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  • retail and services

Ikea rival JYSK has scouted 20 locations for its entry into Ireland

The Danish homewares retailer aims to open 15 new stores in the Republic.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • Startups and tech

Dublin's Roomigo is on a mission to ease the headache of finding decent housemates

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the ‘prop-tech’ company.

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

Genomics Medicine Ireland will open a Dublin centre to collect and study people's genetic data

The life sciences firm is building a vast database to improve disease treatments.

  • 4 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Irish startup investment plunged last year - here's why things are looking up for 2019

Some bumper deals in 2018 masked a worrying lack of early stage finance for growing firms.

  • 7 min read
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  • policy and economy

A minimum wage rise and higher VAT: These are the new budget measures that just kicked in

A raft of changes were rolled out at midnight under plans included in Budget 2019.

  • 4 min read
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  • insights and opinion

These are the top Irish companies to watch in 2019

We pick the businesses that are gearing up for a big year.

  • 10 min read
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  • food and drink
  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

From Orla Kiely to Jo'Burger, here are Ireland's highest-profile company collapses of 2018

Several well-known names disappeared from the streets over the last 12 months.

  • 6 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Work

Bear suits, nappies and footing turf: The worst jobs these Irish bosses ever had

Even the most successful leaders had to get their hands dirty first.

  • 6 min read
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  • food and drink
  • retail and services

After opening a raft of new cafés, the firm behind Costa Coffee in Ireland banked a record profit

The owners of the franchise have plans to double down on the Irish market even further.

  • 3 min read
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'Get everything in writing. That's a lesson I learned in a crude way'

Rena Maycock

Rena Maycock

Co-founder, Cilter

Rena Maycock talks about moving into tech startups after establishing a matchmaking agency.

  • 9 min read
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  • building and property
  • Startups and tech

Savills is struggling to let part of this Dublin office and says co-working hubs are the reason why

The owners of the building received no interest for some units in their brand new Silicon Docks office.

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

Online courses can be a maze for post-grads. Cork's Doctoralnet wants to fix that

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the education technology company.

  • 5 min read
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  • food and drink
  • insights and opinion

'It's all about the customer experience - the day you take that for granted, you're dead'

Freshii’s Dave O’Donoghue talks about getting into the food industry and the tough task of letting staff go.

  • 5 min read
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  • insights and opinion

5 inspiring stories from Irish founders who came back from the brink

From Christmas disasters to near-death experiences, entrepreneurs talk about some of their low points.

  • 8 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • retail and services

An Post made not one but three Christmas ads this year. Here's how - and why

The postal service looked around the globe to try find ‘authentic’ Irish festive stories.

  • 7 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • retail and services

These are the counties that have spent the most - and least - on Christmas decorations

New data show how much local councils earmarked for festive trimmings for the last three years.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Work

Here's what some of Ireland's top bosses always ask in job interviews

From tech gurus to ex-Dragons’ Den stars, we got the best questions for finding dream hires.

  • 8 min read
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'We made mistakes when it came to funding. We could've ramped up the business even quicker'

Sean Murray

Sean Murray

Co-founder, WeBringg

Two years after launching his startup, Sean Murray talks about some of the lessons he has learned so far.

  • 8 min read
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  • building and property
  • Startups and tech

These emails reveal the inside story of how Dún Laoghaire's innovation hub plan fell apart

The project was abruptly axed in October amid claims that a vital licence hadn’t been secured.

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

Diagnosing this condition is 'traumatic'. Galway's Kite Medical thinks it has the solution

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the medtech company.

  • 4 min read
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