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  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

Online home retailer Wayfair is expanding its workforce around Ireland with 'virtual' jobs

The furnishing seller is adding 200 new positions to support its European business.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Record room rates helped the Merrion Hotel reach new revenue highs last year

The five-star venue said the results reflected ‘a strong performance in the Dublin market’.

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

Publishers want VAT axed on magazines so Irish titles can compete with UK rivals

Magazines Ireland want to see a 0% rate for both print and digital titles.

  • 3 min read
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Why it would be political folly for the government to hike tourism taxes

Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

CEO, Itic

The State has two choices: underpin Ireland’s biggest regional employer or undermine it.

  • 4 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • Startups and tech

'I lost more sleep over letting fantastic people go during the crash than any other time'

Philip Martin of Cora Systems also talks about using the GAA to develop contacts.

  • 6 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • tourism and transport

TV juggernaut HBO is turning its Irish Game of Thrones sets into tourist attractions

The American giant is planning to offer guided tours of its studio in the North when filming ends.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Lloyds Pharmacy has accused striking workers of 'putting the lives of patients at risk'

Trade union Mandate has strongly rejected the claims.

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

Wicklow Gaol is using virtual reality to show tourists the horrors of 19th century prison

A new VR attraction will allow visitors to ‘physically and emotionally’ experience life in the jail.

  • 2 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • policy and economy

Poll: Should the government bring back town councils?

Retail lobbyists believe they hold the key to reviving regional shops.

  • 1 min read
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  • media and marketing
  • tourism and transport

Sales are up at Lonely Planet's Irish arm - despite a 'tough market'

The Dublin-based operation is the master publisher for the company’s non-core territories.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Belfast airport has accused Norwegian Air of 'moronically' pushing passengers to Dublin

The Scandi carrier will no longer provide transatlantic services from Northern Ireland.

  • 2 min read
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  • media and marketing

A planned expansion at Limerick's Troy Studios will make it Ireland's largest film facility

The firm behind the production facility has already spent €6.5 million creating the 32,000 sq m hub.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • food and drink

Ahead of opening its €5m Longford facility, Lough Ree Distillery has released its first blend

The new distillery and visitor centre will be built in an old post office in Lanesborough.

  • 3 min read
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  • Startups and tech

'Growth won't happen by itself': Ireland's DataSolutions is bullish on the UK despite Brexit

The IT distributor wants to be the go-to firm for companies launching into the British market.

  • 4 min read
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  • tourism and transport

How Donegal is using its status as one of the west's least-visited counties as a selling point

State tourism figures suggest the region’s overseas visitor numbers declined last year.

  • 6 min read
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Ireland is falling behind when it comes to offshore wind energy. Here's what needs to change

Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy

Head of energy, Pinsent Masons

Policy clarity is needed to unlock the country’s renewable power potential.

  • 4 min read
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  • tourism and transport
  • Work

Aer Lingus is building a multimillion-euro training centre - but some staff's future is unclear

CEO Stephen Kavanagh has rejected claims the airline is trying to oust legacy-contract holders.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

Nap areas, meatball mounds and a 'tornado' vending machine - behind the scenes at Ikea

We take a tour of the Swedish furniture giant’s lucrative Dublin store’s little-seen areas.

  • 3 min read
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How planners can stop Ireland from turning into an island of zombie towns and villages

Lorraine Higgins

Lorraine Higgins

CEO, Retail Excellence

The return of town councils would help rescue diminishing high streets.

  • 4 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

Future Finance's new chief wants to take the Dublin company beyond student loans

Olga Dolchenko was promoted this summer to steer the lender to profitability.

  • 5 min read
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