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  • Startups and tech

Why Galway's push to lure fintech startups out west is starting to pay off

Local and foreign companies in the fintech and blockchain space are looking outside Dublin.

  • 6 min read
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  • Startups and tech

From 'a bunch of nerds' to 'sex parties' – how this Irish tech founder has seen Silicon Valley change

Paul Biggar talks about why he fell in love with the US tech scene and the ‘party on the edge of the earth’.

  • 8 min read
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  • food and drink
  • policy and economy

‘We’re assuming the worst’: How Ireland’s food firms are prepping for Brexit

From cookies to chicken, Irish companies see both challenges and opportunities on the horizon.

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

One of Ireland's top attractions wants to use beacon tech to plan exhibits and find choke points

The Chester Beatty Library is in the middle of a number of digital-focused projects.

  • 4 min read
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How to take a food product idea from your kitchen table to the supermarket shelf

Martin Kelleher

Martin Kelleher

MD, SuperValu

You might make a mean strawberry jam, but it’s a big leap to start producing it for consumers.

  • 5 min read
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  • policy and economy

Here are Ireland's most active business lobbyists

Nearly 10,000 returns were submitted to the Register of Lobbying last year.

  • 4 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Meet the Irishman who wants to turn Emirates airline's 'fantasy land' into a reality

Enda Corneille lays out the Gulf carrier’s growth ambitions for its Dublin route to Dubai.

  • 9 min read
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  • food and drink

Here's what's stopping craft cider from becoming the new craft beer

Although there’s scope for the fledgling industry to take flight, some obstacles stand in the way.

  • 6 min read
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The 5 bad employer traits that drive workers bananas

Maureen Lynch

Maureen Lynch

Director, Hays Ireland

If you recognise yourself in this lineup, there’s a problem.

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

The brothers behind a Drumshanbo craft brewery have had their Dublin pub plans knocked back

The council has blocked Carrig Brewing Company’s bid to expand its city centre joint Bar Rua.

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

Ireland has moved up the ranks of the European innovation scoreboard

The EU recognised the country for its SMEs and positive employment impacts.

  • 2 min read
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'I had to change job three times in six months when Uber came to London – I needed to leave'

Nik Mehta

Nik Mehta

Co-founder, Nutty Delights

After losing his job in the cab industry, Nik Mehta moved to Ireland and now runs a nut store in Dublin.

  • 9 min read
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  • policy and economy

Bourbon, jeans and motorbikes – the EU’s hit list of tariffs on US goods that have just taken effect

The move comes after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

‘A lot of people would have said I was mad, but it seems to be going from strength to strength’

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Macroom Buffalo Mozzarella.

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

Primark is battling to keep one of its prime city centre properties off the land-hoarders list

The firm faces thousands of euro in levies over the long-vacant Independent House on Abbey Street.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Scandi low-cost airline Norwegian is launching its first route from Ireland to Canada

The service to Hamilton-Toronto will commence from March 2019.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A Portuguese digital bank has pumped €50m into Ireland's largest crowd lender

Banco BNI Europa will release the funds to Linked Finance over a two-year period.

  • 2 min read
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  • Work

Companies are losing droves of new hires over misleading jobs specs

Retention of staff has been cited as a big challenge by Irish businesses.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

The Kildare company trying to improve farm animals' health with an algorithm

As part of our weekly Startup Spotlight series, we profile Terra Liquid Minerals.

  • 5 min read
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  • retail and services

The group that operates Liffey Valley's cinema has snapped up two more venues

Vue has bought Showtime Cinemas, which operates screens in Ashbourne and Limerick.

  • 2 min read
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