Working, Living & Travelling In Ireland

Author: Katleen

  • Money can’t buy you love( but if you like them on facebook, you might win tickets:)

    Money can’t buy you love( but if you like them on facebook, you might win tickets:)

    Hi all,

    

    http://www.opera.ie/

    
    …money can’t buy you love.

    The Irish stock market is reeling following a shock announcement from Don Pasquale, chair of PASQUAL€ BANK™ that he is disinheriting Ernesto, his rebellious heir apparent, due to alleged involvement with glamorous young widow Norina. Is PASQUAL€ BANK ™ on the verge of collapse? Will the scheming Doctor Malatesta manipulate the situation to his advantage? And what kind of merger is the foolish old banker planning?

    Immerse yourself in Donizetti’s farcical world and enjoy glorious arias and delightful melodies conducted by Roy Laughlin and performed by Opera Theatre Company’s chamber ensemble. Brimming with lyricism and high comedy this vivacious opera has something for everyone, with themes that still resonate today. Directed by Annilese Miskimmon with design by Aedín Cosgrove (Pan Pan Theatre Company). Cast: Martin Higgins (The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville) as Don Pasqualé, Andrew Ashwin as Malatesta, Claudia Boyle (Bastien & Bastienne, YAA alumna) as Norina, Fredrik Akselberg as Ernesto and Young Associate Artist Nathan Morrison as The Fake Notary.

    Why not check them out on Facebook and you’ll get a chance to win tickets( just say if you want to go and watch their show in Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, Tallaght, Waterford,Castlebar,Sligo,  Navan, Limerick, Tralee or Carlow.

    Enjoy your WE!
    Katleen

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  • 7 Company Research Tips Before The Job Interview

    7 Company Research Tips Before The Job Interview

    I thought I’d share these with you!

    Thanks,

    Katleen

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  • Follow your dream and start your own business in Kilkenny…enter this competition

    Dear Readers,

    Paypal has announced  150  new jobs in Dublin today and Fidelity in Galway has announced an expansion of 100 jobs, but maybe you really want to start your own business, and if you decide to do it in Kilkenny ( and you win the competition 🙂 ) you are sure to set off with a great start ( and great help!)

    So here goes :
    ‘Giving a Start’ Competition The 11 Patrick Street “GIVING A START” Competition 2011
    (Supported by Invest Kilkenny) Follow on Facebook

    Ireland is far from beaten and despite the recession and negativity there are hundreds of entrepreneurs who have great ideas and who need support to get up and running.
    Businesses successfully established and operating in 11 Patrick Street in Kilkenny have come together to reach out and give back some of their knowledge, experience, and skills to help a new company get up and running in 2011.
    The 11 Patrick Street “GIVING A START” Competition 2011 is aimed at encouraging potential entrepreneurs to follow their dream and to start their own business.
    The judging panel will include Bobby Kerr CEO of Insomnia and of “Dragons Den“, Paula Fitzsimons, of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and Terry Clune of Taxback.com.
    The winner’s prize is valued at €25,000.

    This prize will be made up as follows:

    . Office, business support, conference and meeting rooms in11 Patrick Street
    . Accommodation and events in the adjoining Pembroke Hotel
    . Support and consultancy from businesses in 11 Patrick Street to the value of €3,000.00 per business.
    -Paschal Bergin Accountants & Tax Consultants http://www.paschalbergin.com/
    -MD Media PR Consultants
    -Brian Dunlop Architects http://www.bdarchitects.ie/
    -Optimize Recruitment http://www.optimizerecruitment.ie/
    -Real Solutions company and staff training and coaching http://www.realsolutions.ie/
    -Fitzwilliam Partnership, Strategic and Financial Management http://www.fitzwilliampartnership.com/

    . Support from the Invest Kilkenny Business Support Unit and seed money of €1,000
    . A strong PR campaign behind the competition locally and nationally aimed at giving profile to the winner and finalists.

    How to apply?
    . Complete a Professional Business Plan in the format below to be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday March 4th 2011.

    The ideas will be shortlisted based on their level of innovation, creativity and originality, understanding of commercial realities and overall potential for success. Five entries will be shortlisted on Friday March 25th. Shortlisted applicants will be required to undertake a short presentation on their business idea to the panel of judges. The winner will be deemed by the judges to have the greatest overall potential for long-term success.

    The winner will be announced at a function in The Pembroke Hotel, Kilkenny, on Thursday March 31st.

    Entries should be sent to:
    The 11 Patrick Street “GIVING A START. Competition 2011,
    11 Patrick Street,
    Kilkenny
    Ireland
    or Email to info@elevenpatrickstreet.com

    Regards,
    Katleen

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  • Vistakon Limerick seeking engineers and technicians

    Vistakon Limerick seeking engineers and technicians

    Dear Readers,

    On my way to the Limerick Milk Market, I saw a large roadsign saying that Vistakon in Limerick  is recruiting engineers and technicians. You can apply for the jobs at Irishjobs.

