It’s increasingly likely that Wexford will miss out on home advantage against All-Ireland champions Dublin in next month’s Leinster SFC quarter-final should they beat Carlow later this month.

Wexford will have home advantage against All-Ireland champions Dublin next June should they beat Carlow in their first round Leinster clash.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has suggested that Kim Kardashian would not have been robbed if she was using an Irish tech security firm.

A Carlow company has announced the creation of 85 new jobs.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Irish businesses are losing an average of more than €55,000 to crime every year with poor security leaving firms particularly exposed to criminals.

Carlow-based security company Netwatch has secured a €19.5m investment to fuel its expansion into the international markets.

Calls from the public to Crimestoppers led directly to arrests and seizures of drugs, weapons, and child abuse images.

The Central Bank has paid a security firm almost €300,000, to date, to secure the site of the ill-fated former Anglo Irish Bank building on Dublin’s North Wall Quay.

Netwatch Ireland is to create 50 new jobs in Co down over the next three years.

TJ Reid has hit out at the GAA’s decision to experiment with one-on-one penalty taking in the pre-season competitions. Reid had perfected a similar penalty taking style to Cork keeper Anthony Nash which was ultimately outlawed last year, paving the way for the current striker versus goalkeeper experiment.

Businesses have been warned to take precautions after nearly 200 attempted intrusions were recorded by a security firm at Irish businesses over the Christmas period last year.

Netwatch is creating 50 new jobs at its HQ in Carlow this year, it was announced today.

There has been a slight drop in criminal activity in the first six months of the year according to the Netwatch Commercial Crime survey.

Donal O’Brien – CEO Aramark

Netwatch is to create 20 new jobs at its communications hub in Carlow.

Gardaí are warning householders about an unusual theft which they believe was perpetrated by a young girl.

Celebrity chef Rachel Allen yesterday told young people to trust their instincts if they wanted to be successful in business.

IRISH rugby international Mick Galwey retired from the game in 2003, but tonight he lines out for the celebrity tag rugby match, which is part of the Play Tag Festival taking place in Carlow today and tomorrow.

Enterprises of all sizes need to embrace technology and use it to drive growth, a successful entrepreneur in the security industry has urged.

A Carlow-based security company is to create 50 new jobs over the next 18 months following its expansion into North America.

SECURITY company Netwatch is investing €3 million in its US expansion — a move that will create 30 jobs.

MORE than 3,000 Irish businesses were targeted by criminals during the first six months of this year.

THIEVES have turned their attention to stealing lead, aluminium and copper, according to a commercial security company.

SECURITY firm Netwatch are expanding in Britain having secured £1 million (€1.15m) in client orders, putting it on track to double its turnover by the end of the year.

Carlow: Hibernia Evros Technology Group, the Irish-owned managed services company, has implemented an IT infrastructure worth €250,000 for Netwatch, a technology-based asset protection company.

ONE-IN-SIX houses are lying idle for the majority of the year resulting in growing economic and criminal problems.

Fifty new jobs are on the way to Carlow company Netwatch.

TWO out of five firms surveyed say they were victims of crime last year with pay cuts and unemployment levels blamed.

More than 40% of businesses were victims of crime in the past year, according to new research conducted by Netwatch, the Carlow-based protection company.

AGRICULTURAL science graduates feeling the chill wind of the recession have the opportunity to explore how they can broaden their horizons, and expand their job prospects, at a forum organised by the Agricultural Science Association (ASA), in University College Dublin, on Thursday, November 26.

The number of businessmen who fear being the next target of a tiger kidnapping has soared in recent months, it emerged today.

A Carlow-based security firm is to create 50 jobs over the next three years with a €5m investment in a state-of-the-art command cetnre.

CHRISTMAS morning is a popular time for visitors to quietly pop into strangers’ houses with a big sack, but not all of them are wearing red coats, they’re unlikely to have white beards and they’re more inclined to take goodies rather than bestow them.

Companies have been warned that their premises may be at risk over the festive season.

AN attack which left a man fighting for his life is behind the setting up of a security firm shortlisted for a prestigious award.

The Society of the Motor Industry in Ireland (SIMI) has agreed a new partnership with Netwatch to provide a voice and sight satellite-based security system to crack down on car crime.