Yearly Archives: 2013

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Canary Wharf’s lofty office towers are set to be overshadowed by Europe’s tallest residential building in further evidence of London’s effervescent housing market.

Tom Ryan, an Irish property investor, intends to build a £1bn, 74-storey skyscraper on the site he acquired for £100m on Thursday in the business district to the east of the City of London. The tower will be 7 metres higher than Canary Wharf’s tallest office building. The acquisition is the first in what sources say will be a series of UK property investments by Mr Ryan.

Hertsmere is the first British scheme for Mr Ryan, who has invested in several other countries, Mr Berridge said. Ryan Corporation would not provide details of Mr Ryan’s past developments.

 

Canary Wharf to see Europe’s tallest residential tower (Kate Allen, Financial Times) (behind paywall)

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Ireland can avail of a €200 million EU fund to create a “youth jobs guarantee” over the next two years.

But Canada-born vlogger Katie Varvos (top), ‘The Unemployed Graduate’, explains – using  FACTS and amusing film inserts – how the plan may be ineffective and asks why the figures don’t add up.

(Stay for the cat and prizes).

Previously: The Unemployed Graduate on broadsheet

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Cachemonet is an experimental multimedia website by creative director Tim Nolan, coder Lasse Korsgaard and musician Jib Kidder that displays a never-ending series of random gifs with musical accompaniment.

Spend at least a minute there.

We have it on instead of the radio.

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“Deutsche Bank has announced that it will generate over 700 new jobs in Dublin over the coming years. The German bank, which already employs over 300 people in Ireland, said it plans to significantly grow its operations in Dublin by moving to a new office at Eastpoint Business Park.”

Meanwhile, over in Rathcoole:

“The fate of 400 jobs at a Lufthansa plant in Rathcoole in Co Dublin is expected to be clarified at a meeting called by management this afternoon.”

“Unions have expressed fears of substantial jobs losses at the Lufthansa Technik Airmotive plant, which maintains aircraft engines.”

Deutsche Bank’s expansion to create 700 jobs in Dublin (RTÉ)

Staff at Lufthansa Technik Airmotive to be briefed by management (RTÉ)

Pic: Merrion Street