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Irish Post
06-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Post
Irish fintech company Fenergo announces creation of 300 jobs at Dublin HQ
LEADING Irish Software as a Service (SaaS) financial technology solutions provider Fenergo has this week announced the creation of 300 jobs at its global HQ in Dublin. The move is part of a €100m Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) expansion plan supported by Enterprise Ireland. In addition to the new roles in Ireland, which will double the domestic headcount, Fenergo is creating new jobs across its international markets to meet demand for its AI-powered solutions. A total of 500 new positions will be filled by the company globally within the next three years. "This investment and growth of our Irish operations reflect our confidence in the excellent talent pool we have in this country, and a market where innovative thinking, entrepreneurship and evolving technology will propel Fenergo to new heights," said Marc Murphy, CEO and Founder of Fenergo. Fighting financial crime With support from Enterprise Ireland, Fenergo has also invested in a new RD&I Centre of Excellence, where the new Irish roles will be based, supporting Fenergo's innovation strategy. The new roles will enable Fenergo to further deliver on its mission to support financial institutions in fighting financial crime and creating a safer world. Fenergo will continue to build out its intelligent, AI-powered solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), anti-money laundering (AML) and Know your Customer (KYC). This suite of solutions forms Fenergo's FinCrime Operating System, which addresses all anti-financial crime events and operations. The company's investment in its Irish and international expansion is expected to further bolster its ability to serve international markets while also growing its domestic business. In the year ending March 2025, 97 per cent of Fenergo's revenue was generated from exported business. 'Irish-owned, globally-focussed' Kevin Sherry, Interim CEO of Enterprise Ireland, said Fenergo's success showed how Irish companies can impact global markets. "Ambitious companies like Fenergo embody Enterprise Ireland's mission that Irish-owned, globally-focused companies will be the primary driver of our economy," he said. "Fenergo, announcing 500 new jobs today, is a great example of an innovative Irish company growing customers, adding RD&I to drive forward AI powered solutions and creating an impact in global markets. "I'd like to congratulate Marc and the team on this expansion and we look forward to working with them." Recruitment for the new roles is now underway, with candidates being sought for a wide range of mid-level engineering and R&D positions. Fenergo is also rolling out a graduate programme with the intention of appointing up to 30 university graduates. See More: Dublin, Enterprise Ireland, Fenergo
Euractiv
02-07-2025
- Business
- Euractiv
Paving the Way for Europe's competitive green future
The 'R&I for a competitive green transition' event in Brussels on 23-24 June highlighted why investing in green research and innovation is an essential driver of E urope's sustainable prosperity. The event was a satellite event of the EU Research and Innovation (R&I) Days 2025 of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. It brought together policymakers, researchers, investors, industry and civil society actors to explore how green transition-related R&I can drive a fair, sustainable, and competitive future for Europe. At the Euractiv policy dialogue of 23 June as well as the full-day conference on 24 June, speakers aligned on the enabling role of R&I in transforming a green necessity into a green opportunity. Clean and green technologies help reduce emissions and heal our planet, but they also boost our global leadership in new markets. Cleaner business models reduce our companies' environmental footprint, but they also create better jobs and they build stronger and more resilient supply chains. The closing remarks at the conference were delivered by Director-General Marc Lemaître, who reflected on the outcomes of the event and the role of R&I in providing tangible solutions for Europe's green transition and competitiveness. The text below is a lightly edited and shorter version of his closing remarks. The European Union's green transition is no longer an abstract concept. Across Europe, research and innovation are already delivering tangible results — from transforming food systems and restoring biodiversity, to building circular economies and advancing climate adaptation. These achievements reflect the collective efforts of scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs working for a more sustainable, competitive, and resilient Europe. Yet we find ourselves in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical instability, climate disruption, and economic uncertainty. Europe must double down, accelerate its transition and scale up investments in research and innovation. To do so effectively, we must ensure that the brightest minds and boldest ideas can thrive within Europe's borders. Three pillars — delivering real