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The growing fast-food empire eyeing up nationwide dominance and a UK invasion

Chopped expects to open one store a month until the end of the year.

  • 3 min read
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'I've had a few ideas for startups, from white-collar MMA to game-based business software'

Fiachra Ó Comhraí

Fiachra Ó Comhraí

CEO, PipelineCheck

There is no best idea for a new company – the key is what you can make happen.

  • 8 min read
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Tayto Park's Ray Coyle sank €10m of his own cash into its massive roller coaster

The Meath entrepreneur’s investment firm bankrolled most of the Cú Chulainn Coaster’s construction.

  • 3 min read
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Recruiters are selling a post-recession Ireland to expats, but it's not quite a jobs nirvana

While there are big vacancies in some sectors, emigrants need to be realistic about what they’re returning to.

  • 6 min read
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Spare me the entrepreneurial clichés and motivational quotes - I prefer a dose of reality

Hannah O'Reilly

Hannah O'Reilly

Co-founder, Improper Butter

Some young businesspeople embrace the title of ‘entrepreneur’, but it’s not for everyone.

  • 3 min read
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Facebook Ireland is beefing up its board ahead of a European data protection showdown

The company’s top privacy lawyer will become one of the company’s three local directors.

  • 3 min read
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'The first two years felt exhausting. I had to learn to step back and see the bigger picture'

Michelle Darmody

Michelle Darmody

Owner, The Cake Café

A lack of money forced The Cake Café’s Michelle Darmody to plan differently – but she turned that into a strength.

  • 7 min read
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Cheaper money is on the way for small businesses that are struggling for cash

Government-backed lender Microfinance Ireland has cut its interest rates.

  • 3 min read
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Ireland's top universities are getting together for a €60m startup fund

Trinity and UCD are both investing in Atlantic Bridge’s new pool for college spin-out companies.

  • 2 min read
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Why a small town in Mayo is the perfect test bed for cutting-edge technology

Crossmolina is the guinea pig for what could become a nationwide energy-efficiency plan.

  • 4 min read
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Your crash course in... What Brexit jitters are doing to the pound - and how it affects us

These are the key points you need to know about what the approach vote is doing to sterling.

  • 5 min read
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A Cork biotech firm has raised $2m for a revolutionary test to cut deaths during pregnancy

Metabolomic Diagnostics has an early screening system to detect those at risk of pre-eclampsia.

  • 3 min read
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The head of Twitter's Irish operations is jumping ship to be a venture capitalist

Stephen McIntyre will join Frontline Ventures after nearly five years at the social network.

  • 3 min read
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Bad internet coverage is stopping many smaller firms from getting online

Having no web presence today is a bit like being out of the phone book last century.

  • 2 min read
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The unlikely connection between a snooker champion and an app putting sounds to emojis

Former world champion Ken Doherty is among the investors who put nearly €500,000 into Emojitones.

  • 2 min read
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The company trying to change how you think about owning a car

As part of our weekly How My Business Works series, we profile GoCar.

  • 10 min read
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Dublin is facing a hotel-room shortage that could stifle its growth as a tourist hub

Rates are expected to go up faster than anywhere in Europe due to the lack of space.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Why increasing the minimum wage won't lift most households out of poverty

New research has found that most low-paid workers actually live in homes with above-average incomes.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Employers haven't been this bullish about recruiting new staff since before the recession

A new survey of hiring plans showed every sector had a positive outlook.

  • 2 min read
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The consumer watchdog is worried this 'online gold market' is really a pyramid scheme

The Irish authority says those who invest can expect to lose all their money.

  • 2 min read
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