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Despite the march of technology, the business trip is nowhere near its use-by date

But modern executives aren’t nearly as fussy as travellers were in the past.

  • 6 min read
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'I wish I had worked out sooner that it's not that hard to start a business'

Corey Plunkett

Corey Plunkett

Co-founder, Sproose

Things fell into place when this entrepreneur realised he didn’t need to be an expert in everything.

  • 5 min read
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Debenhams' survival plans have been cleared after millions in debts written off

The company had racked up losses of nearly €23 million in its Irish arm over the past three years.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

A major north Dublin housing development has been scaled back amid objections

Locals argued the land, part of a park in Raheny, was not zoned for housing.

  • 2 min read
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A struggling Irish bitcoin startup has been hoovered up by a Japanese retail giant

Rakuten has acquired Bitnet’s assets for an undisclosed sum.

  • 2 min read
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Your crash course in... The Irish connections to the secretive Dark Web

A quick run through of what you need to know about the depths of the internet.

  • 5 min read
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The company behind Dublin's Trinity Bar & Venue is going into examinership

The firm, JJ Red Holdings, also operates the Dublin Citi Hotel.

  • 3 min read
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Uber has shifted its dream of driverless cars into first gear

The ride-hailing app acquired a startup that makes self-driving trucks.

  • 5 min read
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'As an athlete, I tried to take a win-or-learn approach. Business is no different'

Barry Murphy

Barry Murphy

Former Olympic athlete

This Irish ex-Olympic competitor explores the lessons he took from the swimming pool to the office.

  • 5 min read
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Permanent TSB's business borrowers now have more power to appeal loan refusals

The bank re-entered the SME lending market last year.

  • 3 min read
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A year after their Top Gear walkout, its former stars raise millions for a motoring-media startup

Facebook and Hailo’s backers have invested in the Clarkson-Hammond-May project.

  • 3 min read
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The head of Irish biotech company Ourobotics has died unexpectedly

Jemma Redmond, 38, co-founded the company developing tech capable of printing human organs.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Despite a big hike in profits, Cisco is taking the axe to its global workforce

The company is the latest being forced to adjust to the shift towards cloud-computing technology.

  • 4 min read
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This Irish fintech startup wants to become the Starbucks of share investment

Rubicoin hopes to introduce its apps to new markets after raising another €1.2m from investors.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy

Irish developer lands enormous €1.5 billion contract to build wind farms in Chile

Mainstream Renewables will now have to raise a massive amount of money to fund the project.

  • 3 min read
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The IFA could be about to lose a big chunk of its funding

ABP Foods, the largest beef processor in the state, will no longer automatically collect a crucial levy funding the farming body.

  • 3 min read
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We should fix our flawed insurance system - rather than scrapping it altogether

David Hughes

David Hughes

Operations Director, Getcover

Snowballing motor premiums have put the spotlight on the problematic sector.

  • 4 min read
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'When RTÉ got rid of You're A Star, we got to make The Apprentice and Dragons' Den'

As part of our How My Business Works series we profile Shinawil, the firm behind some of Ireland’s best-known TV shows.

  • 9 min read
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  • building and property
  • Work

Irish builders are commanding €100,000 salaries as companies hunt for construction skills

Recruitment firm Hays says that demand for construction professionals was up 40% on a year ago.

  • 3 min read
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Galway beauty products supplier Lifes2Good topped €50m in sales last year

The company’s flagship hair-care brand has been endorsed by celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow.

  • 2 min read
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