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  • Work

Skilled Irish professionals can now 'pick and choose' work and push for higher salaries

A new study from recruitment company Hays found many employers are finding it hard to find good staff.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

Permanent TSB's ex-boss sues for €850,000 over his 'humiliating' departure

David Guinane was head of the lender until it was restructured with the government bailout.

  • 4 min read
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'Tourist bodies don't want us to be seen as a leprechaun country. I found that interesting'

Tom O'Rahilly

Tom O'Rahilly

Director, National Leprechaun Museum

After a decade making furniture, this designer found his next calling was opening a museum.

  • 7 min read
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After an unusually public boardroom spat, INM still needs to find a home for its cash

The publisher’s chief and chairman reportedly disagreed over the price they should pay for Newstalk.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

A €70m fund has been launched for SMEs to lease specialist gear and vehicles

State-backed financier SBCI has partnered with Fexco to offer the multimillion-euro package.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Cork-based Voxpro to employ 2,000 in Ireland after another huge hiring drive

The call-centre firm plans to recruit another 400 people, while LinkedIn is hiring 200 staff in Dublin.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services

A Permanent TSB offshoot has been fined €4.5m for 'serious failings' on tracker mortgages

The lender overcharged hundreds of customers as much as €68,000 on their accounts.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Ireland backs EU proposal to stop companies gouging shoppers based on location

Geo-blocking allows websites to charge different prices based on a consumer’s country.

  • 2 min read
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Paddy Power, Topaz and others stung for sending spam emails and texts

The companies have been ordered to pay prosecution costs and donate varying sums to charity.

  • 3 min read
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  • Opinion

Poll: Should bloggers and 'influencers' disclose freebies they get from brands?

A peak PR body is concerned about how gifts and payments are handled by ‘passionate amateurs’.

  • 2 min read
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'The numbers speak for themselves' - Shane Ross insists he is not failing on tourism

The TD has come under fire from hospitality bigwigs for not being proactive enough in his portfolio.

  • 3 min read
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Ireland is about to have its busiest-ever day for online shopping

Spending by Irish consumers on Cyber Monday is expected to hit €53 million this year.

  • 3 min read
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The man who brought online ticketing to Ireland says today's founders give up too soon

But Tommy Higgins thinks entrepreneurs should pass on their knowledge to the next generation.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

Inside an airline's business-class kitchen - the 'hidden' food industry

United chef Gerry McLoughlin talks about the oddities of serving fancy meals at 35,000ft.

  • 4 min read
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Ireland's peak PR body wants to weed out rogue 'influencers' from innocent bloggers

The PRII will host a round table with bloggers to create clear guidelines on disclosing payments.

  • 4 min read
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The head of CityJet thinks the airline had 'a disease' - and he's the cure

Pat Byrne is aiming for a major expansion of the Irish carrier through ‘wet leasing’ deals.

  • 4 min read
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Why the Burning Man festival turned its back on profits in a bid to 'go beyond death'

The head of the multimillion-dollar Nevada event talks about giving up its commercial status.

  • 5 min read
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'I'd won entrepreneur of the year, but my friend said we should be doing much better'

Mark Roden said his company, Dublin-based Ding, is aiming to grow to 10 times its current size.

  • 3 min read
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The Central Bank's governor is 'open' to regulating crowdfunding

Philip Lane said any significant new technology will require consumer and investor protection rules.

  • 3 min read
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'I got very little from school – the best lesson I ever learned was from selling piglets'

Seán Brett

Seán Brett

Owner, Steeltech Sheds

This businessman went from livestock, to shrubs, painting and then coal – and wound up making sheds.

  • 8 min read
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