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  • insights and opinion
  • retail and services

'Nothing's more challenging than dealing with tragedy - this job goes beyond dispensing drugs'

McGreals Pharmacy’s Kilian McGreal also talks about drawing the line under new business ideas.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

The fashion juggernaut behind Zara, Bershka and Pull&Bear had a bumper year in Ireland

Local companies owned by Spain-based Inditex collectively delivered sales of over €135 million.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • tourism and transport

Poll: Would you pay more for a taxi if it was easier to hail a cab at busy times?

Industry figures say such a move could entice more people to work as drivers.

  • 1 min read
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  • retail and services

After opting for fewer but bigger stores, Life Style Sports has managed to stay in the black

The company restructured its retail portfolio in 2017 and made a €4.1m profit.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Fewer visitors toured Ireland by bus last year - and not everyone's blaming it on Brexit

Industry figures say poor parking facilities are also hindering the sector.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

The world of food is a 'lonely old road' - but this investor knows that 'people gotta eat'

Serial investor and former Kellogg’s Europe boss, Stephen Twaddell, talks food and drink deals.

  • 5 min read
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Here's a lesson in making staff redundant without causing extra stress at a tough time

Derek McKay

Derek McKay

MD, Adare Human Resource Management

A shoe store managed to overturn an unfair dismissal claim in the Labour Court. Here’s how.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Nine years after moving its HQ to Ireland, 'experience gift' giant Smartbox will launch here

The French-founded company has more than 600 staff in Dublin – and it plans to keep expanding.

  • 6 min read
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  • tourism and transport

The duo behind Dublin's newest tourist attraction say its near-end was like 'sudden death'

Four years since the idea was floated, the Vaults Live is open after being spared from examinership.

  • 5 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • Startups and tech

Mark Little's new venture Kinzen promises the news app that isn't 'creepy'

The startup is trying to reboot how people consume media.

  • 6 min read
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'To keep attracting foreign investment, Ireland needs to get its act together on water'

Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins

Veolia Ireland

We should use the resource as a calling card and follow the lead of forward-thinking countries.

  • 5 min read
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  • health and education

'An inability to answer very basic questions': How an Irish 'virtual hospital' project fell flat

Consultants for US firm Mercy Virtual said meetings with health officials were cancelled at short notice.

  • 4 min read
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'I was flying to London weekly to meet clients - it wasn't your typical final year in college'

Eimear McManus

Eimear McManus

Founder, Digital Works

During her final year in UL, Eimear McManus’s work placement ended up being much more.

  • 9 min read
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  • Financial Services

Another exec at AIB is heading for the exit – this time its CEO Bernard Byrne

The bank has lost two finance chiefs in recent months and has moved to reintroduce bonuses to retain staff.

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

BrewDog plans to open its first Irish bar next year - but finding the right site is a 'real challenge'

The Scottish beer company had previously planned to set up shop in Dublin by the end of 2018.

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

‘Anybody in their right mind would have been concerned - we were learning on the job’

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Codd Mushrooms.

  • 6 min read
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  • retail and services

Peugeot and Honda's Irish importer is winding down two Dublin dealerships

The Gowan Group said the outlets are “not suitable” for modern retailing.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

Airbnb has accused the government of doing a ‘cut and paste’ job with new letting laws

Regulations on short-term lets in Ireland are set to be introduced next year.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services

Debenhams posted its biggest loss in 240 years - but its Irish digital sales are ticking along

The firm has revealed plans to cull 50 stores within the next five years.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • policy and economy

Here are the tougher-than-expected Airbnb laws that will kick in next year

The regulations will ban short-term lets by landlords in some locations and introduce 90-day cap.

  • 4 min read
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