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  • Work

Irish bosses favour more holidays for staff - but workers are unlikely to take them

Employers think that more days off would improve productivity.

  • 2 min read
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Uber wants to have flying cars in the sky within three years

The goal is part of its ‘urban aviation’ plans – which it says are a natural next step in transport.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

AIB has been handed a €2.2m fine for breaching anti-money laundering laws

A Central Bank investigation found that the bank was slow to report hundreds of suspicious transactions.

  • 3 min read
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'Literally every day during the recession I'd come in and check how much cash we had'

Paschal Naylor

Paschal Naylor

Co-founder, Arkphire

After he saw the tech revolution was going to kill the print industry, this accountant moved to a career in IT.

  • 7 min read
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Music sales are growing at the fastest rate in two decades thanks to Spotify and co

Worldwide revenues were up nearly 6%, with Beyonce recording the best-selling album.

  • 3 min read
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Why businesses are up in arms about plans to bar more cars from Dublin's city centre

A new lobby group said the rules would threaten the capital’s ‘economic viability’.

  • 4 min read
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  • Work

Web Summit is going on a hiring spree – including someone to deal with the Irish government

It comes as the company eyes a possible return to Dublin.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

A Denis O'Brien firm has the green light to build luxury apartments in south Dublin

Residents complained the five separate, five-story blocks would hurt the Donnybrook area.

  • 3 min read
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Dublin's Johnston Logistics has been sold to a German transport giant

Brothers Albert and Ivan Johnston are both in line for a substantial payday as part of the deal.

  • 2 min read
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Donald Trump is promising 'the biggest tax cut ever' - but it's unlikely he can pay for it

Changes to US company taxes have been highlighted as one of the biggest risks to Ireland.

  • 5 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Opinion

Poll: Should mortgage lending rules for credit unions be relaxed?

It has been suggested that they could increase competition for the dominant banks.

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  • building and property
  • resource and energy

The controversial Poolbeg incinerator has taken its first delivery of waste

Dublin’s main business group has welcomed the development, saying it will bring down costs.

  • 3 min read
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A worker won €3,500 after being sacked for three complaints - here are the lessons for employers

Liam Riordan

Liam Riordan

Partner, Mason Hayes & Curran

The company was found to have fallen short on following its own procedures.

  • 4 min read
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Ryanair is putting €1.5m into Trinity College's new 'professor of entrepreneurship'

The donation comes as Ireland’s top business schools are planning major expansions.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

Whatever happened to... A shopping centre to put the heart back in Naas?

The Kildare town has suffered in the last few years, with many businesses closing down.

  • 5 min read
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Meet the businesses of... Dublin's George's Street Arcade

The iconic Victorian-era arcade shopping centre has been drawing customers for 135 years.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Why Irish seaweed farming could be about to take off after a decade of delays

Bord Iascaigh Mhara says it’s ‘inevitable’ the industry will emerge, despite opposition.

  • 6 min read
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'Visitors don't come for tacky, renamed districts': Claims fly over the future of Dublin Town

A campaign has been launched to scrap the city centre business group.

  • 5 min read
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Retail Ireland's new head wants to convince people that jobs in shops aren't just for students

BWG Foods boss Willie O’Byrne was appointed to the role earlier this week.

  • 4 min read
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'Ineffective, too slow and understaffed' - Irish telcos are rounding on their regulator

The criticisms follow the release of ComReg’s five-year strategy.

  • 4 min read
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