How I would fix the doomed rural broadband plan if I were the communications minister
The long-delayed project is just never going to work in its current format.
Policy and economy
A threat to 350 jobs and 'unconstitutional' – here's Viagogo's legal memo to the State about tout laws
The government is seeking legal advice on issues raised by the ticket resale website.
Enterprise Ireland has urged firms to adopt a 'no regrets' policy to Brexit
The agency is expanding offices around the world to diversify Irish companies’ market reach.
If we want our entrepreneurial spirit to blossom, we have to help the smaller guys
It would be perilous to ignore the issues facing Irish startups in 2019.
Poll: Do you believe all the economic doom and gloom predicted for 2019?
The previews for the 12 months ahead have flooded in, with most wary of a slowdown in growth.
Stores warn a tax hike on food supplements is 'completely inconsistent' with health policy
Lobbyists wrote to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe over incoming VAT increases.
Big retailers like Halfords and B&Q fear Brexit will end share schemes for their Irish workers
Industry players say the end of passporting could see Ireland’s save-as-you-earn market ‘wiped out’.
Ireland is closed for business when it comes to luring badly-needed professional contractors
Here’s how Budget 2019 was a lost opportunity for the country to address its talent shortage.
Here are the main issues Ireland's lawmakers will encounter in 2019
Political anoraks will have a lot to mull over when Oireachtas business resumes later this month.
The IDA is eyeing up new markets as America's 'long positive cycle' comes to an end
The agency’s new figures show that foreign direct investment added over 22,000 jobs last year.
A minimum wage rise and higher VAT: These are the new budget measures that just kicked in
A raft of changes were rolled out at midnight under plans included in Budget 2019.
These are the counties that have spent the most - and least - on Christmas decorations
New data show how much local councils earmarked for festive trimmings for the last three years.
Major concert promoters will hike ticket prices under incoming tax changes
Restaurants and hotels have lost their special 9% VAT rate – but so have some event organisers.
'A field day for the black market': Docs reveal what the minister was told after the budget VAT hike
Hospitality firms and hairdressers wrote to Paschal Donohoe to say they will be forced to shut up shop.
A junior minister tried citing a 25-year-old policy to spare tourism firms some pain from VAT hikes
But the appeal to his Fine Gael colleague, Paschal Donohoe, doesn’t appear to have paid off.
Dublin has been named one of the top cities in the world for foreign investment
The capital came in third overall in a ‘global cities of the future’ report on the best locations for FDI.
Eir has accused ComReg of breaking EU laws in its clampdown on costly helplines
The watchdog is rolling out new rules relating to ‘non-geographic numbers’.
Ryanair is suing Irish officials over where the airline's staff are taxed
The High Court challenge relates to tax laws for Europe-based workers.
Two years after the 'double Irish' was shelved, Google used it to shift billions to Bermuda
However the search giant says it has since paid tax on the offshore profits in the US.
Ireland's financial watchdog says an economic slowdown is ‘inevitable’
An Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report notes the short-term outlook is strong – but there are risks ahead.