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  • Startups and tech

This Limerick facial recognition startup has been scooped up by US tech firm

EmotionReader develops AI that recognises people’s emotions in videos.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

An Irish startup trying to lure businesses from JustEat and Deliveroo has raised €2m

Dublin-based Flipdish plans to use the funding to expand into new European markets.

  • 2 min read
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  • tourism and transport

'Everybody said the travel agent is dead and the internet will take over. But it was just hype'

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Cathy Burke of Travel Counsellors.

  • 7 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Startups and tech

Dublin retail tech startup Pointy has raised $12m from investors to expand in the US

The company says it’s focused on ‘user growth and happiness’ for now – rather than revenue.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Work

One 'Big Four' firm is taking on 500 new staff - and more than half will be graduates

EY is hiring for its offices across the country as its fee income climbs.

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

This Irish firm has landed millions to help businesses switch to energy-saving lights

The €55 million in new lending will be used to boost UrbanVolt’s international expansion.

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

Meet the husband-and-wife duo easing tourists' culture shock with an app

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

  • 5 min read
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  • retail and services

The warm weather has given a major boost to Woodie's DIY sales

Revenue at the Grafton Group-owned retailer was up by over 25% in Ireland over May and June.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services

A Dunnes Stores 'retail transformation' project in south Dublin has hit a snag

After revamping some of its biggest stores, the retailer was planning to overhaul its Sandyford supermarket.

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

'At 10, I sold games from my bedrooom - my mother was shocked at my little enterprise'

Teamwork’s Peter Coppinger talks about his early entrepreneurial ambitions.

  • 8 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Ryanair will cancel 30 flights this Thursday due to the planned pilot strike

Members of the IALPA trade union are going on strike.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A cybersecurity firm owned by an NFL billionaire is hiring in Portlaoise

Irish-founded SkOUT will create 30 ‘high-value’ jobs at its new European headquarters

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

A beauty therapist sacked for friending clients on Facebook has been awarded €10,000

The worker at the clinic in Howth was also accused of taking company property without permission.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services

An Irish scooter maker pushed to the brink by the collapse of Toys R Us has been saved

Yvolve Sports has exited examinership after it hit cash flow issues when the US giant filed for bankruptcy.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

The biggest Domino's operator in Ireland sold nearly €50m worth of pizzas last year

The Caldwells’ Tallaght outlet is one of the pizza chain’s busiest stores worldwide.

  • 2 min read
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  • insights and opinion
  • tourism and transport

Poll: Should the State prioritise cycle lanes over other transport infrastructure?

Dublin Chamber says the bicycle could help solve traffic congestion in the capital.

  • 1 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A Belfast firm has chosen Athlone over 'several global locations' for its new software hub

Neueda Technologies plans to create 200 new high-tech jobs in the midlands town.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Time to break out the shorts? What employers need to do for staff in a heatwave

We talked to employment experts about rules and advice for dealing with the summer heat.

  • 4 min read
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  • retail and services

Why online-only supermarkets haven't come to Ireland... yet

Stock exchange-listed Ocado has global ambitions but hasn’t washed up on these shores.

  • 5 min read
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  • Sports
  • tourism and transport

'We didn't get the reaction there like in Europe': Why Clubs to Hire is pulling back from the US

The online golf club rental service is instead investing in its continental operations.

  • 4 min read
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