April – June Coverage
Clare ISME Rep In ‘Disbelief’ At Public Sector Pay Demands 26th June ISME National Council member Siobhan Ní Ghairbhith, of St Tola’s Irish Goat Cheese Farm on Clare FM, listen here. Increasing the Minimum Wage 15th June The Hard Show,...
January – March Coverage
March Auto-Enrolment Pension System 30th March Siobhan Ni Ghairbhith, St Tola Goats Cheese and a member of ISME’s National Council spoke to Clare FM listen back here Should private sector workers be automatically enrolled in pension schemes? 29th March Neil...
December Coverage
Truckers protest over high fuel prices Irish Times, 13th December - read here The Journal.ie, , 13th December - read here Irish Post, , 13th December - read here ISME writes to the Taoiseach to call for strategic approach to...
November Coverage
COVID-19 Newstalk, 19th November, Read here RTE, 18th November, Read here The Irish Times, 17th November, Read here The Business Post, 16th November, Read here Newstalk, 12th November, Listen back here or Read here The Times, 12th November, Read here...
September coverage
Bank Holidays The Irish Times | 28th September Neil McDonnell, chief executive of the Irish SME association, which represents small and medium-sized businesses, said it would be “far more preferable” if the Government decided an extra public holiday is justified...
July & August coverage
Calling for review of corporate tax in Ireland Irish Times The Irish SME Association (ISME) has written to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe on the matter in light of plans by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to adopt...
June Coverage
Below you will find some snippets from ISME in the media this month Prime Time ISME CEO, Neil McDonnell joined the Prime Time panel on Thursday the 18th of June. Watch back from 19 minutes here. The Great Business Show...
April Coverage
Banking The exit of KBC "moves us a step closer from an effective duopoly to an actual duopoly", said Neil McDonnell, chief executive of business group ISME. Mr McDonnell said the State could extend its Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland...
March coverage 2021
Insurance Reform 'ISME was deeply disappointed with reduction in minor injuries awards. This reduction will not remove the economic incentives for people to sue, even for the most inconsequential of injuries. ISME is shocked that having waited years for reform,...
Increase of 38% in the number of businesses who believe they can keep trading
ISME release the results of our fifth flash survey on COVID-19.The survey found that 68% of respondents are availing of the TWSS or EWSS, making wages supports by far the largest liquidity solution availed of by business. Just 16% of...