results, urgency for acceleration, and unlocking Europe's potential — must guide our work going forward. Research and innovation are already delivering Since the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019, the EU has placed R&I at the heart of its policy agenda. The climate contribution of Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research programme, will reach 35%, or more than €30 billion by 2027. Spending on biodiversity-related R&I has increased to 8.7% and will reach 10% by 2027. Over €3 million contributed to improving air quality. This funding is translating into real-world impact. R&I projects are actively piloting net-zero farming, restoring ecosystems, and developing real-time digital tools for climate adaptation. Full-scale demonstrators are showing how circular production can be applied to materials and textiles. In the bioeconomy, European startups are generating more sustainable alternatives to intensively-farmed food, and fossil fuel-based plastics, chemicals and fuels — helping build new industrial value chains, technologies and jobs. In water-related cleantech, Europe leads the world, accounting for approximately 40% of water-related technology patents. In addition to underpinning Europe's frontier businesses in water technologies and services, EU R&I funding helps find solutions that make our farms more resilient to drought, our energy, mining and agrifood business more water-smart, and our rivers, lakes and groundwater resources less impacted. These initiatives demonstrate that the green transition is already underway! Changing context, changing needs At the same time, the context in which we operate has changed dramatically. In the six years since the European Green Deal was announced, the EU has faced multiple overlapping crises — from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine to devastating floods and fires, conflicts, humanitarian and environmental crises that are shaking our world. Alarmingly, 2024 was the first on record to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. This evolving context calls for a new level of ambition. To safeguard Europe's resilience and the well-being of EU citizens, we must become more competitive and resource-efficient, strengthen our supply chains, and reduce dependencies. Moreover, the EU has a political, moral and legal commitment to reach climate neutrality by 2050. To stay on track, the EU must accelerate the implementation of the European Green Deal and leverage new initiatives such as the Clean Industrial Deal and the Competitiveness Compass. EU R&I Missions and Partnerships are already fostering collaboration across all levels of governance and helping engage citizens and industry in transformative change. Overall, however, progress remains partial. More ambition is needed to achieve our 2030 climate and environmental objectives. The message is clear: R&I works. R&I delivers. And it must be scaled up to meet the urgency of the moment. Creating the conditions for innovation to thrive Delivering a competitive green transition requires more than funding. It demands a thriving research and innovation ecosystem that attracts and retains talent, supports startups, and protects scientific freedom. To make Europe a destination of choice for researchers worldwide, structural improvements are necessary. Challenges such as limited job security, uncompetitive salaries, and mobility barriers must be addressed. The Choose Europe initiative is an important step in this direction. Through the ERA Act, we intend to improve working conditions for researchers and address administrative hurdles including visa processes. We will propose to enshrine scientific freedom in law. And provide €500 million in funding for the period 2025–2027 through the European Research Council, Horizon Europe, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. The EU must live up to its commitment to investing 3% of GDP in research and development. At the same time, we must create the right framework conditions to support the scale-up of green and clean technologies. While Europe leads globally in clean tech patents — accounting for 22% of the total — we must build on this advantage. In 2023, green tech was the only area where EU venture capital investment levels matched those of the US. To maintain this momentum, the recently announced EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy will help clean and green innovators grow faster and further by cutting red tape, improving access to financing, and facilitating market access across the Single Market. Conclusion Europe has the tools, the talent, and the technological edge to lead the global green transition. The progress we've seen so far shows what is possible when research and innovation are placed at the heart of our policy agenda. To fully deliver on this promise — and to ensure the benefits reach all corners of our society — we must scale up our efforts. Only by harnessing the full power of research and innovation can we deliver a competitive green transition and a better future for EU citizens. Let's continue working together to make it happen. Marc Lemaître is the Director-General at DG for Research and Innovation, European Commission.
