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  • Future of finance
  • policy and economy

From apps to taps: Where Ireland sits in the march toward a cashless society

Early adoption is led by the Nordics and Asia as infrastructure and societal acceptance plays catch up.

  • 4 min read
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As Ireland has it's first real ballot box contest in years, communication will be key

Dan Pender

Dan Pender

Managing director, PR360

Finally, it’s game on in what will be the most keenly contested election in over 30 years.

  • 6 min read
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  • Interview

From 1980s trading to the trillion-euro investment management business: The rise of Regina Breheny

Responsible investment is ‘ticking along nicely’ say the IAIM boss, who has an eye to the future.

  • 8 min read
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  • 21st Century workplace

Want to be a CGI wizard, sous chef or finance specialist? There's now an apprenticeship for that

Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.

  • 7 min read
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  • resource and energy

Your crash course in... the EU's trillion-euro plan to be climate-neutral by 2050

Ireland has a part to play as Europe looks to transform its economy in response to the climate crisis.

  • 4 min read
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  • policy and economy

Poll: Will you vote based on economic issues?

Will Ireland’s Election 2020 follow the political maxim that it’s ‘the economy, stupid’?

  • 1 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

As Google buys Pointy, co-founder Mark Cummins enters his second act with the tech giant

The Dublin startup isn’t the first business founded by Cummins to be snapped up by the company.

  • 3 min read
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  • Deeptech
  • Startups and tech

Three years after opening its Irish R&D lab, Kaspersky closed its office in Dublin

The cybersecurity giant had a three-year plan to hire 50 people but opted to close the office last summer.

  • 3 min read
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  • Tools of the trade

'You have to make risk your friend, it's a lifelong relationship'

Tools of the Trade: Votechnik CEO Lisa O’Donoghue talks quantum theory and journaling.

  • 4 min read
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  • Health 2.0
  • Startups and tech

Why medtech startup PMD raised €1.4m to work on a 'huge opportunity' in the Middle East

The Cork outfit develops wearables to monitoring patients’ breathing and is also looking towards Canada.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startup Scout

Hub 360 is helping companies manage deliveries to make them faster and cheaper

In our weekly Startup Scout series, Fora picks out the most promising companies emerging from Ireland.

  • 5 min read
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  • Startups and tech
  • tourism and transport

Tech has been the driving force behind the taxi industry’s evolution and it's not slowing down

Drivers and traditional companies have been thinking on their feet to keep up with new apps.

  • 5 min read
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Learning to reward entrepreneurship: The value of investing in our own innovation

Alison Campbell

Alison Campbell

Knowledge Transfer Ireland

Successfully leveraging our national research bank holds the key to sustainable economic prosperity.

  • 3 min read
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  • Feature
  • health and education

Ireland has talent, but when it comes to tech and science it needs to tackle gender imbalances

Ireland’s smart economy ambitions stem from its educated youth, it needs to be nurtured early

  • 5 min read
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As sustainability and climate concerns dominate public debate, investors are taking note

Sean MacHale

Sean MacHale

Bank of Ireland Global Markets

Environmental, social and governance factors have moved towards the top of the agenda.

  • 5 min read
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  • Interview

'It's the evolving nature of capitalism, it can't just be about profit': Meet the man helping scale social entrepreneurship with ChangeX

Alongside Niamh McKenna, Paul O’Hara is pioneering a new tech-driven way to spread social innovations.

  • 7 min read
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  • policy and economy

Your crash course in... the tax system changes that herald the end of the P60 and the P45

The Irish tax system is waving goodbye to paperwork, as all its processes become digitised.

  • 3 min read
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  • Startups and tech
  • tourism and transport

Uber rival Bolt set to join the race to get to the top of Dublin's taxi app market

The $1bn company has emerged as a key player in Europe’s competitive transport app game.

  • 3 min read
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  • 21st Century workplace

Work-It: Building a culture of trust and recognition is like “turning a massive ship”

Bean-bags and ping pong tables aren’t much consolation if people don’t feel valued.

  • 4 min read
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  • policy and economy

The 'forgotten child of Brexit': Managing the risks to Ireland and Britain's €46bn services trade

As trade negotiations get underway, there are worries that the services sector is being overlooked.

  • 4 min read
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