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With Brexit looming, it's time for small firms to start making some hard decisions

Gerard Brady

Gerard Brady

Ibec

Many smaller businesses are caught in the headlights.

  • 5 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

'It could be a very public failure': The rollercoaster of equity crowdfunding for startups

Irish firms that have raised money on the platforms say it pays to temper expectations.

  • 7 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Why the Shelbourne's new boss has learned to open champagne bottles with a golden sword

JP Kavanagh is looking for ways to ‘engineer spontaneity’ at the iconic property.

  • 5 min read
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7 reasons why startups struggle to raise venture finance

Steve Collins

Steve Collins

Partner, Frontline VC

VCs play an important role in funding high-potential, high-growth companies.

  • 7 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech

'We can't guarantee this won't happen again': Facebook's private reaction to its content scandal

The tech giant went into damage control with Irish officials well before the Dispatches revelations aired.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property
  • retail and services
  • tourism and transport

This long-vacant Dublin city site has the green light to be turned into a hotel

The former Outlet Store on George’s Street has been empty for decades.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Work

KBC has been labelled 'sloppy' for hiring a worker with a prior conviction

The bank said that the case was an ‘isolated occurrence’.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

A German logistics giant has snapped up this Dublin freight-forwarding firm

Avant Air and Sea manages global shipments and builds software systems for goods tracking.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services

Sports Direct just bought House of Fraser - but its Dublin store still hangs in the balance

The troubled department store chain was considering administration.

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

This is how much passengers spend in each of Dublin Airport's shops and restaurants

Newsagents WH Smith has higher sales than any other individual retailer with turnover of €23 million.

  • 3 min read
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  • resource and energy
  • Startups and tech

'I wasn't going to college - all my friends were working for themselves and I wanted that too'

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

  • 7 min read
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  • retail and services

The family that brought Poundworld to Ireland has swooped to buy what's left of the UK chain

The British business entered administration earlier this year and has already closed hundreds of stores.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Irish IT giant Version 1 topped €100m in sales last year - but it's worried about the pound

The software services group has been on an acquisition spree in recent years.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

A Dunnes worker who claimed she was sacked because of her disability has won €30,000

The retailer fired the woman after a two-year period of illness-related absence.

  • 4 min read
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  • Startups and tech

An Irish platform for booking public speakers has been scooped up by a Belgian firm

Speakific will merge with Speakersbase to take on international markets.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • retail and services

Blanchardstown centre has been cleared for a renovation to 'bring it in line' with rivals

The owners of the Dublin shopping mall want to remove its central fountain.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

The Dublin startup that's fine-tuning customer service... using artificial intelligence

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Webio.

  • 6 min read
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  • tourism and transport

One-sixth of all Ryanair flights will be cancelled on Friday due to strikes

Germany pilots will join counterparts in Ireland and other countries in stopping work.

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

The aviation watchdog couldn't keep up with a big spike in passenger complaints last year

The Commission for Aviation Regulation received over 1,000 queries about flight cancellations and delays.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Here are Ireland's most – and least – popular holiday destinations

Everywhere bar the border region and midlands recorded an increase in overseas visitors last year.

  • 3 min read
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