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  • media and marketing

Lovin Dublin's founder has sold out of the business to Topaz's ex-boss

Niall Harbison is leaving the media group he set up in 2011.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

Salad-bar chain Chopped is rolling out new stores across Ireland's north

The company will open six new stores, starting with a flagship outlet in Belfast.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Lloyds Pharmacy workers have voted to go on strike next week

The industrial action follows the retailer rejecting a recommendation to sit down with union officials.

  • 2 min read
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  • Financial Services

Former Anglo boss David Drumm has been found guilty

The trial of the ex-Anglo CEO has been one of the longest-running in the history of the State.

  • 5 min read
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  • Startups and tech

This Dublin startup is elbowing its way into a multibillion-dollar piece of the fashion market

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

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property
  • tourism and transport

Supermac's chief Pat McDonagh has moved to add this Athlone hotel to his empire

The 68-bedroom Athlone Springs Hotel was put on the market for more than €3.5 million last year.

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

A €280m Saudi-backed plan to regenerate Waterford's North Quays has been cleared

Objections against the new shopping centre, office blocks and 300 apartments have been withdrawn.

  • 2 min read
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  • food and drink

A Cork firm has launched Ireland's first whiskey-focused investment fund

Over €10 million will be available exclusively to distilleries and businesses in the sector.

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

'The first time I let somebody go as a result of poor performance left a bit of a scar'

Stobart Air’s Graeme Buchanan talks about why he’d probably be a builder in an alternate life.

  • 7 min read
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  • retail and services

The collapse of Toys R Us has pushed an Irish scooter maker to the brink

Yvolve Sports Limited has struggled with cash flow problems since the US giant filed for bankruptcy.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

Two Irish firms are winding up after being dragged into a ‘perfect storm’ by Carillion's collapse

The Kildare-based Sammon group said its financial issues began after the downfall of the UK builder.

  • 4 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A Letterkenny startup has been scooped up by a well-funded US tech firm

CloudRanger had gained more than 300 customers and now plans to expand its business.

  • 3 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

Major outsourcing firm Abtran is recruiting hundreds of people for its new Sligo hub

The company currently employs 2,000 workers at existing offices in Cork, Dublin, Kildare and southern India.

  • 2 min read
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  • building and property

As property prices soar, another real estate firm is listing on Ireland’s stock exchange

Yew Grove plans to build a commercial portfolio worth between €300m and €500m within three years.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • retail and services

The government plans to slap a five-year expiration date on all gift cards

The Minister for Business says a lack of vouchers regulation ’causes confusion and worry’ for shoppers.

  • 2 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Irish IT services giant Version 1 has sealed another takeover deal

The company is buying London-based Cedar Consulting – its sixth acquisition in the UK.

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

Poll: Should all Irish taxis have to accept card payments?

The hotels lobby says that should be part of the ‘basic service’ all passengers can expect.

  • 1 min read
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  • retail and services

Europe's biggest online fashion retailer is launching an Irish store

Zalando set up an office in Dublin three years ago – but it hasn’t catered to shoppers here until now.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services
  • Work

'It's outrageous': A State sweep of nail bars found rampant employment law abuses

Two in five salons inspected last year broke rules on permits, payments or working hours.

  • 4 min read
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  • media and marketing

These are the lessons Irish firms can learn from the storyteller behind Barbie

Rob Hudnut spent nearly two decades producing movies and TV shows for toymaker Mattel.

  • 5 min read
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