AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoAgri-food: Bord Bia executive Shauna Jager is among four Nuffield Ireland scholars; her research will examine how Irish poultry can balance productivity with changing demands. Freight: Stena Line is buying the RoRo vessel Somerset for its Dublin–Liverpool service, freeing two ships to move to the Rotterdam–Harwich route. Industrial relations: Unions have suspended next week’s planned public-sector strike after Government talks, though work-to-rule action continues as pay negotiations are prepared. Technology: OpenAI plans 200 additional Dublin jobs and a second applied AI lab; Kildare-based Blackberry Hearing has also won an award for its AI customer assistant. Trade and supply: Irish exports fell in August amid weaker US and EU trade, with exports to the US down €1.2 billion; Ireland also imported more than twice its home-grown cereal volume in 2025.
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