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  • Financial Services

Irish Life workers are going on strike after their pension scheme was axed

The company is switching to a cheaper defined contribution system.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Despite planning roadblocks, spending on Irish data centres will top €1 billion this year

A new report has forecast that total investment in these structures will hit €9bn by 2021.

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

Charlie Sheen helped boost bookings at Hostelworld last year

Revenues were up at the Dublin-based company after an ad campaign featuring the actor.

  • 2 min read
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  • Sports
  • Startups and tech

A Newry-based sports data firm has struck up a 'huge' deal with Brazil's football team

The ‘iconic’ team will wear Statsports’ devices throughout the 2018 World Cup.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • tourism and transport

A Dutch company claims Dublin Airport's owner 'acted unlawfully' over a €50m tender

Koninklijke Capi-Lux Holding is suing DAA over the award of a lucrative retail contract.

  • 2 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Work

Poll: Are traditional business dress codes outdated?

Investment banking behemoth Goldman Sachs has embraced Silicon Valley’s dressed-down look.

  • 1 min read
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  • media and marketing

Billion-euro Dublin company Keywords is buying up firms that make music for video games

The business also released full-year results which showed a €50 million bump in revenue.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • retail and services

One of Ireland's biggest builders plans to overhaul Athlone's rundown Texas Shopping Centre

Bennett Property acquired the mostly disused Westmeath development late last year.

  • 4 min read
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How to make sure your family business is ready for the next generation

Grayson Buckley

Grayson Buckley

Partner, Crowe Horwath

Succession planning is complicated, especially when you’re handing over a lifetime’s work to your children.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property
  • retail and services

Dunnes has forced Blanchardstown centre to scale back its latest development plans

The shopping centre wants to create ‘kiosk zones’ in existing parts of the mall.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Tourism bigwigs want to entice more big-spending execs from North America

There are plans to grow the value of corporate travel to Ireland to €1.2 billion by 2028.

  • 3 min read
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Here's a handy way to build trust in the wake of Europe's strict data protection rules

Seamus Galvin

Seamus Galvin

BSI

So-called ‘Privacy Impact Assessments’ are a requirement under the incoming GDPR.

  • 5 min read
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  • food and drink

Why Irish distillers are sure the world is yet to hit 'peak gin'

The local industry hopes to treble sales by 2022 – despite the already crowded market.

  • 5 min read
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'I mitched off school when I was 13 and asked a hair salon for a job. Now I own it'

Anna Hosty

Anna Hosty

Co-owner, Yourells

Hairdresser Anna Hosty talks about the essential ingredients you need for a solid business partnership.

  • 8 min read
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  • food and drink

A French cognac firm has pumped millions into an Anglo-Irish aristocrat's whiskey brand

The seventh Lord Revelstoke established Lambay Irish Whiskey in partnership with Camus Cognac.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

A 536-unit housing plan for the 'green lung' of Dublin's north has the go-ahead

Local politicians have argued that the land is not zoned for housing.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

Dublin property moguls have been cleared to overhaul this long-vacant city nightspot

The former Tripod nightclub and other venues on Harcourt Street were acquired by Clancourt Holdings.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

A Dublin startup wants to help taxi drivers and freelancers get steady pay cheques

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Trezeo.

  • 6 min read
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  • building and property

A major Irish building firm claims Carillion's collapse has forced it into examinership

Sammon Contracting said it hit financial issues after the “devastating collapse” of the UK construction giant.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy

'It will surely raise concerns' – Commercial stamp duty takings are well below target this year

The government increased the rate during the last Budget to fund many tax cuts for workers.

  • 3 min read
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