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# good-news - Sunday 31 March, 2013
KFC to create 1,600 jobs across the UK and Ireland
The company plans to open 40 new chicken joints over the next 10 months.
# good-news - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Eurozone ministers: We’ll change repayment date for Ireland’s bailout loans
The Department of Finance says the move will make it easier for Ireland to emerge from the bailout programme.
# good-news - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Remember that missing engagement ring story from earlier this week…
We have an update!
# good-news - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Good news: eBay to create 450 jobs in Dundalk
The new jobs will be in customer services, sales and compliance.
# good-news - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Exiting examinership: 25 jobs saved at Wexford Viking Glass Ltd
The company, which has been trading for 75 years, entered examinership last October.
# good-news - Monday 28 January, 2013
Good news: Irish scientists to play key role in giant €1 billion project
The largest ever research project funded in the history of the EU was announced this morning.
# good-news - Friday 18 January, 2013
Column: Yes, the media should report bad news, but cynicism mustn’t blind us
Of course journalists must hold politicians to account, writes Seamus Conboy – but Ireland needs confidence too.
# good-news - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Connacht duo expected to return next weekend
Mata Fifita and Kyle Tonetti will miss out on Pro12 action but should return in time for the next round of Heineken Cup fixtures.
# good-news - Tuesday 1 January, 2013
O’Connell targets April return after successful back operation
The second row could now put himself into Lions contention with a smooth run through rehabilitation.
# good-news - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Worst of the euro crisis is ‘behind us’, says German finance minister
HURRAH! Break out the champagne and foie gras…
# good-news - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
2012: Good news in video
Good news, good deeds, great stuff.
# good-news - Monday 17 December, 2012
250 jobs to be created at Wexford call centre
The new jobs will be created over the next ten months at Eishtec, an Irish company set up in 2011.
# good-news - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Irish company wins €500k deal to make sunscreen for satellites
Enbio signed the contract with the European Space Agency.
# good-news - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Tired of bad news, teens launch free positive newspaper
The paper, called The Champion, was made by teenagers living in Dublin’s north east inner city.
# good-news - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Smith given all-clear on cruciate scare
Scans show that Sarsfields’ Alan Smith did not damage his knee ligaments in Sunday’s defeat to Ballymun Kickhams.
# good-news - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Forty-eight million bottles of Jameson being sold every year
Whiskey from the Midleton distillery in Cork is one of Ireland’s greatest export successes.
# good-news - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
South African Number 8 CJ Stander is arriving in Munster today
The 22-year-old has a year of Super Rugby experience with the Bulls under his belt.
# good-news - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Nando’s to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
The Portuguese chicken lovers are opening two new restaurants in Blanchardstown and Liffey Valley.
# good-news - Sunday 16 September, 2012
Golden Girl Katie Taylor, Ireland’s Paralympians and Cork’s Joanne O’Riordan named 2012’s People of the Year
RTÉ’s Colm Murray, Garda Ciarán Jones and the community of Union Hall were also honoured during the ceremony.
# good-news - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Retail sales and consumer sentiment up in July, August
KBC Bank Ireland said Katie’s Taylor’s big win may have increased shopper positivity…
# good-news - Thursday 2 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Thursday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# good-news - Saturday 21 July, 2012
Irish lamb now on the menu in Singapore
Singapore has opened its trade doors to Irish sheep meat.
# good-news - Friday 13 July, 2012
Nine-year-old Irish girl brings in €20k for educational game
Niamh Gallagher, from Arranmore Island off Donegal, helped persuade we users to fund dad’s project Pora Ora.
# good-news - Sunday 8 July, 2012
Irish company sending 15 buses to London after winning Olympics contract
Thirty of the drivers from Matthews Coach Hire are also on their way to London for the duration of the games.
# good-news - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Gregan becomes third Irish finalist in Helsinki
Stephanie Reilly also finished sixth in the women’s 3000m steeplechase semi-finals to qualify for the final.
# good-news - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Voice technology company opens international HQ in Dublin
Forty jobs are being created by Nuance Communications.
# good-news - Monday 25 June, 2012
Mortgage holders could be €700 better off per year, predicts IBEC
It’s good news for mortgage-holders, according to IBEC – but anyone without a mortgage will see less money in their pocket this year.
# good-news - Sunday 24 June, 2012
Irishman designs jeans made from… beer bottles
Entrepreneur Peter Heron is making waves in New York with clothing made from part-recycled materials – and looking to the internet to give punters a vested interest in the company.
# good-news - Thursday 21 June, 2012
Young Irish leaders of future set to SOAR
Irish youth leadership organisation co-founded by former Clare hurler Tony Griffin hopes to instill self-confidence into a generation.
# good-news - Monday 18 June, 2012
Clinic announces first Irish pregnancy from new fertility technique
The new method, called vitrification, involves the ultra-rapid freezing of embryos and oocytes (eggs).
# good-news - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Social entrepreneurs with big ideas shortlisted for €775k prize fund
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) says it continues to help people with big ideas to change Ireland.
# good-news - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Applause in auction room as woman buys back brother’s repossessed home
Orla Mulvey addressed the crowd at yesterday’s Merlin property auction, telling them that she intended to purchase the house built on her father’s land.
# good-news - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
17 Irish titles head for Cannes Film Festival
Movers and shakers of the Irish film scene are off to Cannes to promote Ireland’s movie-making talents.
# good-news - Monday 7 May, 2012
Icing on the cake: Leinster win three RaboDirect Pro12 awards
Welsh official Nigel Owens was also recognised for his uncompromising refereeing style.
# good-news - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Good news: Fabrice Muamba will attend Bolton match tomorrow
Less than two months after his on-field cardiac arrest against Spurs, Muamba will visit the Reebok Stadium to watch his club face the same opposition.
# good-news - Saturday 28 April, 2012
It’s back: Peats reopens its doors in Dublin
After 78 years in business, the electronics store closed its 11 branches earlier this month – but today it reopened its Parnell Street branch.
Six Irish artists get high-profile NYC showcase
The contemporary artists take part in an exhibition at the American Irish Historical Society next month. You can see the work of one of them in Dublin this month.
# good-news - Friday 27 April, 2012
National Library awarded for social media savvy
Fáilte Ireland gets overall prize in eGovernment awards for their Discover Ireland online campaign.
# good-news - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Libya to lift ban on Irish beef ‘shortly’
The Government is expecting official confirmation of the end of the 16-year-long ban imminently.
# good-news - Monday 23 April, 2012
Dunne back in training with Aston Villa
Alex McLeish is confident that the Republic of Ireland centre-half will be fit in time for Villa’s final two Premier League games.
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