29 Apr - SBCI and First Citizen Finance announce €50m in lower cost fund for Irish agri SMEs
First Citizen becomes sixth SBCI on-lender - New hire purchase and leasing fund for agri-business SMEs to buy machinery - 99% of SBCI’s original €800m funding (€790m) now allocated across three banks and three non-bank lenders
Read More22 Apr - Dentists say Medical Card Scheme is unfit for purpose
New report shows that while the number of eligible patients is up 17%, the number of treatments is down 20%9 out of 10 dentists have had to prescribe multiple antibiotics for patients on oral surgery waiting lists‘The HSE has effectively…
Read More22 Apr - Doctors warn that Govt talks are ignoring the health services
IMO President - “Politicians should be ashamed. Irish Water is being treated as a matter of life or death while the real issue of life or death in our health services is being ignored.”
Read More21 Apr - Dentists say new system of risk profiling patients may act as early warning system for chronic disea
The Irish Dental Association has said a new system of risk profiling patients by dentists could significantly reduce the impact of systemic disease on oral health.Describing type 2 diabetes and obesity as ticking health bombs, the newly elected President of…
Read More21 Apr - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund expects to commit a further €750m to Irish investments during 2016
Fund reports solid progress in first 16 months and healthy pipeline of investment opportunitiesIn advanced discussions on 53 potential investment opportunities with a combined value of €2.4bnSome 650 people attended the Fund’s third annual market engagement event in Dublin today
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