Former health minister Mary Harney joins Dublin PR firm as 'strategic advisor'
The ex-tánaiste will be providing ‘strategic counsel’ to clients of Hanover Communications.
Paul O'Donoghue
‘If I pop my clogs in the morning the company could keep going. That’s a sign of success'
As part of our How My Business Works series we profile the company behind Smooch ice cream.
Emigrants returning to Ireland might soon get some relief on their car insurance
A new report has suggested ways of tackling high motor insurance costs.
The government is warning companies to brace for a hard Brexit
Enterprise Ireland also announced that more than 200,000 people are employed by its client firms.
Whatever happened to... U2's skyscraper in Dublin's docks?
The rock band was involved in a plan to construct Ireland’s tallest building.
Whatever happened to... A €460m 'Las Vegas-style' casino in Tipperary?
The project is the brainchild of businessman Richard Quirke, one of Ireland’s richest men.
Whatever happened to... A massive Chinese business centre in Westmeath?
It was hoped that the huge €175m Athlone-China hub would create thousands of jobs.
Irish med-tech giant Medtronic is being sued over a controversial bone graft device
It is claimed that the firm covered up negative effects of a product used in back surgeries.
Dublin luxury crisp maker Keogh's racks up tasty €1m profit
The family-owned firm has been producing potatoes for over 200 years.
Liquidator appointed to Dublin pharma company backed by Ryanair co-founder
Declan Ryan was a supporter of Merrion Pharma, which was looking to make medicines easier for patients to take.
Calls to slash the top rate of tax for Irish workers by a huge 7%
The Small Firms Association wants the marginal tax rate cut from 52% to 45%.
Apples and leprechauns: Here are the biggest Irish business stories of 2016
Apple’s tax, ‘leprechaun economics’, Denis O’Brien and Bexit all got people talking in 2016.
Irish hotels slammed for taking in record cash while workers are on 'poverty pay'
Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan said that frontline staff should be getting more money.
The high cost of housing is the number one worry for Dublin workers
A new study also found that employees were concerned about taxes and childcare.
Limerick likely to get one of Ireland's tallest buildings in the form of 15 storey office block
The building will house offices and luxury apartments.
'Political crap' and 'rat-infested North Korean union shops' - The business year in quotes
The Anglo trial and ‘fiscal space’ also drew some memorable statements.
A new Sligo digital hub is looking to keep emigrants back for Christmas at home
The facility, which will have super-fast broadband, is set to officially open early in the new year.
Millionaire Ben Dunne gets green light to open first gym in Limerick
The businessman has a cluster of gyms in Dublin and is expanding across the country.
Losses climb to more than €5m at classic rock station Radio Nova
The Dublin-based station has recently run test broadcasts in other parts of the country.
Catholic bishops pump millions into the publisher behind Alive-O! school books
Religious publisher Veritas has slipped into the red, and losses continued to mount last year.