Irish-founded Stripe is worth over $9bn after a huge funding round
The online payments company was started by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison.
The US billionaire who made €500m on Bank of Ireland after the crash set for top Trump job
Wilbur Ross is being tipped for the key role of commerce secretary.
Regulations to crack down on Dublin rickshaw drivers are in the pipeline
The unlicensed pedal-taxis have been operating in a legal grey area for years.
How small online retailers can beat Amazon on Black Friday
Irish sellers should try to win the war on service – and play the ‘shop local’ card.
'Startups are of little economic value. It is only when they scale that they create jobs and wealth'
Helping more ‘scale-up’ companies should be the government’s top priority next year.
Your crash course in... The rise and fall of Steorn, the energy firm that claimed to defy physics
The company, set up by the ‘Willy Wonka of energy’, reportedly raised €23m from investors.
Dublin firm hopes to strike it rich with rare multimillion oil project off Irish coast
Providence Resources has struck a deal to drill an offshore well to the island’s south-west.
The European Investment Bank is pumping €170m into two Irish colleges
The low-cost loans for UCC and Trinity come amid a growing funding crisis for local universities.
The Irishman who took a punt on Skyscanner is set to win from its €1.7bn sale
Ray Nolan was an early investor in the billion-euro travel site that was sold to Chinese firm Ctrip.
Two Irish architects have scooped a top world prize for a brutalist university building
Grafton Architects won the first-ever RIBA International Prize for their project in Lima, Peru.
Insurers could be made to give drivers detailed reasons why their premiums are so high
An Oireachtas committee examining the rising costs of motor insurance will give recommendations today.
The firm behind Longford's €230m holiday park expects it to be fully booked in its first year
But Center Parcs’ Ireland director expects the first 12 months of business to be ‘a challenge’.
The woman who helped build Primark reveals why the store doesn't sell online
Breege O’Donoghue, who worked at the clothing chain for 37 years, also shared her career highlights.
The Irish Internet Association looks for new purpose after members vote to save it
Stakeholders recently warned that the cash-strapped body was ‘on its deathbed’.
'In Ireland, we know only too well the painful problems caused by reckless lending'
The regulator sets out why mortgage rules were introduced – and why they’re being changed.
'We treat the Cork family sawmill like a big company. Rivals cut logs, we make money'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Cork timber processor GP Wood.
The Central Bank is relaxing its mortgage rules for first-time buyers
Starter-home purchasers will only have to pay 10% deposits – regardless of the property value.
The single most important thing you can do to negotiate better deals
Negotiation skills aren’t just for high-level diplomats or CEOs – we rely on them for many daily interactions.
There are now 110,000 dollar millionaires in Ireland thanks to rising house prices
The state had one of the largest gains in household worth worldwide in the past year, a new report says.
A Dublin energy startup is taking its 'Google Nest killer' thermostat stateside
Hub Controls is trialing its smart heating unit with major landlords in New York City.