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  • Startups and tech

This Irish-American VC firm wants to open up the 'exclusive' world of startup investment

Cosimo Ventures plans to launch a fund powered by blockchain technology.

  • 7 min read
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What employers need to know about dealing with intoxicated staff

Derek McKay

Derek McKay

MD, Adare Human Resource Management

Drug and drink dependency is considered a disability under employment equality laws.

  • 5 min read
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  • tourism and transport

Hoteliers say taxis should be forced to offer card payments as a 'basic service'

The industry’s lobby group has described cabbies as ‘ambassadors for their country’.

  • 4 min read
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  • Startups and tech

'Space is commercial now': How Irish startups can make the most of the final frontier

The ESA’s huge budget is feeding into a growing space industry here.

  • 4 min read
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  • food and drink

The Irish food board wants to know how to 'win back' vegetarians and vegans

Dairy promoters have blamed social media ‘influencers’ for pushing people to plant-based milk substitutes.

  • 4 min read
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'50 years ago, you started a business as your livelihood - now everyone just wants to sell out'

Ronan Perceval

Ronan Perceval

CEO, Phorest

Here’s why entrepreneurs should aspire to build an ‘evergreen company’.

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

A rail project with no funding or timeline has stopped construction of a Dublin office block

The long-delayed Dart Underground led to the development being knocked back.

  • 3 min read
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'I sourced the parts and used YouTube to teach myself how to fix phones. That's how I started'

Darragh Mullin

Darragh Mullin

Owner, iBroke

Darragh Mullin has tried his hand at a few businesses, some have worked and others didn’t.

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

A new Irish drinks brand has bought a disused Tipperary Water plant for €3m

Oscar Wilde Water will create up to 100 new jobs at the facility in Borrisoleigh.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Work

Access to affordable childcare would help plug skills gaps - and bring down business costs

The national competitiveness watchdog has branded Ireland ‘high-cost and rising’.

  • 4 min read
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  • health and education
  • Startups and tech

Outspoken ex-senator John Crown has joined this growing Dublin med-tech outfit

The leading oncologist will help OncoMark further develop its breast cancer test.

  • 2 min read
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  • health and education

‘Childcare isn't one of those industries that you go into to make a huge pile of money’

As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Dublin-based Tigers Childcare.

  • 7 min read
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  • retail and services
  • tourism and transport

Restoring duty-free between Ireland and the UK could bring a €45m post-Brexit boost

That’s according to a new economic report commissioned by the Irish Duty-Free Alliance.

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

Despite council opposition, a new 'superpub' is coming to Dublin's nightclub quarter

The plans for the Harcourt Street venue were proposed by the couple behind the Nurse On Call agency.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property

Ireland's biggest urban development has been given the green light for Cherrywood

More than 1,200 apartments will be built exclusively for the rental market.

  • 2 min read
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  • retail and services

'It's been difficult - professionally and personally': Sugru's Irish founder on a 'disappointing' sale

Many small investors lost most of their money after backing the mouldable glue maker.

  • 5 min read
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  • Startups and tech

A new group of angel investors wants to back Irish startups expanding into the UK

HBAN’s London Syndicate plans to invest €3 million in local firms targeting the market.

  • 4 min read
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  • health and education
  • Startups and tech

How a bovine episode on a Kerry farm inspired this Dublin medical device startup

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

  • 5 min read
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  • building and property

A lack of desirable office space in Galway is 'severely hampering' the city

Property firm Cushman & Wakefield said poor supply in the region is now at a ‘critical stage’.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

The firm behind the Aungier Danger doughnut chain is headed for liquidation

But its founder says his business ‘isn’t going anywhere’ and plans to expand.

  • 2 min read
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