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  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

Dublin startup Intouch has raised nearly €600,000 to take its retail tech international

The three-year-old startup is plotting expansion in Europe, the US and the Middle East.

  • 3 min read
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  • Startups and tech
  • tourism and transport

Kogii wants to help fix cycling black spots with its smart bike light

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

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

Gourmet Burger Kitchen plans to close a raft of outlets while it battles insolvency

The company said its Irish stores are safe.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy

Bord na Móna will shed up to 430 staff as it fast-tracks a shift away from peat

The semi-state company wants to complete a move to renewable energy two years early.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

Sales have topped €200m at Kerry-based Fexco as it buys up UK businesses

The foreign exchange and financial services firm has been investing heavily in R&D and acquisitions.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

After a big buyout last year, chicken-manure energy firm BHSL hunts fresh investment

The Limerick company is seeking €5 million to fund its new ‘working capital requirements’.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • media and marketing

'They called me a "five-to-niner". I don't believe in work-life balance'

Ex-Dragons’ Den star and Harmonia CEO Norah Casey also talks about the rip-off ‘pink tax’.

  • 8 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Center Parcs is planning a €10 million spa for its new Longford resort

The company says the Aqua Sana facility will be ‘Ireland’s largest spa’.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • tourism and transport

A new report claims Dublin Airport needs a third terminal - but DAA is having none of it

The State-owned operator says there are more pressing issues at the hub.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

These are the airlines that will dominate Dublin Airport's skies this winter

The schedule kicks off this week and will see over 86,000 take-offs and landings at the hub.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Work

Poll: Do you think employee opinion surveys are worthwhile?

Some say they’re useful for employers. Others think they don’t reflect issues that may be affecting workers.

  • 1 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Icelandic low-cost carrier Wow Air has confirmed its third Dublin-Canada connection

The airline will start flying to Vancouver via Reykjavik in June of next year.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

'Don't believe everything you read' – Ryanair is bullish in the face of strikes and profit slips

Ryanair executives have moved to downplay the scale of industrial action faced by the airline.

  • 4 min read
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  • tourism and transport

For the first time in seven years, fewer French tourists are planning a trip to Ireland

Local tourism officials want to beef up their PR and media presence in the country.

  • 4 min read
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Employee opinion surveys are deeply flawed. Here's why

Gareth Murphy

Gareth Murphy

Financial Services Union

Big companies put a lot of stock in these reviews – but they don’t provide proper feedback from workers.

  • 4 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech
  • tourism and transport

Vodafone Ireland is worried that new EU rules will 'stunt' the growth of 5G technology

The carrier has been lobbying the government over the framework that will govern connected car systems.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Two months out from Christmas, retailers are short-stocked for seasonal staff

Stores are facing worker shortages as the country nears full employment.

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

With backing from Alibaba, Showtime plans to take its cinema analytics deeper into China

The Dublin company secured €2m this week to expand in emerging markets.

  • 4 min read
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The 7 steps to buying another business without getting stung

Edward Byrne

Edward Byrne

Corporate finance director, Crowe

Acquiring an established firm is less risky than starting your own. But it’s not hazard-free.

  • 6 min read
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  • Work

Brown Bag Films wants 'less restrictive' foreign worker rules as it struggles to find EU staff

The Irish animation studio joined other employers in calling for an overhaul of existing permits.

  • 6 min read
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