Star Wars has helped bring a surge of tourists to Ireland
‘Screen tourism’ is one of the factors behind a big increase in visitors.
Paul O'Donoghue
Dublin is officially Europe's fastest growing major airport
25 million people passed through the hub last year, putting it among Europe’s top tier.
Big pharma companies are crying out for graduates who can talk to people
A new report says that biopharma firms are on the lookout for people with ‘soft skills’.
Builders refused work from Clerys' new owners due to 'deep unease' over workers' treatment
Lambstongue says if more construction firms followed its lead things ‘might change for the better’.
Unemployment benefits are top of the wish list for the self-employed
However, the head of ISME says the government needs to show some leadership on the issue.
Student accommodation giant Ziggurat wants to operate thousands more beds in Ireland
The UK firm plans to spend €400 million here amid a severe accommodation shortage.
How two Irish mates are taking on the global might of the Comic Con empire
Dublin Comic Con has been locked in competition with its MCM counterpart for the last three years.
Dublin has become one of the world’s most expensive cities but is still ‘good value’
Property group Savills put housing and office expenses in the capital at less than half those for London.
Lidl to hire 600 new Irish staff as supermarket wars ramp up
The German discount chain expects to take on the new staff over the next 24 months.
'I was with the Irish army in Lebanon, but setting up a drone business is the hardest thing I've done'
As part of our weekly How My Business Works series we profile Green Aviation.
Ireland's only oil refinery, Whitegate in Cork, is to be sold to a Canadian giant
Canada’s Irving Oil is to buy the facility, sold by the government for €100m, for an undisclosed amount.
Irish food company Redbrook has been snapped up by an Israeli firm for €40m
The Dublin-based firm employs 39 people and has been in business for nearly 30 years.
Dublin could overtake London as the most attractive financial centre in Europe
A report carried from PwC predicts Brexit could have a major impact on the English capital.
One of Ireland's top manufacturers could shift business to the North if the UK rolls out tariffs
But Combilift chief Martin McVicar says Brexit is more of a ‘ripple rather than a disaster’.
More was spent on government office supplies last year than pursuing white-collar crime
The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement only spent three-fifths of its annual budget.
AIB and Permanent TSB will have to fund a state campaign teaching people to switch banks
The two lenders will cough up €1.8 million for the programme as part of their bailout deals.
'Multinational companies won't have a problem investing in Cork instead of Dublin'
WIlliam Fry’s head of foreign investment says several Irish cities could benefit from Brexit.
Facebook faces a multi-billion euro tax bill over its Irish operations
US officals are investigating how the social media giant has gone about shifting its assets here.
The IMF thinks more taxes on Irish property could prevent another recession
It warned high commercial property prices risk a return to a “boom-bust” cycle.
The powerful Rockefeller fund is backing an Irish wind energy project in Africa
The organisation has taken a punt on a project headed up by Dublin-based Mainstream Renewables