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'Not fit for purpose': Why startups want Ireland's flagship investor scheme overhauled
The EIIS programme offers tax breaks for startup backers – but the industry says it’s not up to task.
Ireland's tourism trade group wants the State to beef up budgets with Wild Atlantic Way merch
Funding for Fáilte Ireland has halved in a decade.
Now out of stealth mode, DataEgg is bringing AR to the factory floor with VW and Huawei
The Kilkenny startup said it’s now ready to move the major projects to their next stages.
How Ireland can nurture a generation of blockchain professionals
This isn’t a lofty ambition – there’s already a groundswell of momentum behind the technology.
The construction lobby claims that lowball State contracts have 'cursed' builders
The sector says unrealistic tender prices could bring public projects to a standstill.
'I posed as a courier to doorstep Pat Kenny. Six weeks later, my game was on the Toy Show'
Forty years after making his first board game, John Dunne is ready to relaunch the invention.
Ikea's Irish bosses have been accused of fostering 'a repressive, anti-union environment'
Mandate and several other trade unions have filed a complaint with Dutch authorities.
A no-deal Brexit could spell 'severe' short-term pain for airlines like Ryanair
But the Dublin-based carrier would likely fair better than its older rivals in the long run.
Sennheiser has been told to offer better redundancy payouts to staff being axed in Offaly
The electronics manufacturer is culling 65 jobs at its Tullamore facility.
The consumer watchdog has concerns about a 'natural monopoly' in the Irish waste sector
The average home now pays between €230 – €280 a year in waste collection charges.
Ireland's biggest hotel group says its Dublin staff don't feel safe cycling to work
Dalata wrote to ask Transport Minister Shane Ross to press on with a plan for more bike paths.
‘We started out with just €1,000 - there were no bank loans, no VCs, no rich uncles’
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile EventEase.
Dublin ocean energy firm OpenHydro is going under with debts of €280 million
Investors hoped the company could be saved, but it’s now headed for liquidation.
'It could jeopardise the brand' – Salad chain Chopped faces closure of its Grafton Street outlet
Both the council and national planning authority said the store is in breach of planning laws.
The Collison brothers' Stripe is now valued at $20bn after another funding round
Chief executive Patrick Collison said the company has no plans to go public.
The government's multimillion-euro travel agency of choice expects to prosper after Brexit
Sales at Club Travel grew €12 million to €145 million in 2017, new documents show.
PaidAde wants to ease the headache of paperwork for builders and trade workers
As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile the app and construction-tech startup.
The drinks industry claims new alcohol labelling laws will make Ireland a ‘global pariah’
Health Minister Simon Harris is expected to retain cancer warning labels in the new alcohol bill.
Ireland's aviation authority says flights to the UK could 'stop at midnight' with a hard Brexit
The IAA’s chair-designate also warned that capacity issues would limit growth at Dublin Airport.