    Ayala carefully prepares to put a contact lensImage via Wikipedia
    A bit of information about Vistakon (www.acuvue.com)

    Vistakon Ireland is a subsidiary of the Global Organisation, Johnson & Johnson. The Company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and the site in Limerick is the only other manufacturing site based outside the US. The Company manufactures the range of ACUVUE disposable contact lenses to the highest quality. We are the largest producer disposable contact lenses in the world and ACUVUE is the leading product in the market. The technology at Limerick is the most advanced in the contact lens industry and we now employ over 600 people on site.
    Vistakon Ireland was established in 1995 on the National Technological Park close to the University of Limerick. We produce daily disposable lenses in a state of the art technology facility which includes injection moulding, robotics, vision systems and sterilisation systems. All product is manufactured to rigorous parameter specification within a class 100,000 cleanroom environment. The production process is fully automated and the lens is untouched by hand from start to finish of the process. Since our final product will be in touch with the human eye, there are stringent quality and hygiene checks throughout. Overall, the plant’s information systems are run in accordance with ISO and FDA regulations.
    The Limerick facility was originally fitted out with six advanced production lines to manufacture one day disposable contact lenses for the European and Japanese Markets. Since then, we have expanded a number of times and now have over 30 production lines to manufacture one-day, fortnightly, monthly and colour lenses that are shipped worldwide.

    Regards,
    Katleen

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  • Homestart Ireland, a helping hand for families

    Homestart Ireland, a helping hand for families

    Dear Readers,

    Many parents need help, friendship, advice or support during those early years when children are young. Every family is different, indeed every child is different. There is no rulebook for raising a family and sometimes it can seem overwhelming, particularly if your family is going through difficult times.

    As a parent you might ask for Home-Start’s help for all sorts of reasons:

    You may be feeling isolated in your community, have no family nearby and be struggling to make friends
    You may be feeling low or depressed after giving birth
    You may be finding it hard to cope because of your own or your child’s illness.
    You may have been hit hard by the death of a loved one.
    You may be really struggling with emotional and physical demands of having twins or triplets – perhaps born into an already large family.

    Help is at hand. We support any family who needs us, as long as they have at least one child under five.

    Home-Start is an independent, voluntary organisation. If you ask for Home-Start’s help you can be sure of total confidentiality.

    After asking for our support you will meet with one of our local coordinators who will carefully match you with one of our volunteers. Our volunteers, who all have parenting experience, will visit you for a couple of hours a week and give you both emotional and practical help.

    The often overwhelming demands of rearing young children can take their toll on any parent. There is nothing uncommon about asking for help from Home-Start. Parents often need support in coping and Home-Start is here to help.

    I noticed that they recenty added their brochues in a variety of languages:
    French, Czeck,Latvian,Lithuanian,Portuguese and Russian.
    Check out this link.
    Homestart is always looking for volunteers, if you are interested to become a volunteer, click here or listen to the experience of a Home Start Volunteer.

    Have a lovely WE,
    Katleen

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  • Parish Meeting http://www.irexo.com/ Wednesday 3rd of February- Meet David Mc Williams

    Parish Meeting http://www.irexo.com/ Wednesday 3rd of February- Meet David Mc Williams

    Dear Readers,

    I wrote about http://www.irexo.com/ a while back. The National Pilot Project of the Ireland Reaching Out Project is being developed in South-East Galway from Sept 2010 through to June 2011.

    The website will be going live, and you are invited to a Parish a meeting in the Lady Gregory Hotel in Gort, Co. Galway to kick start this project tomorrow, the 3rd of February at 8 PM.

    I am enclosing the details I received from their latest news letter.

    Special Guests: We are delighted to confirm that David McWilliams, economist and broadcaster, John Concannon, Head of Strategy, Fáilte Ireland and Joe Hackett, Head of the Irish Abroad Unit at the Department of Foreign Affairs will also address the meeting. Please ensure that your parish is well-represented – everyone is welcome!

    Ireland Reaching Out (IrelandXO)

    South-East Galway Parish Meeting
    Thursday, 3rd February – 8pm
    Lady Gregory Hotel

    The Ireland Reaching Out project team invites you to the first parish meeting of 2011. The project steps up a gear this week with the launch of the website www.irelandxo.com. Comprehensive details of the planned IRO training programme for the parishes of south east Galway will also be presented as well as progress updates from selected parishes and the latest on the Week of Welcomes. The event will be attended by a number of the programme’s sponsors including representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

    All are welcome and new participants are particularly encouraged to attend. This is an ideal opportunity to introduce new parish team members to the project as well as meet other parish welcome team volunteers from communities across South-East Galway.