Telegraph
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The World of James VI and I: A fascinating tribute to the king of bling
You have to wonder whether history would have been kinder to James VI & I if he had ended up being beheaded. His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, had been brought to the scaffold in 1587, her death warrant signed by Elizabeth I – an event that in centuries since has cemented her legacy as a national heroine. In 1649, his son and successor, Charles I, met the same end. By contrast, James is perhaps best remembered as 'the wisest fool in Christendom', an epithet handed down to us by one of his courtiers, Sir Anthony Weldon, who could also be considerably less kind, as when he recalled James continually fidgeting with his codpiece. Weldon's broadside appears at the outset of The World of James VI & I, an exhibition held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. It's a show of considerable nuance, in large part because it doesn't set out to rehabilitate James, as such – rather, it wants you to engage with James on something like his own level. Stuffier exhibitions tell the story of monarchy predominantly with portraiture, and leave you wondering whether you'd have been better getting it from an illustrated book. Not so here, where portraits, letters, clothes, jewellery, ornate glassware and more combine to conjure a rich sense of the charged times in which James ruled, in both his kingdoms – as well as of James's enormous love of bling. The show takes the story of his reign at a canter. In Scotland, he founded Edinburgh University and cultivated a proud Renaissance court; on the other hand, his deeply held superstitions spurred him to rekindle the persecution of witches. In England, he tried in vain to effect an improbable peace with Spain, pursued a policy of unbridled colonisation in Ireland, oversaw the establishment of the first colonial plantations in Virginia, commissioned the King James Bible and enjoyed the company of male favourites such as George Villiers in terms that have had historians speculating ever since. But the real achievement of this exhibition is in understanding that these historical debates are, ultimately, too big for it – it can only point to them. What it can and does achieve is a sense of the sheer splendour of the Stuart court under James – and how James mobilised that splendour to communicate the potency of his dynasty. After the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when he made the politically questionable decision of transplanting most of his court from Edinburgh to London, he compensated by commissioning portraits, medallions, coins and jewels, circulating images of the entire royal family to as wide an audience as possible – and making it abundantly clear that he had a stable marriage and secure bloodline, which must have been a breath of fresh air after the Tudors.
The Independent
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
The first known letter written by King James VI to go on show
A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition. In the letter, the first known to have been written by King James, he thanks his guardian's wife, the Countess of Mar, for sending him fruit. It will be on display as part of The World Of King James VI & I exhibition which opens at National Galleries Scotland: Portrait in Edinburgh on April 26. The exhibition, marking 400 years since his death, will explore the life of the king who was the first monarch to rule over Scotland, England and Ireland after uniting the crowns in 1603. Artworks, jewels, clothing and precious documents are among the items which will be on show. Dr Alan Borthwick, head of Medieval and Early Modern Records at National Records of Scotland, said: 'These records are rarely seen in public. 'They help us understand James's remarkable story, from becoming king of Scots as a baby, his mother's exile, his childhood and going on to become the first monarch to rule Scotland, England and Ireland.' In the letter, the young James addresses the Countess of Mar, Lady Annabella Murray, as Lady Minny. She was responsible for looking after James when he was a young boy, and 'Minny' is an affectionate old Scots term meaning 'mother'. The young James became king when he was just 13 months old, after his mother Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. He died in England on March 27, 1625. The exhibition runs until Sunday September 14.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The first known letter written by King James VI to go on show
A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition. In the letter, the first known to have been written by King James, he thanks his guardian's wife, the Countess of Mar, for sending him fruit. It will be on display as part of The World Of King James VI & I exhibition which opens at National Galleries Scotland: Portrait in Edinburgh on April 26. The exhibition, marking 400 years since his death, will explore the life of the king who was the first monarch to rule over Scotland, England and Ireland after uniting the crowns in 1603. Artworks, jewels, clothing and precious documents are among the items which will be on show. Young James VI's signature on a letter to the Countess of Mar who helped raise him after Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to flee. Proudly safeguarded in our archives, this treasure and others we hold feature @NatGalleriesSco Portrait exhibition from 26 Apr. Don't miss it! — NatRecordsScot (@NatRecordsScot) April 8, 2025 Dr Alan Borthwick, head of Medieval and Early Modern Records at National Records of Scotland, said: 'These records are rarely seen in public. 'They help us understand James's remarkable story, from becoming king of Scots as a baby, his mother's exile, his childhood and going on to become the first monarch to rule Scotland, England and Ireland.' In the letter, the young James addresses the Countess of Mar, Lady Annabella Murray, as Lady Minny. She was responsible for looking after James when he was a young boy, and 'Minny' is an affectionate old Scots term meaning 'mother'. The young James became king when he was just 13 months old, after his mother Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. He died in England on March 27, 1625. The exhibition runs until Sunday September 14.
