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  • food and drink
  • policy and economy

The food industry has forecast yet more uncertainty with the new Brexit deal

Businesses will face another ‘cliff edge’ if transition period isn’t extended, groups warned.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Swiss pharma giant Novartis confirmed up to 320 roles will be cut at its Cork campus

The company is closing one of its Ringaskiddy buildings.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

US firm Molex will shut its Shannon facility, impacting up to 500 jobs

The company has operated in Co Clare almost 50 years.

  • 2 min read
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  • Tools of the trade

'Unless you can pick yourself back up quickly, recruitment can be a brutal industry'

Tools of the Trade: John Farrelly, managing director of Propeller, talks dogs and resilience.

  • 5 min read
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  • insight

Poll: Should Ireland focus on commercialising research to grow its startup sector?

Issues surrounding intellectual property rights and equity stakes can make spin-outs tricky.

  • 1 min read
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  • 21st Century workplace
  • Work

Maternity-related complaints made to the workplace watchdog have almost doubled

Complaints are on the rise amid legislative changes and growing global awareness of gender-related issues.

  • 2 min read
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  • Future of finance
  • Startup Scout

How Galway's Luna Connect is taking the messy paperwork out of small business lending

In our weekly Startup Scout series, Fora picks out promising companies that are emerging from Ireland.

  • 4 min read
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Houston, we have a problem: Advertising's unconscious bias blackspot

Fiona Field

Fiona Field

Mediaworks

Companies need to check their biases and hire a more diversified workforce.

  • 5 min read
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  • Feature
  • Startups and tech

What will it take to turn Ireland into a mecca for entrepreneurs?

Some of Ireland’s brightest business talent look at where our startup set goes next.

  • 8 min read
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  • Financial Services

Corporate investigations firm Kroll is opening an Irish business

The Duff & Phelps-owned company will provide a range of commercial intelligence services.

  • 2 min read
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Augmented and virtual reality are shaping the future of how business interacts with customers

Joe O'Connor

Joe O'Connor

Voxpro

AR and VR haven’t quite set the world alight, but some companies are starting to harness their power.

  • 7 min read
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  • Feature
  • policy and economy

The global tax world is shifting and it might not be good news for Ireland - what comes next?

The state is staring down the barrel of a new tax reality, one that could cost the Exchequer billions.

  • 6 min read
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  • Interview

'Literally the best thing I've ever done' - Dylan Collins is relishing his role plotting kidtech's future

The serial entrepreneur on how he is helping to build a safer internet for children with SuperAwesome.

  • 7 min read
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  • policy and economy

Helen Dixon has warned Irish SMEs to implement data safeguards ahead of Brexit

Businesses need to consider how they transfer data to the UK after Brexit.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

Five Lamps Brewery has a new home - and plans to trial UK exports

The C&C-owned beer maker will test its drinks in London.

  • 2 min read
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  • Deeptech
  • Startups and tech

Cybersecurity startup 4Securitas has snagged an investment deal from a French player

The two companies plan to integrate each others products.

  • 2 min read
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  • Deeptech
  • Startups and tech

Cybersecurity startup Evervault has raised $3.2m from VC heavyweights

Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins have backed the Dublin company’s seed round.

  • 2 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • Startups and tech

Eir has launched its 'new, modern, young' mobile network

GoMo is offering a deal of ‘all texts, all calls, all data’ for €9.99 for its first round of customers.

  • 3 min read
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  • Tools of the trade

'How do we decompress after a high-pressure meeting? We have an Xbox in the room'

Tools of the trade: Boy+Girls co-founder Patrick Meade also talks about relaxing his no-dogs policy.

  • 8 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Your Say

Poll: Do you think taller buildings will ease Ireland's housing crisis?

Some argue accommodation in high-rise buildings are for people with deep pockets.

  • 1 min read
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