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  • food and drink

Ireland's food board is worried young people are growing up 'without a mushroom habit'

Bord Bia plans to put €2m into a campaign to make the fungus more attractive to under-35s.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink
  • resource and energy

Why coffee is the new 'black gold' for petrol stations like Applegreen

One exec says the business’s future is dependent on growing its food and drink offering.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

'I got married at 23 and had to retire. At 40, I started a chocolate firm in my kitchen'

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Meath-based Lir Chocolates.

  • 6 min read
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An Ireland-based company is being probed over how it pushes anti-addiction drugs

There have been claims that Alkermes has been artificially boosting sales of its treatment.

  • 2 min read
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From Mrs Brown to Mr O'Brien: The Paradise Papers' Irish connections

A number of well-known faces have cropped up in the historical data leak.

  • 6 min read
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Titanic Belfast's outgoing boss has been roped in to steer the iconic Westport House

Tim Husbands will also serve as CEO of Hughes Group-owned Hotel Westport.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

A giant German investment fund is poised to snap up Dublin's Gibson Hotel

Deka, which owns Cork’s Mahon Point shopping centre, intends to take over the building.

  • 3 min read
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Sean O'Sullivan's investment firm is pumping more cash into Dublin startup Aylien

The artificial intelligence company has raised €2 million in its latest funding round.

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

This Irish software startup will open a Texas office after raising money from INM's chairman

Initiafy’s latest funding round topped out at nearly €1 million.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy

'Making staff redundant is awful - it's not something you feel good about'

Airsynergy boss Gerry Butler also talks about putting up with plonkers.

  • 6 min read
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  • Sports

Cúl, cúl, cúl! Mayo-based sports retailer Elverys has scored million-euro profits

The Castlebar company has enjoyed a turnaround since it went into examinership in 2014.

  • 3 min read
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Ryanair says the media made its cancellations cock-up sound like 'a big, big deal'

Kenny Jacobs made his first public appearance since the crisis.

  • 3 min read
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Bono says he's 'extremely distressed' by Paradise Papers leaks about his financial affairs

The U2 frontman joins the likes of tech giant Apple in having their tax affairs exposed in the documents.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

A partnership linked to broadcaster Gay Byrne is being sued for €1.2 million

The case relates to a loan acquired by a fund from the Bank of Scotland.

  • 2 min read
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  • Opinion
  • Work

Poll: Should workers who don't smoke be given extra holidays?

A Japanese marketing firm is offering cigarette-free staff six additional days of annual leave.

  • 2 min read
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Here are some useful EU business grants you may not know about

Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

Chief Innovation Officer, Irish Manufacturing Research

Firms can be turned off by the idea of filling in reams of forms – but the rewards can make it worthwhile.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

Clare wants to exploit its 'cool temperate climate' to become a data centre hub

The local council is calling on landowners to suggest potential sites for such facilities.

  • 3 min read
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Bono and Queen Elizabeth are among the world's super rich exposed in the Paradise Papers

The Guardian reports U2′s frontman used a company based in Malta to buy a Lithuanian shopping centre.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

'We really aren't a hipster place - people use that word as an insult'

Brother Hubbard’s Garrett Fitzgerald talks about the eatery’s recent expansion.

  • 5 min read
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Meet the Internet of Things startup that's sick of hearing about the Internet of Things

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

  • 5 min read
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