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  • food and drink

A Kenmare seafood firm may rebrand for the US - because its name is slang for cannabis

Kerry’s Kush Shellfish finds itself in an unusual position as it expands outside Europe.

  • 5 min read
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  • resource and energy

Irish developers want people to invest as little as €5 in solar farms

The Irish Solar Energy Association says projects could be paid for with ‘community investment funds’.

  • 4 min read
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Why Irish firms are willing to fork out thousands of euro for catchy web addresses

Several companies have paid five-figure sums for .ie names, while global prices reach into the millions.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink

This Sligo brewer is calling out the big beer companies for being 'thieving bastards'

Lough Gill Brewery will release its maiden line of products next week.

  • 5 min read
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New laws could see company bosses jailed if they cause a worker's death

The corporate manslaughter bill could also see businesses heavily fined for negligence.

  • 3 min read
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'Never do business with your friends. You end up losing them'

Mike Heary

Mike Heary

Co-founder, My Golf Pro

This golf enthusiast started out building railways in Africa and at 76 has set up another company.

  • 7 min read
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Six months on from 'leprechaun economics', Ireland's GDP is finally bouncing back

GDP rose in the third quarter of 2016 after being pushed down for the first half of the year.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

Irish banana giant Fyffes is being taken over by one of Japan's biggest companies

The Sumitomo Corporation will pay just over €750m for the Dublin-based fruit supplier.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

Bray Credit Union fined €98,000 for breaching money laundering and terrorist finance laws

The regulator is ‘concerned’ that the breaches occurred over a five-year period.

  • 3 min read
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Your crash course in… How INM walking away from pensioners sheds light on a bigger problem

Defined benefit pension schemes are a ticking time bomb.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink

Britain is banning junk food ads targeting children on social media

Health campaigners have called for tighter rules to be introduced in Ireland.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • Financial Services

The Central Bank is fighting a bill to tackle high mortgage rates. Here's why

Variable mortgage rates in Ireland are well above the EU average.

  • 4 min read
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  • Work

A third of staff admit to staying late just so their boss thinks they work hard

The majority of Irish employees have faked how much work they have to keep their bosses happy.

  • 2 min read
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Small-business software specialists Enterpryze are on a hiring drive to expand overseas

The Irish company has announced plans to hire 200 new staff.

  • 2 min read
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One of the key figures in shaping modern Ireland turns 100 today

Dr David McCann

Dr David McCann

Lecturer, Ulster University

TK Whitaker was just 39 when he became secretary at the Department of Finance.

  • 5 min read
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An Irish film backed by Angelina Jolie has scored a multimillion euro tax break

The Breadwinner is being co-produced by Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy

Dublin court unfreezes €100m of Russian oil tycoon's assets after five-year battle

Mikhail Khodorkovsky claims he was jailed on politically motivated charges for promoting democracy.

  • 2 min read
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Inside the little-known company that brought broadband to dozens of Irish towns

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Limerick broadband provider Enet.

  • 9 min read
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Pfizer gets record fine for 2,600% price increase on epilepsy drug

The pharma giant raised prices by an ‘excessive and unfair’ amount.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

Five years after the fall of an Irish Ponzi scheme, 1,400 people still await compensation

Custom House Capital was found to have ‘systematically and deliberately’ misused clients’ cash.

  • 4 min read
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