Paul O'Donoghue

Ireland's solar industry lobby thinks subsidies for the sector will save €300m a year

The Irish Solar Energy Association says only €25m in state support will reap massive benefits.

Builders say they can’t get the people they need as activity in the sector continues to pick up.

The facility, which could have employed 50 people, was deemed to have “substandard” design among other flaws.

Restaurant app Zomato arrived in 2014 to build a European HQ in Dublin and hire up to 70 staff.

There were fears for the future of hundreds of staff at Elverys when it flirted with insolvency in 2014.

Business ‘angels’ could invest as much as €4m into Irish firms under the scheme.

As part of our weekly How My Business Works series we profile Brompton Recruitment.

It’s one of the first declines for the German chain since it began aggressively targeting the Irish trade.

Just over a quarter of commercial buildings in the capital have changed hands over the past two years.

Kimpton Vale, which was nearly wound up in 2011, is back trying to build apartments in Dublin.

The Dublin venue, owned by millionaire Olivia Gaynor-Long, is nearly €2m in the red.

Dublin-based OpenHydro is hoping the test device can help prove the viability of tidal power.

The government has signed up to a pact with nine other European countries to further offshore development.

The Greenpark track was once visited by Pope John Paul II, but it closed for racing over 15 years ago.

Louth native Martin Naughton recently announced he was leaving the company he built for 40 years.

Several major explorations firms have received permission to search local waters for the resource.

The OECD says innovation from big corporations is unlikely to trickle down to domestic companies.

Entrepreneur Brian Caulfield heads up the local operations for Draper Esprit, which has announced an IPO.

As part of our weekly How My Business Works series, we profile Gourmet Food Parlour.

Developers are queuing up to build the renewable resource in Ireland, but they’re sweating on a subsidy.