MINISTER for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, said the Government would stand firm against any attempt by Europe to insist on a change in the 12.5% corporation profit tax as a condition for easing the terms of the €85 billion bailout.

ALTOBRIDGE, the privately-owned technology group based in Tralee, Co Kerry, is to receive a $12 million (€8.66m) investment to drive its low-cost international mobile global communications business.

A Kerry company which specialises in providing mobile broadband to remote locations has secured a $12m (€8.6m) investment from Intel and the investment arm of the World Bank.

A LARGE provincial town has unveiled a visionary plan to beat the recession and position itself at the cutting edge of the smart economy.

AS a response to our economic difficulties the innovative projects unveiled by the Mallow Development Partnership yesterday are inspiring in a way that has not been seen recently.

Venture capital investment in Irish companies has increased dramatically in the first quarter of 2005, with the €75.4m invested more than twice the amount invested in the previous quarter.

A DUBLIN-BASED company that develops memory chips has raised €4 million in funding from venture capital firms.

A joint venture, Cometa Networks has been formed between Intel, IBM, AT& T and two venture firms for the provision of high speed wireless internet access.