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  • food and drink

Off-licences say online sellers are dodging high alcohol taxes by labelling drinks 'collectables'

Trade body Noffla wants officials to bring in new rules for offshore vendors.

  • 3 min read
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  • Sports

Ticketmaster may start scoping out people's social media before allowing them to buy tickets

The firm currently sells tickets for around 8,000 events in Ireland every year.

  • 4 min read
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'Startups need to have an appetite for risk - failure is just another part of the process'

Bill McKiernan

Bill McKiernan

President, WSM Capital

Here’s some advice for young Irish firms looking to attract investors.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

A farmer is fighting nearly 300 new Waterford houses for fear his land will flood

Dublin developer Jackie Greene Construction is planning a major development near Waterford city.

  • 3 min read
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How airports make a fortune flogging giant Toblerones and the like to flyers

Duty-free has become an essential business for international travel hubs.

  • 4 min read
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Why some firms never fall victim to cyber-attacks - while their competitors do

Pat Moran

Pat Moran

Cyber leader, PwC Ireland

There are steps every company can take to make themselves less vulnerable.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

A new venture from Hassle's Irish creator brings a taste of The Sims to home renovations

Jules Coleman and co-founder Alex Depledge have launched BuildPath in the UK.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

Whatever happened to... the biggest shopping centre never built in Limerick?

The long-delayed ‘opera centre’ project has blighted the city’s CBD for a decade.

  • 5 min read
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Tenders are worth €9bn here each year - this is how smaller firms can win more of them

Tony Corrigan

Tony Corrigan

CEO, Tenderscout

Many companies wrongly believe the process is too difficult.

  • 4 min read
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An Irish med-tech firm could make your smartphone and toilet 'superbug'-free

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

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

This low-profile firm has quietly pumped millions into creating a pub empire in Cork

The Emporium Company has bought and refitted four bars in the county as part of ‘phase one’ of its plans.

  • 4 min read
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'My business shut and I was pregnant with my first child, but I still owed €30k. So I just kept working'

Nicole Dunne

Nicole Dunne

Owner, Howth Cuisine

After her gastropubs closed down, this cook was determined to pay her debts and fight back.

  • 7 min read
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  • Financial Services

Patrick Collison: 'There's too much focus on the founders of big tech companies'

Stripe’s chief said it’s ‘unfortunate’ that the inner workings of successful firms are often ignored.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • Work

COMPETITION: Win FREE office space at a new co-working hub in Dublin's city centre

Space@DublinBIC offers all of the office perks without the big financial burden.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services

A hung UK parliament has sent the pound into a dive

Analysts say the UK is “stepping further into the unknown”.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

Profits doubled at salad chain Chopped last year ahead of its planned UK expansion

The firm now has 26 outlets across the island of Ireland.

  • 2 min read
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'Dressing for a job interview isn't about showmanship - it's about getting the basics right'

Sonya Lennon

Sonya Lennon

Founder, Dress For Success Dublin

Designer Sonya Lennon delivers a masterclass for women making a return to the workforce.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

A Cork hotel group is putting €50m into a project in the city's Victorian quarter

Trigon Hotels plans to expand the historic Metropole Hotel and build a sister property.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Public-sector workers will get pay restoration by 2020 - at a cost of €887m

A draft deal to replace the Lansdowne Road agreement was reached late last night.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Trinity is planning 'one of the largest projects since the IFSC' in Dublin's docks

The new technology campus will cost up to €1.25 billion to complete.

  • 3 min read
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