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  • insights and opinion

Poll: Do you feel like Ireland has recovered from the recession?

A report by business group Ibec suggested that Irish households have never been wealthier.

  • 1 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Three decades after opening, Knock Airport reported its busiest year ever

The Mayo hub reached the 750,000-passenger mark in 2017.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy

'More sustainable than the boom': Ibec hails Ireland's 'exceptional' economy

The business group says we have now exited the ‘recovery’ period.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Why Cork's 'recession proof' Fota Wildlife Park may struggle to grow visitors in the recovery

The head of the attraction talks about how the site plans to continue to expand.

  • 5 min read
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5 ways you can take the pain out of international business travel

Cathy Burke

Cathy Burke

General manager, Travel Counsellors Ireland

From how to pack your bags to coping with jet lag, here are some tips for avoiding travel woes.

  • 4 min read
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  • Sports

The boss of a huge Donegal engineering firm is keeping Derry City FC afloat

Philip O’Doherty donated over a quarter of a million euro to the League of Ireland club.

  • 3 min read
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  • health and education

We're partnering with UCD Smurfit School to give one reader an MBA scholarship

You’ll get the chance to earn a qualification normally worth up to €34,500.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • media and marketing

Whatever happened to... RTÉ's €350m plan to build a new hi-tech headquarters?

The state broadcaster announced the ambitious project in the middle of the recession.

  • 4 min read
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Why we shouldn't worry that a flood of Brexit finance jobs hasn't washed up in Ireland

Ed Brophy

Ed Brophy

Partner, Accreate

This year promises to be a watershed one for the country’s financial services industry.

  • 6 min read
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  • health and education
  • Startups and tech

A leading Irish science investor backed by a Ryanair co-founder is being liquidated

Dublin-based Growcorp has built up major losses.

  • 2 min read
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'I was effectively homeless as a teenager – that sort of thing leaves its mark on a young person'

Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott

Co-founder, Voyager IP

Mark Elliott talks about what he learned from his father’s business crashing.

  • 9 min read
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  • Work

A sacked airport worker won a €50k payout after refusing to drive an uninsured vehicle

The Shannon Airport-based man was dismissed for ‘gross misconduct’.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

A Dublin investment firm has sold famed Irish spray tan business Vita Liberata

The brand has received celebrity endorsements from the likes of Emma Watson.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Shop that told a pregnant worker to 'look better and appear happy' ordered to pay her €18,000

The Labour Court ruled that Kildare-based Clelands Supermarkets discriminated against the woman.

  • 3 min read
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  • media and marketing

From 1893 to 1995 – these iconic ads help tell the history of business in Ireland

We’ve assembled some classic adverts from the likes of Penneys, Ryanair and Barry’s Tea.

  • 6 min read
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'I was bleeding heavily while blacking out. I thought I was dying'

Richard Weldon

Richard Weldon

Founder, ProFitstick

Former farmer Richard Weldon talks about how losing his arm kickstarted his new business.

  • 8 min read
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  • policy and economy

IDA boss: We want finance firms to set up in the midlands once they have a Dublin base

Martin Shanahan also wants to build up pharma and med-tech in the region.

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

Ireland's biggest company is poised to save over €100m thanks to Trump's tax cuts

Building supplies firm CRH is selling its Americas distribution division.

  • 2 min read
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  • insights and opinion

'I talk all the time - a treat for me is to not speak to anybody for a day'

Hotelier Francis Brennan talks about his admiration for watches – and celebrity chef Neven Maguire.

  • 6 min read
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  • Startups and tech
  • Work

Cork millionaire Dan Kiely is putting cash into an Irish 'flexible working' jobs site

Kiely, who recently sold his firm Voxpro, is backing Abodoo.

  • 2 min read
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