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'We'll lose out on mobile investment': A missed budget opportunity for entrepreneurs

But the government’s 2018 fiscal plan has been welcomed as a step in the right direction.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Fizzy drink producers will be slugged with a sugar tax next year

Businesses have complained the sector was ‘arbitrarily singled out’.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Budget 2018 housing plans 'won't stop' Ireland's rising property prices

The government hopes it will be able to get developers building again in Ireland.

  • 4 min read
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Sunbed salons have been burnt with a tax hike

The VAT rate on tanning services will increase from 13.5% to 23% as part of Budget 2018.

  • 2 min read
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Budget 2018: These were all the key developments as they happened

We break down the essential points Irish businesses need to know.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink

SuperValu's owner has been hit by a cyber attack

Musgrave Group has urged customers to check their bank statements as a precaution.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

Dublin's convention centre raked in a multimillion-euro profit last year

The facility was owned by boom-time builders Johnny Ronan, Richard Barrett and Harry Crosbie.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

The scarcity of industrial property has led firms to settle for any Dublin location

Property specialists CBRE says there has been big jump in demand for warehouses and factories.

  • 2 min read
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Here's what you need to know about the Budget today

Don’t expect any grand giveaways – we’re more likely to get tweaking around the edges.

  • 5 min read
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How to fix one of the biggest obstacles to getting more building projects off the ground

Paddy O'Connell

Paddy O'Connell

Construction Director, RSM

Access to finance is holding back many construction firms in Ireland – especially the smaller players.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property
  • Opinion

Poll: Do you expect another property crash within the next decade?

One pundit has predicted a downturn somewhere between 2023 and 2026.

  • 2 min read
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'Startups are used to being largely ignored in budgetary matters in Ireland'

DC Cahalane

DC Cahalane

CEO, Republic of Work

These are the incentives startups want in the Budget – but no one’s holding their breath.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Ireland's largest business group wants all employers to publish their gender pay gaps

Ibec supports a similar reporting model already in place in Australia.

  • 2 min read
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The data protection watchdog is investigating shops that hand out 'e-receipts'

Retailers have been audited to ensure they’re compliant with personal information rules.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

'There's a problem with Dublin. There's a danger it could self-destruct'

The head of Mayo County Council says investment needs to be better spread across Ireland.

  • 4 min read
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Why the Irish don't 'do' pensions - and what can be done to change that

Gary Connolly

Gary Connolly

Managing Director, iCubed

Auto-enrolment could fix Ireland’s ticking time bomb of private-sector workers without nest eggs.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

How Ireland could tackle its housing crisis in the Budget

Several property experts give their take on policies to alleviate the housing shortage.

  • 5 min read
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  • food and drink

Lily O'Brien's chocolates founder: 'Sugar is becoming a little bit of a bad guy'

But Mary Ann O’Brien expects the Kildare company to hit €50m in sales within a few years.

  • 7 min read
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How you can use a free Google tool to read the mind of your customer

Aisling Blake

Aisling Blake

Managing Director, Radical

Google Trends lets businesses analyse search data and work out who’s interested in what, when.

  • 5 min read
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A decade on, here's how the last Bertie-era budget compares to the 2018 edition

We look back at the dying days of the Celtic Tiger.

  • 6 min read
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