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'If you're coming up with a brand name, don't brainstorm on a Friday'

Pat Kinsley

Pat Kinsley

Founder, Neworld Associates

Marketing guru Pat Kinsley delivers a masterclass in naming a company.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink

The former CEO of Myspace is pumping cash into this Dublin startup

SwiftComply has raised $900,000 to double staff and expand to the US.

  • 2 min read
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The owners of Westport House have snapped up an Australian workwear brand

A clothing firm run by the Hughes family has bought rival Prime Mover Workwear.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

Developer who illegally bulldozed 19th century convent gets go ahead for Dublin apartments

Kimpton Vale is looking to build 143 apartments in Clonsilla.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Government will regulate Airbnb if 'satisfactory arrangement' cannot be reached over renting

Housing Minister Coveney makes it clear that those who want to use Airbnb need to do so responsibly.

  • 5 min read
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Advice for Irish shops: Ditch your app and invest in Instagram

A third of Irish people think they will do most of their shopping through their mobile

  • 3 min read
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Here's why buying a website for your business is like investing in property

Allister Frost

Allister Frost

Founder, Wild Orange Media

Social media can be useful, but so can owning your own space on the web.

  • 4 min read
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'When you're trying to rent a clinic, the minute you say 'addiction', people say no'

As part of our How My Business Works series we profile Dublin addiction centre the One Step Clinic.

  • 7 min read
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Despite EU plan, Three mobile customers won't get 'all you can eat' data abroad

The company said changes are because of the increase in costs of doing business.

  • 4 min read
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Dublin firm nets millions to develop tech that creates video game art

Artomatix’s technology can make a mountain at the click of a button.

  • 3 min read
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The Dublin commissioner for startups role has been axed

The Digital Hub and the DCU Ryan Academy will now split the duties of the position.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

A family-owned cake maker has raised over €6m for a new factory in Tallaght

The funding round was led by the state-backed BDO Development Capital Fund.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

Ireland gained thousands of millionaires last year as property prices shot up

Dublin accounts for about a third of the country’s wealthiest people.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

Seaweed could shield Ireland's food and drink business from Brexit fallout

Demand in Europe for marine vegetables is growing by up to 10% each year.

  • 3 min read
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CityJet is set to cut staff at its London City Airport base

Executive chairman Pat Byrne said the company will focus on its growing wet lease arm.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services

A Central Bank deputy governor is jumping ship to the private sector

The departure of Cyril Roux comes amid concern that the Central Bank is bleeding key staff.

  • 3 min read
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'I had to come to terms with the fact that at my age, I was unemployable'

Gerry Molloy

Gerry Molloy

Founder, WoofAdvisor

This former company executive realised he would have to launch his own business to get a job.

  • 7 min read
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The head of Ireland's largest hotel group says reports that Dublin is too expensive are 'rubbish'

Dalata boss Pat McCann said room rates in the capital are much lower than other European destinations.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

Billionaire who bet big on Bank of Ireland confirmed as Trump's trade chief

Wilbur Ross bought into the bank for a knock-down price during the recession.

  • 3 min read
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A state-led scheme to stop late payments has relaunched after getting hardly any sign-ups

In two years, just 42 companies signed the government’s ‘prompt payment code’.

  • 2 min read
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