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  • building and property

Building sites across Ireland are grinding to a halt - here's why

Unions are locked in an industrial battle over pay for crane operators.

  • 7 min read
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'When my dad was let go, I remember thinking I never want to be in that situation'

Keith Moran

Keith Moran

Co-founder, SL Controls

Seeing his father lose his job inspired Keith Moran to one day set up his own business.

  • 7 min read
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A woman won €5k after claims a manager assaulted her during a Harvey Norman blackout

The retailer said she was ‘twiddling’ with the security wire attached to a display laptop.

  • 3 min read
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Aer Lingus's owner says Dublin Airport is struggling with infrastructure 'bottlenecks'

IAG chief Willie Walsh claims the hub had been ‘caught out’ with traffic growth.

  • 3 min read
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Uber's ridesharing plans for Ireland may have suffered their final setback

The transport watchdog has poured cold water on the tech company’s plans for a pilot in Limerick.

  • 3 min read
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There's been a surge in complaints about how Irish 'influencers' are plugging products

The ads watchdog has fielded three times as many complaints so far this year as in all of 2016.

  • 5 min read
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COMPETITION: You decide who takes away €5,000 for the best startup pitch

Voting is live in the inaugural VidPitch Competition, where the public get to be the dragons.

  • 1 min read
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'If Facebook's taking 360-degree videos seriously, so should you'

Matthew Kirwan

Matthew Kirwan

Founder, Hedgehogs vs Foxes

This video guru delivers a masterclass in making a compelling clip on a budget.

  • 6 min read
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  • building and property

Johnny Ronan argues his rejected skyscraper would 'economically enhance' Dublin

His property firm has demanded an oral hearing from An Bord Pleanála.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink
  • Work

A Mayo barman who refused to serve at a lock-in has won €3,000 for unfair dismissal

The former employee was told to ‘f**k off’ by the owner of Paddy’s Bar in Kiltimagh.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Hop House 13's rise is making up for sluggish Guinness sales at Diageo

Bailey’s has also continued its global ‘turnaround’.

  • 3 min read
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Limerick's Enet is worth up to €200m after a US millionaire and state-backed fund team up

The Irish Infrastructure Fund is buying a majority stake in the wholesale broadband business.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Self-employed people earning over €100,000 'should get a tax cut'

That’s according to the Dublin Chamber, which wants a USC surcharge scrapped.

  • 3 min read
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'I wondered for years if I was right to leave Sydney to start a company in Cork'

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Nova Broadband.

  • 7 min read
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  • building and property
  • Work

Major building sites will grind to a halt as crane drivers escalate strikes

One union is pushing for the workers to be paid up to €27 per hour.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Irish board appointments are still dominated by a 'who you know' culture

And the Institute of Directors in Ireland has said there is limited appetite for change.

  • 2 min read
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The Dublin firm that runs a Bear Grylls bootcamp is moving into the UK

Events company Orangeworks has won a lucrative deal with team building business Catalyst Global.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Dundrum parking and Dublin retail rents have boosted a UK property giant's profits

London-based Hammerson co-owns several shopping centres around the Irish capital.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Waterford Airport plans to lay off staff until its troubled UK flights take off

But Unite will ballot for industrial action if its members are put out of work.

  • 3 min read
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A Dublin cake firm being liquidated over a huge rates bill 'could have paid but chose not to'

Well-known company Decobake is set to be wound up.

  • 3 min read
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