Theravance Biopharma Ireland agrees potential $1bn dealThe company, whose parent is listed on the Nasdaq, to do study on Crohn’s diseaseThu Feb 08 2018 - 11:44
Private Equity firms taking increased interest in European software companiesTech veterans believe traditional view of PE firms as asset strippers no longer fitsThu Feb 08 2018 - 08:10
DCU spin-out company Pilot Photonics raises almost €1mCompany to expand after winning European Space Agency (ESA) contractThu Feb 08 2018 - 07:00
Irishman sells his tech firm to Miami Dolphins owner in $30m dealBillionaire buys cybersecurity firm Skout from Aidan Kehoe, who hails from LaoisThu Feb 08 2018 - 06:30
Banks embracing ‘innovation theatre’ more than digital changeCultural change on digital strategy needed in financial services, expert saysThu Feb 08 2018 - 06:10
MML takes controlling stake in Travel Department in €12m dealTour operator, which was established in 1996, had revenues of more than €40m last yearThu Feb 08 2018 - 06:00
Boost for blockchain research as EU increases funding four-foldFunding jumps to €340m as tender is put out for EU Blockchain ObservatoryThu Feb 08 2018 - 05:25
IT services provider Ergo to create 100 jobs in Dublin and CorkCompany, which is targeting turnover of €100m by 2020, is led by John PurdyWed Feb 07 2018 - 14:46
NDRC-backed companies raised over €50m last yearEarly stage tech investor has backed more than 250 start-ups over the last decadeWed Feb 07 2018 - 14:28
Vodafone Ireland promises 5G rollout within 24 monthsTelco successfully demonstrates the latest mobile technology at Dublin eventWed Feb 07 2018 - 12:59
Brothers secure €1.4m backing for video start-upSpirable creates video content for use primarily on social media channelsTue Feb 06 2018 - 20:45
Boasting about bitcoin profits ‘godsend for cybercriminals’Google says hype leading to increase in phishing attacks on those talking about it onlineTue Feb 06 2018 - 14:10
Dublin start-up Innerstrength Health raises €500,000 as it looks to expandCompany behind TickerFit received a mix of private investment and funds from EIMon Feb 05 2018 - 06:30
Epic museum eyes profitablity as visitor numbers set to riseDigital museum located in Dublin’s CHQ building expects at least 150,000 visitors this yearMon Feb 05 2018 - 06:15
Sterling rebound hits construction imports from UKFirms spending less on imports in move that could have knock-on effect on house pricesMon Feb 05 2018 - 05:28
Sales of Irish whiskey surge in US on back of premium brandsIrish whiskey one of the star performers among spirits as volumes jump 11.3%Mon Feb 05 2018 - 05:16
SMEs looking to switch banks due to lower costs, better digital offeringsNew research shows more than two-thirds of businesses expect to change lenderMon Feb 05 2018 - 05:07
Wholesale energy prices down due to mild weather, strong importsNew survey shows gas prices are 14% lower than December while electricity down 10%Mon Feb 05 2018 - 04:59
Stripe chief warns about housing costs as Dublin engineering hub announcedDublin engineering team to focus on online payments firm’s core productMon Feb 05 2018 - 04:00
Ryanair to launch routes between Jordan and continental EuropeIrish low-cost airline to operate 14 routes to Amman and Aqaba from early MarchSun Feb 04 2018 - 17:07
Eir says it outlined issues with State’s broadband plan a year agoRevenues decline 2% on both quarterly and half year bases as ebitda up 4% in Q2Fri Feb 02 2018 - 19:47
Dublin-listed IFG says legacy claims could cost it over £20mShares down 17% at one point but recover in later tradingFri Feb 02 2018 - 17:40
SSE Irish subsidiary pays €100m dividend to Scottish parentNewly filed accounts show turnover down at SSE Airtricity as pretax profits increaseFri Feb 02 2018 - 09:07
‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year awards to take place in MayInaugural gala awards night run in association with KPMG, to showcase best in businessThu Feb 01 2018 - 17:34
Training institute plans to train 2,000 aircraft maintenance engineersShannon-based company bounces back after being acquired out of examinershipThu Feb 01 2018 - 17:15
