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  • policy and economy
  • Work

'Precarious work becoming the norm': How a ban on zero-hours contracts may backfire

Experts say banning the contracts could just give rise to other insecure work setups.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

'You would want to be a bit crazy': The reality of business as a winemaker in Ireland

From growing grapes to adding peat, a few producers are trying to establish themselves in the wine trade.

  • 8 min read
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  • food and drink
  • Startups and tech

How Dublin startup Flipdish plans to overhaul Europe's 'fragmented' food-ordering market

The company recently bagged €2m to help sway restaurants from big players like Deliveroo.

  • 5 min read
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Why some mortgage holders are better off dealing with vulture funds than banks

Seamus Coffey

Seamus Coffey

UCC

No other country would put up with our home loan arrears mess.

  • 8 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Tesco has been accused of 'corporate bullying' for disciplining 80 striking staff

But the supermarket chain denies targeting workers for their union activities.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services

The Irish family that brought Poundworld here won't be rescuing the UK chain after all

Administrators say the Henderson dynasty’s agreement to buy 50 stores ‘didn’t go through’.

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

Here's how much Tesla made in its first year of sales in Ireland

Elon Musk’s electric car outfit recorded turnover of €2.8 million here in 2017.

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

The 'Spotify of journalism' has raised fresh funding to add more newsmakers to its ranks

NOA has landed a further €300,000 to ramp up its offering internationally.

  • 3 min read
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  • health and education
  • retail and services

'I tested my first health supplement on my family – nobody died so we said we’d keep going'

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Revive Active.

  • 7 min read
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Croke Park and the Digital Hub are fighting to keep prime sites off the land-hoarders list

Both organisations face hefty fines for sitting on vacant plots in Dublin.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services

This is how much the troubled House of Fraser owes Irish firms like Newbridge Silverware

Almost 100 companies based here have been left out of pocket.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

One of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges is dipping a toe into Ireland

Coinbase is testing Dublin as part of its aggressive global expansion.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink
  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

How a one-man seaweed startup got on the shelves at SuperValu and Selfridge's

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile This Is Seaweed.

  • 5 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Cosmetics giant Coty's Irish unit made a million-euro profit the year it cut 200 jobs in Tipperary

The Nenagh plant that made Max Factor products was shuttered in 2017.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

37,000 Eir customers affected by data breach after laptop stolen

Gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner have been notified.

  • 1 min read
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  • food and drink

These counties have seen the biggest decline in pubs over a decade

There were nearly 1,500 fewer pubs in Ireland last year than in 2005.

  • 3 min read
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  • insights and opinion

'The best advice? You can't keep both feet on the ground and kick ass at the same time'

Electricity Exchange’s Paddy Finn also talks about the struggles of hitting peak productivity at 3am.

  • 7 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Ireland is getting its first direct flights to Dallas

American Airlines will launch the service from Dublin in June 2019.

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

Here's what small firms think should be done to fix the housing crisis

The SFA has put forward Budget proposals to make residential developments more ‘commercially viable’.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy
  • retail and services

Filling station operator Top Oil has been bought by a Canadian fuel giant

New owners Irving Oil also operate Ireland’s only oil refinery in Cork.

  • 2 min read
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