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  • building and property

A huge housing project that spooked Wicklow clay pigeon shooters has been scuppered

Bray Clay Pigeon Club was among those fighting the 658-home development.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Conservationists say Dublin is suffering from an 'oversaturation' of hotels

An Taisce made the claim in its objection to an eight-storey proposal at Jervis Street.

  • 3 min read
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'My choice was to knuckle down and do something for myself - or emigrate'

As part of our How My Business Works series we profile Dublin-based Docklands Dental.

  • 8 min read
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  • Financial Services

The Irish Stock Exchange is being sold in a deal worth over €130m

It is being acquired by Euronext, which owns the main stock exchange in Paris.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

A sacked Aer Lingus worker blamed drinking the night before for showing up to work drunk

The Labour Court has upheld the decision to sack the worker.

  • 3 min read
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Ireland's boom in US tourists could be about to slow down

But the weakened UK market may bounce back, according to hotel research firm STR.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

A delivery man has been awarded €30,000 after hurting his back lifting trays of bread

The man tried to lift a 20kg tray while working in Ballymun.

  • 3 min read
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Google is now one of the biggest corporate taxpayers in Ireland

The tech giant paid over €160m in company tax here last year.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

A lot of workers plan to switch jobs for more money next year

The majority of employees in Ireland are dissatisfied with their current pay packages.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

Profits at the country's biggest independent coffee chain have passed the €2m mark

But losses at Insomnia’s UK division quadrupled last year.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

'It's remarkably efficient working with a twin - but I wish there were more of us'

Happy Pear’s Stephen Flynn also talks about why failure is ‘fabulous’.

  • 6 min read
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The TV licence fee 'should be replaced' with a Revenue-enforced household charge

A report has suggested a number of changes to how the charge is collected and distributed.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

Salad chain Chopped has signed a multimillion-euro deal to spread across Spar's network

The food company currently has 32 stores in the Republic.

  • 2 min read
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'A rigged system': Oxfam claims Ireland is a tax haven by EU standards

A new report claims the country fails to meet European criteria on fair taxation.

  • 2 min read
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Poll: Should Ireland introduce a land tax?

Economist David McWilliams has suggested such a levy would fix the housing crisis.

  • 2 min read
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Voxpro's founder has backed a Kim Kardashian-approved online vintage fashion store

Irish-founded Open for Vintage hopes to raise nearly €167,000.

  • 2 min read
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Turnover at Tripadvisor favourite Little Museum of Dublin has inched closer to the €1m mark

But the attraction’s cash donations were down significantly in 2016.

  • 3 min read
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  • Sports

Why bookies are fighting for laws that would see them face tougher regulation

A gambling bill has been gathering dust in Leinster House for years, but all sides say it’s needed now.

  • 9 min read
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  • food and drink

A Meath startup is betting on insects to reinvent how we produce food

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

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

The firm behind the Tyrrelstown controversy has lost in a bid to knock Dalkey Manor

Twinlite wanted to build dozens of luxury houses at the prime site.

  • 3 min read
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