A founder's life after selling for €115m: 'I could never see myself sitting on a beach'
Realex Payments founder Colm Lyon is sinking his teeth into his new company, Fire.
Ireland should put aside a rainy-day fund for big projects
One of Ireland’s leading project managers says we need look at an infrastructure ‘war chest’.
Your crash course in... How a Brexit will affect Ireland
The referendum to decide the UK’s EU membership could have major repercussions here.
One of the world's biggest chemical companies has put €1m into Athlone's OxyMem
The startup has developed a super-efficient waste-treatment system.
'Failure is part of the startup game, but very few people understand how to own it'
That’s where Startup Wakes come in – and this is how they came about.
The government is worried a crackdown on profit shifting would be bad news for Ireland
Transfer-pricing deals are used by many multinationals to slice billions from their tax bills.
Gardai renewed contract for speed vans that 'should be consigned to the dustbin'
The service has been outsourced to GoSafe despite the system being labelled ‘inherently flawed’.
How one man runs half a dozen websites and still opens all his company's mail
As part of our weekly How My Business Works series we look at the company behind the Insure My… brands.
Take Benjamin Franklin's advice: 'If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail'
Putting together a business plan isn’t just for banks or investors.
Ads are overwhelmingly 'following the eyeballs' onto mobile phones
But search engines are still king when it comes to online advertising in Ireland.
Ireland should tax oil to fund renewable energy, says an ex-Shell boss
Nato advisor Hans van der Loo claims the tariff could help us fund more-sustainable options.
Inside the war game that lets companies play out a cyber attack
But it comes with a harsh lesson: the hackers usually win.
The seemingly unstoppable march of the specialist coffee joint
The sector is growing the fastest of any in the global restaurant trade.
A mysterious Dublin med-tech startup has raised $7.5m in funding
Fire1 was founded in 2013 and has raised more than $10 million so far.
The biggest IT security risk for a company is often its own employees
This is how you can mitigate against some of the main dangers.
The EU is planning a serious clampdown on multinational tax dodging
The bloc wants all large international firms to publicly disclose their taxes and earnings.
Why All-Ireland winner Enda McNulty makes CEOs climb mountains
‘There are only 10 teams that can win the All-Ireland. In the business world the opposition is on a global pitch.’
Should there be a lightning-fast train between Dublin and Cork?
We asked some of the country’s key business figures what infrastructure they think we need most.
How to tell if you're in desperate need of a website overhaul
If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these six questions its probably time for a revamp.
Ireland's state power supplier is planning a major leap into solar energy
The ESB scheme could increase installed solar capacity more than a hundredfold.