Tánaiste & Minister Ryan Launch New Website to Help SMEs Decarbonise 
Tánaiste & Minister Ryan Launch New Website to Help SMEs Decarbonise 
The Tánaiste, and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Leo Varadkar T.D., and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan T.D., today launched the Government’s new website to help businesses get started in taking climate action, climatetoolkit4business.gov.ie...
Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process
Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process
The Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021 inserts a new Part 10A into the Companies Act 2014 to provide for a dedicated rescue process for small and micro companies, the “Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process”. While...
Storm Barra
Storm Barra
After arriving this morning, Storm Barra has caused some flooding in the south and has already left at least 33,000 homes and businesses without power. Met Éireann has issued a Red wind warning for county Cork, Kerry and Clare as Storm...
Give the Gift of Choice with the Kildare Village gift card
Give the Gift of Choice with the Kildare Village gift card
ISME Members,  Kildare Village are encouraging all fellow members to give the gift of choice this Christmas. Why not, treat your employees to a designer day out, compliments of one little card. Redeemable at all of the Village’s 100 boutiques,...
Metamo Credit Unions to Take Part in Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
Metamo Credit Unions to Take Part in Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD and the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD along with Joe O’Toole, Chair of the Metamo Credit Union Group and Alan Kelly, Chief Executive of Metamo have today announced the launch of...
Central Bank release report on Motor Insurance
Central Bank release report on Motor Insurance
ISME welcomes the publication of the Central Bank’s third report of the National Claims Information Database into private motor insurance. The report confirms a downward trend in the cost of motor insurance, falling 7% from 2019 to 2020. In view...
Mark Little Receives Professional Excellence Award
Mark Little Receives Professional Excellence Award
Mark Little was today (Wednesday November 11th) awarded a Professional Excellence Award at Griffith College’s annual graduation ceremonies. Mr Little is an esteemed entrepreneur, journalist and broadcaster who founded his own successful news agency. He will be familiar to many...
Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine have recently launched a new loan scheme, the “Brexit Impact Loan Scheme” targeted to SMEs (including farmers and fishers) and small mid-caps that have...
Draft Sick pay bill
Draft Sick pay bill
The government has published the latest draft of the upcoming sick pay bill which is due to become legislation from January. The legislation will give employees 3 days sick leave entitlement from January 2022 increasing to up to 10 days...
ISME expresses concern to Justice Minister on personal injuries awards and public liability insurance
ISME expresses concern to Justice Minister on personal injuries awards and public liability insurance
ISME has written to the Justice Minister about a recent High Court personal injuries case in which a golf club was successfully sued by an apparently lapsed member. While acknowledging that the injury suffered by the plaintiff was real and...