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  • food and drink

For the first time in years, Ireland's pubs will be allowed to open on Good Friday

The Dáil has passed legislation that will permit the sale of alcohol.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • policy and economy

A 'dedicated' garda unit may be introduced to tackle false personal injury claims

A report has found that fraudulent complaints are often viewed as ‘victimless’.

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

Tesco has blocked Lidl's multimillion-euro plan to expand one of its Limerick stores

An Bord Pleanála agreed the scale of the project would ‘significantly exceed’ local planning caps.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

The EU has shot down claims that Nama gives illegal state aid to developers

Some of Ireland’s biggest developers claimed the ‘bad bank’ had broken the rules.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy

Accusations that Ireland is a 'tax pirate' have been labelled a 'veiled power grab'

Dutch MEP Paul Tang said Ireland’s isn’t being a team player in the EU.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

'I'd work 70 hours a week for myself so I don't have to work 40 for someone else'

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile the Business Doctors franchise.

  • 7 min read
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  • food and drink
  • Work

Supermac's is hiring hundreds of people as it opens half a dozen new outlets

The Galway-founded company is looking for 400 new staff.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

There's a plan to ban dodgy builders winning projects funded by the Irish taxpayer

Many people who bought during the Celtic Tiger lost their homes to pyrite.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

'Outrageous': Work on Irish schools has stalled following Carillion's collapse

Coláiste Ráithín in Bray has been waiting for a new building for over 20 years.

  • 4 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Work

The head of Ulster Bank has been poached by supermarket giant Tesco

Gerry Mallon has handed in his resignation to the lender.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services

Ikea is 'exploring the option' of opening a south Dublin store

But the flat-pack giant hasn’t committed to a new Irish location just yet.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

Rental caps are forcing landlords out of the market - and maintaining high prices

That’s according to a new report by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink
  • insights and opinion

'Losing half a million euro changed my life - for the better'

Coffeeangel’s Karl Purdy shares some words of wisdom for people starting a coffee business.

  • 9 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

A major builder is suing planning officials over a 650-home Wicklow development

An Bord Pleanála rejected Cosgrave Property Group’s large-scale housing plan last year.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

Landlords may be forced to tell new tenants the past rent for their properties

A new bill to beef up renters’ rights in Ireland has broad political support.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy
  • tourism and transport

Nearly 7,000 Airbnb listings in Ireland last year weren't lived in by their owners

Councils have been told to clamp down on people hosting more than 60 nights a year.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Dublin Airport has posted a record year thanks to a bump in long-haul traffic

Just under 30 million passengers used the hub in 2017.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • resource and energy

Amazon's massive new Dublin data centre has got the all-clear

If fully built out, the Mulhuddart site could use as much electricity as a city.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • insights and opinion
  • policy and economy

Poll: Do you think the State should back cheap mortgages for first-home buyers?

Some are worried a new scheme could create further demand in the housing market.

  • 1 min read
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  • building and property
  • Financial Services
  • policy and economy

The State is stumping up €200m to offer mortgages to sub-prime borrowers

Low-interest loans will be made available to those buying affordable homes.

  • 3 min read
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