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Why bigger brands shouldn't feel threatened by Instagram-savvy challengers

Shane O'Leary

Shane O'Leary

Mindshare Ireland

Here’s how Goliaths can take on the Davids of this world.

  • 5 min read
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  • health and education
  • Startups and tech

Why Equine MediRecord is adamant it won't take investment from its customers

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the animal health tech company.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink

Whiskey is booming, but exporters have been warned of an 'over-dependence' on US sales

A new report suggests cannabis could upset the drinks market in the coming years.

  • 3 min read
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  • Startups and tech

'We've quite a bit of ambition left': IT giant Ergo is aiming to hit €100m in sales next year

Chief executive John Purdy says the business is eyeing up more acquisitions.

  • 4 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • resource and energy

'When you start your own business it's not always 9 to 5, sometimes it's more like 24/7'

Pinergy’s Enda Gunnell talks about the challenges of starting a business and doing stock takes on a farm.

  • 5 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech

Enterprise Ireland has urged firms to adopt a 'no regrets' policy to Brexit

The agency is expanding offices around the world to diversify Irish companies’ market reach.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport
  • Work

Aer Lingus was told to pay thousands to workers 'in limbo' after a restructuring of its food unit

The airline rejigged its catering set-up before it was bought by IAG.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

Real estate group Lisney says Dublin is facing a drought of available office space in 2019

Pundits also forecast a slowdown in growth for shared service providers.

  • 3 min read
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If we want our entrepreneurial spirit to blossom, we have to help the smaller guys

Marc O'Dwyer

Marc O'Dwyer

CEO, Big Red Cloud

It would be perilous to ignore the issues facing Irish startups in 2019.

  • 5 min read
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  • food and drink

The boss of Diageo's local whiskey says Ireland's luxury range is 'underdeveloped'

The drinks giant wants its new Roe & Co brand to take the lead in the super premium category.

  • 5 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • policy and economy

Poll: Do you believe all the economic doom and gloom predicted for 2019?

The previews for the 12 months ahead have flooded in, with most wary of a slowdown in growth.

  • 2 min read
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  • health and education
  • policy and economy
  • retail and services

Stores warn a tax hike on food supplements is 'completely inconsistent' with health policy

Lobbyists wrote to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe over incoming VAT increases.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech

Big retailers like Halfords and B&Q fear Brexit will end share schemes for their Irish workers

Industry players say the end of passporting could see Ireland’s save-as-you-earn market ‘wiped out’.

  • 4 min read
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Ireland is closed for business when it comes to luring badly-needed professional contractors

David O'Reilly

David O'Reilly

MD, Fenero

Here’s how Budget 2019 was a lost opportunity for the country to address its talent shortage.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

Louis Copeland's family wants to create the next Avoca of the Irish crafts market

The family recently launched the Made of Irish online store selling items like candles and pottery.

  • 4 min read
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Here are the main issues Ireland's lawmakers will encounter in 2019

Lorraine Higgins

Lorraine Higgins

MKC Communications

Political anoraks will have a lot to mull over when Oireachtas business resumes later this month.

  • 5 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Work

We asked entrepreneurs for the best advice they ever received. Here's what they said

Ireland’s business leaders share the tips that have stuck with them over the years.

  • 4 min read
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  • tourism and transport

A major new Halloween festival is tipped to be bigger than New Year's Eve

Fáilte Ireland hopes the large-scale event in Meath will generate €12 million by 2022.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion

5 Irish founders share the one day in business they'll never forget

These entrepreneurs talk about door-stepping Pat Kenny and when a launch goes horribly wrong.

  • 8 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech

The IDA is eyeing up new markets as America's 'long positive cycle' comes to an end

The agency’s new figures show that foreign direct investment added over 22,000 jobs last year.

  • 3 min read
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