTG) jacket foundations. The jacket foundations will service the EDF Renewables and ESB owned Neart na […]
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Life of Irishman Timothy Eaton from apprentice to one of Canada’s wealthiest people
Ballymena and its environs has been the birth place of some of our most notable emigrants; from George and Will Millar of the Irish Rovers to movie star Liam Neeson. However, it was a young mercantile apprentice who left in 1853 for a new life in Canada that would first bring fame to the small Ulster town. Timothy Eaton arrived in Upper […]
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Award-winning Canadian/Irish play adapted for screen
Vancouver-based actor Keara Barnes has adapted her award-winning, one-woman show Almost a Stepmom into a short film, slated to begin shooting this spring. In The Stepmom film we meet the character of Saoirse, a young Canadian woman who, grieving the recent death of her mother, moves to Ireland to reconnect with her roots. There, she […]
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Fancy the job of a lifetime on an Irish island?
The dream job of working as a caretaker on a remote island off Ireland’s famous Wild Atlantic Way is up for grabs. Two caretaking vacancies for the Great Blasket Island, which lies off the coast of County Kerry were posted on social media last week. Billy O’Connor and his partner Alice Hayes, who own four cottages and […]
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Canada invests in the expansion of New Brunswick’s Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded Canadians how important nature is to our health and well-being. By investing in conserving and restoring our natural environment, we can fight climate change, protect our iconic Canadian biodiversity, and ensure that Canadians across the country have access to nature in their communities. Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate […]