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  • policy and economy
  • Work

Lots of women considered leaving top-level jobs over a lack of equal opportunities

A new survey has found that most female workers think there’s a poor gender split in their sector.

  • 2 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • Startups and tech

'Not a viable business': Popular Irish YouTube channel Facts will be axed after losing €400k

The brand was set up by then 17-year-old Shane Corry in 2013.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

It's 'unlikely' big housebuilders will buy any of the remaining 250 ghost estates

Asset management firm Investec says there are ‘few if any’ opportunities for the main construction firms.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • food and drink

Salad chain Chopped will fight to stop a prime Dublin outlet being shut down

The city council has refused the fast food chain permission to trade on Grafton Street.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • retail and services

'My advice to people starting in fashion? Roll up your sleeves'

Style guru Sonya Lennon also talks about becoming an expert jumper-folder.

  • 6 min read
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  • retail and services

Phone network iD Mobile Ireland will shut up shop next month

Almost three years after its glitzy launch, the company will cease trading at the start of April.

  • 2 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • retail and services

Lidl fell foul of advertising rules for failing to reveal Facebook competition winners

The ASAI also partially upheld complaints about Sky Ireland.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has rejected a 'highly opportunistic' takeover bid

The firm said the proposal from a US outfit didn’t reflect its true value.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

The global head of Michelin reveals how restaurants can win a coveted star

There are just 11 businesses in Ireland that have received the esteemed award.

  • 5 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • resource and energy

Ireland's 'fragile' water supply could make firms think twice about investing here

Dublin Chamber says water restrictions in the capital should be a wake-up call for the government.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink
  • Work

Restaurants are recruiting chefs from Italy and Croatia to fill shortages here

The industry says Ireland needs to train an extra 8,000 cooks.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • retail and services

Poll: Should businesses be forced to close during extreme weather?

The Taoiseach doesn’t think so, but a bill from Sinn Féin wants to make it mandatory.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

A year after it closed for 22 weeks, Shelbourne Park is getting a multimillion-euro overhaul

The Irish Greyhound Board thinks the 90-year-old venue has major earning potential.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • tourism and transport

Tourism funding slammed as 'derisory' as rural firms struggle for grants

The industry says staff cuts at Fáilte Ireland have delayed grant applications.

  • 5 min read
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  • food and drink

This sheep farmer is leading the push to set up Ireland's first hemp co-op

Ed Hanbidge says there’s the potential to turn the crop into a major farming industry.

  • 4 min read
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To equip future generations with the right skills, we need to back creative teachers

Tomás Ó Ruairc

Tomás Ó Ruairc

DIrector, Teaching Council

If young people are to reach their full potential, we need to invest in innovative educators.

  • 6 min read
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  • building and property

Trinity heads for another south Dublin showdown as it plans 300 more student beds

The college has run into several planning disputes with Dartry residents over student housing.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

The UK's divorce from the EU is hurting Ireland's cross-border weddings trade

Northern Irish couples are the ‘bread and butter’ of some regional hoteliers.

  • 5 min read
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The Irish have a powerful ability to sniff out claptrap - that's why puff pieces don't work

Dan Pender

Dan Pender

Managing director, PR360

There’s a lesson in the scandal surrounding the Project 2040 communications strategy.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property
  • food and drink

Starbucks has faced almost no penalty for opening stores without planning approval

Two councils are taking legal action against the coffee giant, but things are moving slowly.

  • 9 min read
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