May 10, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 19 2022. This week, a Connemara Irish Cream is crowned the best in the world. Read on for more.The Vegan Sandwich Co. shortlisted for Restaurant of the YearThe Vegan Sandwich Co. has been shortlisted for the Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year Awards 2022. The first such event from the food delivery app will see the winner of the ‘Restaurant of the Year’ win £100,000. Twenty Irish restaurants made the cut and customers have been asked to cast their votes for the best restauran...
May 3, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 18 2022. This week, an Irish clothes-drying invention is set to hit the US market. Read on for more.Drumshanbo gin sales increase by 30%The Shed Distillery, makers of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, increased its sales by 30 per cent and recorded a profit of €2.8 million in 2021. The increase in sales came in a year when they launched new products, entered into new markets and the opened their new visitor centre. Abridged accounts for the year to the end of September 2021 sh...
May 5, 2021, by Amanda Creane - Category: HealthcareNew Deloitte Report. Securing trust in the global supply chain of COVID-19 vaccines. Moving from development success to vaccination.
Second Deloitte white paper urges stakeholders to develop standards, processes and capabilities so that all citizens across the globe have access to lifesaving therapies.A new report authored by Deloitte calls for international healthcare organisations to promote global standards, such as the GS1 DataMatrix barcode for product identification across the medical supply chain to ensure citizens around the world have a speedy, equal, and secure access to Covid-19 vaccines.Access the report“Now more than ever, leaders in the...
Apr 27, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 17 2022. This week, a vegan fast-food brand open its first bricks-and-mortar store. Read on for more.The Saucy Cow open their first bricks and mortar storeThe Saucy Cow has opened their first bricks-and-mortar store in Temple Bar. The vegan fast food spot was already operating in Eatyard Thursday to Sunday. The brand has amassed a considerable following for its tasty vegan burger and fries. The new Crane Lane store is open Wednesday to Sunday every week.This information came...
Apr 22, 2022, by Maria Svejdar - Category: Retail Sow Now began when Tetiana Pankiv and her three daughters came to Ireland from Ukraine and set up the incredible Sow Now sunflower campaign to help her country.
Can you spare 4 hours this Saturday?Help needed to pack 100,000 Sunflower Seed Packs for the Irish Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal on Saturday, April 23rd.Ukrainian woman Tetiana Pankiv launches incredible Sow Now sunflower campaign to help her country.Sow Now began when Tetiana and her three daughters Sofia, Marta and Yana fled their beloved home in Lviv in Western Ukraine, not knowing where to go. When an Irish family offered Tetiana and her daughters a home, they were so grateful but were left feeling helpless thinking ab...
Apr 22, 2022, by Amanda Creane - Category: HealthcareThe HSE National Immunisation Office won ‘IT Project of the Year’ for the implementation of ScanVax and TrackVax
Health innovation and technology led the way at the CIO & IT Leaders Awards on the 24th March 2022. The HSE National Immunisation Office took home ‘IT Project of the Year’ for the implementation of ScanVax and TrackVax, supporting the safe and effective rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland.L to R: Joseph McManus HSE, Fionnuala King, HSE, Denis O’Brien GS1 Ireland, Amy Colgan HSE, Martin Wickham HSE, Wayne Leitch iQuest, Siobhain Duggan GS1 Ireland, Kerry Ryder HSE, John Swords HSE (GS1 Ireland Board Member), Mari...
Apr 12, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 15 2022. This week, Belvelly Smoke House celebrate 40 years. Read on for more.Stillgarden Distillery celebrating Earth Day by giving away 500 grow kitsStillgarden Distillery is celebrating Earth Day, by hosting a series of sustainability workshops and community initiatives throughout the month of April, including a giveaway of 500 grow kits. The promotion will take place on Earth Day, Friday, April 22nd to encourage the Irish community to develop their very own botanical gar...
Apr 4, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 14 2022. This week, an Irish entrepreneur launches makeup vending machines. Read on for more.SoSu Cosmetics to roll out make-up vending machines nationwideSoSu Cosmetics, led by entrepreneur Suzanne Jackson, is set to install vending machines in colleges, airports, shopping centres and at events around the country. The company sells a range of products including make-up, false eyelashes, nails and fake tan. The brand has also signed a deal to supply 15 Boots stores nationwid...
Mar 28, 2022, by Fionnuala Malone - Category: Members' NewsA round-up of this week's news from GS1 Ireland members up and down the country.
Welcome to GS1 Ireland members' news for week 13 2022. This week, a Cork medical device company wins The Irish Times Innovation Award. Read on for more.PMD Solutions wins Irish Times Innovation AwardPMD Solutions was this week announced as the overall winner of the Irish Times Innovation Award for 2022. The company also took the top award in the Life Sciences & Healthcare category for RespiraSense, "a continuous, motion-tolerant respiratory monitoring device that can detect a change in a patient’s breathing before it be...
Mar 28, 2022, by Amanda Creane - Category: HealthcareCollaborating to innovate: Vaccine traceability
Collaborating to innovate: Vaccine traceabilityGS1 Ireland are supporting the Future of Healthcare Campaign- launched on 25th of March within the Irish Independent and online at www.healthnews.ie“Stakeholders, including clinical practitioners are increasingly adopting systems that use barcode scanning, and traceability standards for the unique identification and tracking of medical products and healthcare locations.” Mike Byrne CEO GS1 IrelandMike Byrne, CEO and Siobhain Duggan, Director of Innovation and Healthcare ex...
