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  • food and drink

Lots of Irish farmers aren't set up to deal with the collapse in the pound

The value of the currency has plunged since the Brexit vote, but few food producers have a backup plan.

  • 3 min read
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Profits at the luxurious Dromoland Castle jumped nearly €1m last year

The five-star hotel and golf course turned over almost €20 million in 2015.

  • 2 min read
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Is Ireland really equipped to benefit from more foreign investment post-Brexit?

Mark O’Mahoney

Mark O’Mahoney

Policy Director, Chambers Ireland

The country’s poor infrastructure will stifle its capacity to absorb extra jobs and business.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

Airbnb sues its home town over laws it helped push through

The company is facing a backlash in San Fransisco as housing costs spiral out of control.

  • 3 min read
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Ireland has a hit list of countries to target for business as the UK's lure fades

A renewed trade push into markets like France and Germany is expected after the Brexit vote.

  • 4 min read
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A new firm making bras for breast cancer survivors has struck a deal with House of Fraser

Health startup Theya Healthcare is making its first foray into the UK market.

  • 2 min read
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GIVEAWAY: We've got free tickets to Dublin's new global tech conference

The Dublin Tech Summit is coming to the capital in February.

  • 2 min read
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  • Opinion
  • Work

Poll: Do you support the introduction of a 'living wage'?

Ibec head Danny McCoy last week called the concept ‘ridiculous’.

  • 2 min read
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Ireland wants to attract thousands of foreign tech staff, but we may have trouble housing them

The government has unveiled an initiative to recruit the best talent from abroad.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

The forecast for the UK's future post-Brexit: 'Hello recession'

Irish businesses and state agencies are getting ready for a new normal for our key trade partner.

  • 4 min read
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AIB is more afraid of tech upstarts like Stripe than a new bank eating its lunch

But one of the company’s top executives says it hopes to work with some of its potential rivals.

  • 3 min read
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'One day my wife said she was leaving. She wanted someone to put her as number one'

Peter Casey

Peter Casey

Founder, Claddagh Resources

Maintaining a relationship and a business can be one of an entrepreneur’s greatest challenges.

  • 4 min read
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How does it feel pitching to Richard Branson? One Irish outfit is about to find out

FoodCloud is among six firms trying to convince the Virgin founder to give them a share of €1.2 million.

  • 4 min read
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These are the only three deals the competition watchdog has ever blocked

One involved a long-running battle over a deal involving the iconic Dairygold brand.

  • 5 min read
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  • resource and energy

A Dublin company is building a giant energy plant to process chicken poo

And it has plans for further projects in both the capital and Cork.

  • 3 min read
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What is 'influencer marketing' and how can you make it work to your advantage?

Conor Lynch

Conor Lynch

CEO, Connector

It’s all about finding people who can cut through to your target audience.

  • 5 min read
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Intel Ireland's head worries sliding PC sales could pose major problems for the company

But Eamonn Sinnott refused to comment on significant layoffs under way at the firm’s local operations.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

One Irish sector is expected to feel the Brexit pain worst of all

Smaller farms and food producers are likely to face the biggest headwinds in the near future.

  • 3 min read
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Morgan Stanley denies it's moving 2,000 staff to Dublin or Frankfurt

It was reported that a move was already underway in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

  • 2 min read
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Over €360m wiped off value of Irish taxpayers' stake in banks after Brexit vote

Shares in Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB took a dive this morning with the surprise result.

  • 4 min read
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