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.

HIGHER market prices for zinc led the main Lisheen mine company in Co Tipperary to record almost a fourfold increase in pre-tax profits to $82.4 million (€60.2m) last year.

Organisers of the Electric Picnic have today added more than a dozen acts to the line-up.

Zinc exploration company Connemara Mining today announced the appointment of Graham Reid as a non-executive director with immediate effect.