Two Irish tech companies announced major developments, with PCH International making an acquisition while Limerick’s AMCS Group secured a €23.5m round of financing.

Irish company TNS Distribution has acquired Australian distribution firm Conexus for an undisclosed sum.

The members of the Global Economic Forum are hoping to create 100,000 jobs out of this weekend’s think-in at Dublin Castle. But which ideas will emerge remains to be seen.

Jobs minister Richard Bruton has established a joint industry/government ‘task force’ charged with developing the rapidly growing Big Data sector in Ireland.

An Irish software company Zinc has secured €650,000 in funding and become the first European company to partner with PCH International as part of its accelerator programme.

Based in West Cork, Global Shares provides international companies with employee share schemes, and after a bumper 2012, it is now looking to hire additional staff for its Clonakilty headquarters, writes Trish Dromey

Cork-headquartered PCH International generated €510m ($710m) in revenue in 2011 — a 72% increase on the previous year.

A company which “adds intelligence to everyday things”, allowing users of its product to control daily activities via their smartphones, has won this year’s Electric Ireland Spark of Genius award.

China-based founder and chief executive of PCH International, Liam Casey, will be among the speakers at the Cork Chamber of Commerce 2012 business conference.

Ireland needs to devote diplomatic and business development resources to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta or risk being excluding from one of the world’s fastest- growing economies, warns one of the country’s leading promoters of Irish-Asian business links.

Ireland should be marketed as a location for global centres of excellence — managing logistics and the flow of information and finance for multinational companies — according to PCH International founder and CEO Liam Casey.

Despite almost four years of recession, Ireland’s richest are getting even richer.

Two Limerick brothers who became millionaires while still at school have seen their newest venture, Stripe, valued at €75 million.

NO clear favourite has emerged with the bookies as to the likely winner of the 20th annual Cork Person of the Year award, which will be announced later this week.

WHEN Michael Cusack and his band of pioneers founded the GAA in Hayes’s Hotel 127 years ago, they would never have believed how big that organisation would grow.

AS the GAA basks in the glory of another successful All-Ireland final, the game continues to flourish outside these shores.

A €21 million acquisition by Cork-based technology manufacturer PCH International will lead to the creation of jobs in Ireland.

Cork: Irish technology group PCH International is considering an initial public share offer, possibly in Asia, its chief executive told Reuters after reporting strong earnings growth last year.

PCH International has recorded a surge in profits to €34.5 million on €288.6m sales for last year.

PCH International, which delivers electronics supply chain services for some of the best-known global companies, returned to profit last year.

ONE of the country’s leading businessmen has urged Irish companies to seize more opportunities abroad.

TECHNOLOGY, competitive focus and enhanced trading ties with China can speed up Ireland’s recovery, according to leading industry analysts.

PCH INTERNATIONAL – the Cork-headquartered international supply chain management company – has said it is on course to return to profitability this year, after significantly slashing its losses in 2008.

CORK company PCH International has raised $21 million (€14.8m) in venture capital funding from three US companies.

Liam Casey of PCH International was named as Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at a ceremony in Dublin last night.