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  • Financial Services
  • Work

Goldman Sachs admits it is 'considering' its options following Dublin move reports

The Financial Times reported the firm’s European asset management business is coming to the Irish capital.

  • 3 min read
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'Letting people go in the recession was really difficult - it was out of everyone's control'

Sunway boss Tanya Airey also talks about how good weather in Ireland hampers the travel business.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

A last-ditch attempt to save an old pub has stalled a €200m project to overhaul Dublin's Liberties

An Taisce thinks redevelopment of Newmarket Square will “erase” the area’s qualities.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Irish cream liqueurs are finally recovering from a ‘lost decade’ of sales

Analysis by the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland has highlighted the category’s turnaround.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Mr Cheestrings: 'Alternative dairy has a place - but it will be niche'

Denis O’Riordan also reflects on his 30-year marketing career at Kerry Foods.

  • 6 min read
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'Sales are like a drug for retailers': How Stephen's Day shopping took hold in Ireland

Until about a decade ago, the 26th was a day of rest for retail staff.

  • 5 min read
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'Working Christmas is the norm for me. You just need to find a way to balance work and family life'

Mark Dunne

Mark Dunne

General Manager, Newpark Hotel

This hotelier talks about what it’s like to work on Christmas Day.

  • 5 min read
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How evergreen, tearjerker Christmas ads tap into our 'primal programming'

Advertising guru Neal Davies shares his thoughts on why some festive promotions have such longevity.

  • 5 min read
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'We had kids and a mortgage, so when sales slowed my wife was pulling her hair out'

As part of our ‘Christmas in Stephen’s Green’ video series, we look at the Green Gallery.

  • 1 min read
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  • building and property

Whatever happened to... the derelict south Dublin hotel with the 'Kilternan curse'?

Built during the Celtic Tiger for €170 million, the Kilternan Hotel fetched just €7 million when sold.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Kildare chocolate maker Lily O'Brien's has been sold to a Polish company for €40 million

The company was founded by Mary Ann O’Brien in the kitchen of her home in 1992.

  • 2 min read
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'You work seven days a week until 8pm. The kids miss me, but you have to do it'

As part of our ‘Christmas in Stephen’s Green’ video series, we look at House of Japan.

  • 1 min read
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  • food and drink

The owner of Jacob's has sealed a €100m deal to acquire the XXX Mints and Benecol brands

Valeo Foods will takeover Raisio’s six factories in the UK and Czech Republic.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

A developer is having another go at building a massive hotel near Dublin Airport

If completed, the 421-bed building would be one of the biggest hotels in Ireland.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

A major packaging firm in Cavan was ordered to pay €8,000 in a racial discrimination case

Ballyconnell-based Boxmore Plastics failed to overturn a Workplace Relations Commission decision.

  • 3 min read
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'When your shop is quiet it's tough not seeing anyone come in. Christmas kept us going.'

As part of our ‘Christmas in Stephen’s Green’ video series, we look at the Donegal Shop.

  • 1 min read
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  • building and property

Donald Trump's Clare golf course has been cleared to build its Doonbeg wall

The Trump International Golf Links wants to carry out coastal erosion management works.

  • 3 min read
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A passenger called 'a liar' by an inspector has settled a defamation case against Irish Rail

The woman was fined €100 when the conductor refused to accept her email ticket receipt.

  • 2 min read
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Francis Brennan's five-star hotel just had its best year since the boom

The Park Hotel in Kenmare raked in a profit of nearly €500,000 last year.

  • 2 min read
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One of Mayo's biggest success stories has racked up a multimillion-euro profit

Portwest is led by Harry Hughes, who was recently named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year.

  • 2 min read
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