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  • building and property
  • tourism and transport

Crowdfunding and selling holiday homes - the new plans to bankroll Sligo's 'glamping village'

Funeral director David McGowan says he’s already put more than €1 million into the project.

  • 5 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Why Ireland's drought of early funding could have a long-term impact on local startups

Seed investment has been falling – and that’s expected to have a knock-on effect for young firms.

  • 8 min read
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How this 'draconian' new employment law could destroy small businesses

 Sven Spollen-Behrens

Sven Spollen-Behrens

Director, Small Firms Association

The so-called ‘Banded Hours Bill’ is a step too far for employers.

  • 5 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

Mobile-only Starling Bank is prepping Ireland for its first launch into the eurozone

The UK challenger bank – set up by a former AIB exec – plans to open an office here by end of the year.

  • 4 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Galway's AmaTech has been scooped up by a French contactless tech group

The Spiddal-based company was founded in 2007.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

The Collison brothers' Stripe is bulking up its Dublin office to get closer to Europe

The $9.2 billion payments company has been expanding its local engineering team.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

‘It's a bit of a David-and-Goliath situation, but being smaller we can be more dynamic’

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

  • 7 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Michael O'Leary says Europe's skies could face 'full meltdown' this summer

The Ryanair boss warned staff shortages and strikes at air traffic control may hurt millions of passengers.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech
  • Work

'Two years is a long time': How PayPal is trying to hold onto company-hopping young staff

Louise Phelan says the payments giant is rolling out the perks for millennials.

  • 3 min read
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  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

Payments firm Circle is applying for an Irish licence to protect itself from Brexit

The company has applied for e-money authorisation to ensure continued European operations.

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

How a Cavan-founded startup thinks it can help hotels sell better weddings

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

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink
  • retail and services

Burger chain Five Guys is opening a joint in Swords Pavilions' new 'restaurant quarter'

The €3.3 million development is due to be completed by the end of the year.

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

Deliveroo is recruiting hundreds more outlets by letting takeaways use their own drivers

The food-delivery company predicts the change will mean 50% more eateries on its service in Ireland.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

The Singaporean state is piling cash into a Dublin startup making charity donations transparent

Enterprise Ireland has also backed AID:Tech, which will now make moves into the Asian market.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property
  • Work

As Dublin's office shortage intensifies, Microsoft is moving into WeWork's new co-working space

Fellow tech firm Twilio and US food company KIND Bars are also taking up desks in Iveagh Court.

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

'I'd love to have a Graham Norton-style chair for job interviews'

Click&Go’s Paul Hackett talks about why he’s no time for slow decision-makers.

  • 6 min read
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  • policy and economy

The former firm behind Dublin's Tamango nightclub has been slapped with a big tax bill

Portmarnock-based White Sands Hotel Limited was ordered to pay out €480,000.

  • 3 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A Trinity College spin-out has raised thousands to bring virtual reality 'into the mainstream'

Volograms has closed a €600,000 seed investment round.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Paddy Cosgrave says MoneyConf will stay in Dublin 'for the foreseeable future'

Around 5,000 attendees are expected at the fintech-focused conference over two days.

  • 3 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Irish Ferries has cancelled thousands of bookings as its new boat is delayed - again

The ferry operator previously cancelled its July sailings for the new WB Yeats ship.

  • 2 min read
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