Vodafone Ireland sees slight rise in revenues as gains offset by mobileCompany gains 18,000 mobile customers as growth seen in fixed-line and enterpriseThu Feb 01 2018 - 13:03
Credit unions get go-ahead to invest in social housingThree new investment classes to be introduced under revised Central Bank rulesThu Feb 01 2018 - 12:15
Jump in spending by overseas tourists boosts retail spend in DublinLatest Dublin Economic Monitor shows rising employment but housing issues persistThu Feb 01 2018 - 11:56
Facial recognition for cows in focus as Irish start-up Cainthus gets backingCargill takes minority stake in Dublin-based machine vision company focused on agtechThu Feb 01 2018 - 11:34
Irish know-how proves to be passport to success for TanzaniaTanzanian government rolls out new ePassport developed and produced in IrelandThu Feb 01 2018 - 10:46
Irish video gaming studio Keywords expects big rise in revenuesGroup made 11 acquisitions last year and expects pretax profit of €22.5mThu Feb 01 2018 - 09:15
Turnover up at Ann Summers Irish unit as losses mountRetail group runs five so-called “pleasure emporiums” across IrelandThu Feb 01 2018 - 08:40
Amazon overtakes Apple and Google as most valuable brandNo Irish firms make top 500 but ‘Ireland Inc’ seen as one of the world’s leading brandsThu Feb 01 2018 - 07:00
Venture capital chief calls for ‘fund of funds’ to unlock VC in IrelandSarah-Jane Larkin named as new director-general of Irish Venture Capital AssociationWed Jan 31 2018 - 09:00
Ireland lags Azerbaijan for mobile broadband speedsInternet speeds rise, particularly in Leinster, but are still slow in rural areasTue Jan 30 2018 - 17:26
Start-ups get funding boost as EU to provide €30m to entrepreneursEuropean Investment Fund agrees deal with Microfinance Ireland to back 2,100 firmsTue Jan 30 2018 - 12:42
Dublin-listed Draper Esprit co-leads €9.9m funding round for UK firmEvonetix is a Cambridge-headquartered firm developing a novel gene synthesis platformTue Jan 30 2018 - 12:04
Irish gin producers to go global as exports set to soarNew forecast also suggests continued growth in sales of Irish whiskey globallyMon Jan 29 2018 - 07:00
Cork-based tech firm Over-C secures contracts worth €20mCompany confirms new deals with Dutch teleco KPN and Facilicom GroupFri Jan 26 2018 - 15:48
Life sciences firm Malin looking to raise €31m in new share placingListed group, whose backers include Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, seeks new fundsFri Jan 26 2018 - 08:48
Limerick-based software group AMCS makes another acquisitionCompany makes deal to acquire Brady Recycling Solutions from its parentFri Jan 26 2018 - 08:05
First-time buyers lead the way as mortgage approvals up 23%Some 43,000 mortgages were approved in 2017 with 34,798 drawndown over the yearThu Jan 25 2018 - 10:02
Business angel networks in Ireland and US team up to support Irish start-upsHBAN to collaborate with Digital Irish in New York to encourage investors to back firmsThu Jan 25 2018 - 07:30
Start-ups urged to look east as Techstars still wary of Dublin acceleratorIrish start-up ecosystem lacks tax relief for early investors, Techstars London chief saysThu Jan 25 2018 - 06:50
AQMetrics looks to double headcount and raise funds as it expandsMaynooth-based regtech firm to open office in mainland Europe after series of deal winsThu Jan 25 2018 - 05:15
Dollar slump hits European shares with CRH and Kingspan among losersIseq follows other European bourses lower with Glanbia, Ryanair and BoI all downWed Jan 24 2018 - 20:12
European Commission says only two member states ready for GDPRNew EU-wide data protection rules are due to come into force in late MayWed Jan 24 2018 - 13:48
Ireland seen as more innovative than in previous yearsState ranked 13th out of 50 countries for innovation while South Korea comes firstWed Jan 24 2018 - 10:52
Online payments firm Stripe ends support for bitcoinStripe was the first major payments company to support the cryptocurrencyWed Jan 24 2018 - 10:31
Belfast-based SureCert raises £400,000 for online recruitment platformBackers of start-up include Ulster University, TechStart NI and ClarendonMon Jan 22 2018 - 05:25