    Ireland Reaching Out (IrelandXO) is also now on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ireland-Reaching-Out-HQ/174664185909213?v=wall

    regards

    Dolores

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    Dolores O’Shea

    Project Administrator

    South-East Galway Diaspora Pilot Project

    ‘Ireland Reaching Out’

    Tel: (091) 842013

    Mob: (085) 1925466

    25, Dunkellin Street

    Loughrea

    Co. Galway

    www.irelandxo.com

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    Office Opening Hours:

    Mo-Wed-Fri 10-5pm

    Tues 2-8pm

    Closed for lunch 1-2pm

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  • Quest to create 150 jobs in Cork

    Quest to create 150 jobs in Cork

    Ireland, CorkImage via Wikipedia

    Hi all,

    Just as the ESRI is estimating that 100 000 people will leave this green Island( that’s a 1000 people a week for the next 2 years), there is some good news on the Horizon for County Cork, as Quest will create 150 jobs at an international shared services centre in Cork. The development is supported by IDA Ireland.

    You can check out their Job RSS Feed here

    Location map of Cork City.Image via Wikipedia
    It already operates a sales office in Dublin, but it will use its new international shared services centre in the Citygate complex at Mahon in Cork to drive the growth of its business in markets outside the US.
    You can read the full article here
    Katleen

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  • Undergraduates, get your CAO application in before the 20th and pay only 30 Euros!

    Undergraduates, get your CAO application in before the 20th and pay only 30 Euros!

    Hello Reader,

    If you are intending to submit your CAO application, why not do it before the 20th of January, when you can enjoy a reduced online  fee of 30 Euros( normally it’s 40 Euros.) If you leave it till after 1st of May, it will cost you online 60 Euros and Paper applications 80 Euros.

    Here is some info who/what/where the CAO is…

    The higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland have delegated to CAO the task of processing centrally applications to their first year undergraduate courses.
    The participating institutions retain the function of making decisions on admissions.
    CAO is required to deal with applications in an efficient and fair manner.
    CAO is a not-for-profit company registered in Ireland.
    CAO Handbook, Click here
    Full list of downloads( applications, handbook, changes etc)

    Office contact hours are 09:30 to 13:00, and 14:00 to 17:15, Monday to Friday (the CAO website is monitored outside these hours to ensure continuity of online services).

    Central Applications Office,
    Tower House,
    Eglinton Street,
    Galway, Ireland.
    Tel. +353-(0)91-509800
    Fax +353-(0)91-562344
    Frequently asked questions

    If you  here, you’ll find information on student grants etc.. and a student’s loan facility http://www.studentfinance.ie/

    Katleen

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  • Checkout Popcap – they’ll be hiring in Dublin Shortly, the game is on!

    Checkout Popcap – they’ll be hiring in Dublin Shortly, the game is on!

    US gaming firm to double Dublin staff numbers    By Gordon Deegan  Monday, January 17, 2011

    IRELAND’S games industry has received a jobs boost with US- owned PopCap Games confirming that it intends to double the number it employs to 110 at its European headquarters in Dublin.
    Current vacancies – click here
    The Seattle-based game developer established its European HQ in Dublin in 2005, employing 10 in its start-up phase. The company now employs 55 and senior director Cathy Orr confirmed yesterday that the firm is planning to create an additional 55 jobs at its Dublin office.
    “We are aiming to double the number we employ here over the next two to three years,” she said.
    PopCap Games is part of the burgeoning game sector in Ireland that includes subsidiaries of some of the best-known names in the industry, such as Zynga, Activision Blizzard and Big Fish Games.
    PopCap Games’ most popular games include Bejewelled, Zuma, Peggle and Plants v Zombies.
    Recently filed accounts show that PopCap’s after-tax profits decreased by 79% to €613,152 in 2009.
    However, Ms Orr pointed out that contrasting the 2008 and 2009 results was not comparing like with like as the company’s European and Asian revenues were split for the first time in 2009, while the group made an additional one-time change in how revenues are recognised in Ireland to reflect global products initiated here.
    The accounts show that revenues at the firm in 2009 declined by 55% from €10.2 million to €6.7m. This followed revenues increasing almost fourfold in 2008.
    Ms Orr confirmed that PopCap Games’ Dublin unit “enjoyed increased profits in 2010” but she was unable to provide the scale of the increase.
    “PopCap’s European revenues have been growing steadily since we started in Dublin more than five years ago and the Dublin office’s share of worldwide revenue grew from 12% in 2009 to 17% in 2010.
    “We’re looking to grow this significantly in the next three years,” she said.
    Worldwide, the company employs 400 and it is understood that global revenues last year totalled $100m.
    A large proportion of PopCap’s revenues is still made from the ‘try before you buy’ business model.
    The company’s Dublin office is concentrating on products for smart phones, social platforms and tablets and Ms Orr expects “a range of new products and product updates to come out of Dublin this year”.
    This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Monday, January 17, 2011
    Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfeycwcwqlcw/rss2/#ixzz1BNhJTFpo

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