'My father gave the best advice - be comfortable with failure, otherwise you'll never take risks'
Golden Discs’ Stephen Fitzgerald talks about the ups and downs of music retail and the ‘tragic’ rental crisis.
Excess heat from Amazon's giant data centre will be used to warm homes in Tallaght
The local authority has a €15 million plan for Ireland’s first data centre-based ‘district heating system’.
Irish chefs will be asked to be more 'positive' with staff to dispel the Gordon Ramsay image
Chef Network is launching a ‘kitchen charter’ as worker shortages continue to rise in the industry.
Cork beehive tech startup ApisProtect has snagged €1.5m to plot its Californian push
The seed round will be used to fund more staff in Ireland – and a new base in the US.
Haunted by its illicit past, poitín is getting a promo overhaul to ensure its future
Two decades after the drink was legalised, take-up has been a mere trickle.
Poll: Do you think the government is wrong to favour fibre for the National Broadband Plan?
Some suggest wireless services would be a better option for rural internet users.
Dublin-based Inflazome has secured €40m to take its commercially 'risky' drugs to trials
The company plans to run tests in 2019 and 2020 to eventually commercialise the medicines.
Here's how you can boost staff morale during the dark winter months
It’s vital that employers look after their workers’ mental and physical well-being.
'Spa-like showers' and a 'barista bar': How Dublin Airport plans to go fancy in a €1.7bn upgrade
The hub has proposed more than 100 projects as it caters to another 10 million passengers from 2020.
This year's John Lewis Christmas ad didn't hit the spot. Here's why
The highly anticipated campaign fell flat compared to previous efforts.
The founders of Voxpro have pumped some cash into Dublin fintech startup Trezeo
Dan and Linda Kiely are among the investors in the ‘income smoothing’ service.
'A pat on the back is six inches from a kick in the arse. We're taking it one burger at a time'
BuJo’s Michael Sheary spent years prepping the concept behind his first restaurant.
Hold-ups at Ireland's workplace watchdog are causing business headaches
Postponements, absent parties and late submissions are creating logjams.
Bankless migrants struggle to send cash home. Galway's Pip It wants to change that
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the fintech company.
Blockchain has a big problem - Irish workers aren't interested
The budding industry is crying out for talent.
Baristas and burritos: How Circle K is prepping for fuel's decline
The forecourt retailer says more than 50% of transactions are now non-fuel purchases.
Fresh after raising millions, tech firm Arkphire is building a 'centre of excellence' in Mayo
The company has acquired Mayo outfit CloudStrong as part of the plans.
'I'm more interested in starting up companies than shutting them down'
AccountsIQ’s Tony Connolly talks late-night emails, recruitment challenges and Richard Branson.
Ireland's a post-Brexit paradise for EU staff in the UK - but many are priced out of the move
The cost of housing is too much for some, while taxes make high-earners think twice.
Irish entrepreneur Oisin Hanrahan got a $4m-plus share windfall from the sale of Handy
But investors took easily the largest part of the potential $160 million total deal.