Post offices and credit unions could soon be offering state-backed business loans
The organisations have been in talks with the government-funded SBCI about the plans.
Peter Bodkin
Most senior Irish executives have seen corruption in their own companies
But a survey also found local board members were less likely to report issues than those overseas.
Poll: Do you think the new government will make Ireland better for business?
We look at some of the key measures being proposed under the administration’s plans.
There are few clouds on the horizon for customer spending right now
April was a bumper month for most sectors with e-commerce leading the charge.
Poll: Do you support TTIP?
The EU-US trade deal has been in discussion since mid-2013, but it appears talks are breaking down.
Trustev founder Pat Phelan has launched a €10m fund for Irish startups going stateside
The New York-based investment outfit is called Nohovation and it aims to spend up to €25 million in total.
The Mirror's new newspaper lasted just 9 weeks
The New Day, aimed at people who have ‘fallen out of love with newspapers’, will put out its last edition tomorrow.
Deliveroo is building its own kitchens to dominate the takeaway trade
The company is also looking at Waterford and Derry as it expands across Ireland.
Europe's top court has cleared the way for plain packaging laws
The ECJ also approved a ban on menthol and other flavoured cigarettes.
The company behind Jameson and Powers wants to sell Paddy Irish Whiskey
Irish Distillers has entered into ‘exclusive negotiations’ with New Orleans-based Sazerac.
The graduate brain drain is finally slowing as the economy picks up
Those with skills in IT are in particularly high demand.
An Australian inventor has outed himself as the elusive creator of Bitcoin
But Craig Wright says he doesn’t want fame or fortune – he just wants to be left alone.
Irish Water is easily the country's least reputable brand
The unloved semi-state ranks below Eir and the banks when it comes to trust.
A new €50m state-supported fund will put money into tractors
First Citizen Finance is offering loans to agribusinesses.
'We could sell this company any day we wanted, but we've no intention of doing that'
Galway’s Aerogen is plotting a path to being a €100 million-a-year company.
Mark Zuckerberg is strengthening his stranglehold on Facebook
The social network says it’s not a traditional model – but it isn’t a traditional company.
The government is worried that if the tech bubble pops our economy could go too
But it remains upbeat on the country’s financial prospects in its latest update for the EU.
The long-awaited National Broadband Plan has been pushed back again
It could now be 2022 before every home in Ireland has access to high-speed internet.
The deals that caused Clerys' closure 'should be illegal'
But a government report has stopped short of calling for any changes to company law.
The Collison brothers' Stripe is trying to recruit whole teams at once
The billion-dollar payments company is calling the approach ‘an experiment’.