Caveat: Donohoe boxes clever this time round on tourism’s special 9% VAT rateDragging out debate around restoring the higher rate would be a mistake – either leave it as it is or be decisive about the timelineFri May 13 2022 - 05:06
Revenue annual report shows €5,500 gender pay gap in favour of male tax officialsTax authority collected €96.6bn on behalf of State in 2021Wed May 11 2022 - 13:38
Mobile tech firm mAdme eyes recovery after ‘horrendous’ pandemic experienceDenis O’Brien-backed business had €8.4m deficit on its balance sheet at end June 2021Wed May 11 2022 - 05:22
Iseq lags slightly as European markets recover following Monday’s batteringBargain-hunters enter market after sell-off on economic worriesTue May 10 2022 - 18:38
WordPress and Tumblr owner pumps €200m into loss-making Irish unitAutomattic’s Irish unit employs 200 staff who work remotelyTue May 10 2022 - 18:36
Irish beer production slumped in 2021 but recovery under wayIbec report shows drink sector started to recover when pubs reopened last summerTue May 10 2022 - 05:50
Westmeath fire protection firm pays more than €10m for Swedish companyWritech plans further European expansion after two private equity-backed deals this yearTue May 10 2022 - 05:28
North’s economy slows as inflation subdues growth in activityUlster Bank calls for swift formation of a Northern Ireland executive following to elections to deal with economic challengesMon May 09 2022 - 05:46
Electric Picnic made €2.4m profit in 2020 despite not going aheadInsurance payout of €3.6m boosts company behind festival that is due to return this yearMon May 09 2022 - 05:15
ILIM seeking more investors for European property fundFund makes its first two property investments in Belgium and FranceSun May 08 2022 - 18:05
Caveat: €58m bonus play of Boohoo’s Irish chief could become a crying gameInflation has slowed the online fast fashion retailer’s growthFri May 06 2022 - 05:51
Irish hotel industry's impressive renaissance complicated by ‘distorted’ marketAgenda: Hospitality sector figures skewed by pent-up demand, inflation and refugeesFri May 06 2022 - 05:45
Markets dip as US Fed fails to soothe investor concerns over possible interest rate riseEcommerce stocks fall as pandemic bounce fadesThu May 05 2022 - 18:56
London private equity firm backs buyout of Irish group Fastway CouriersManagement at the 20-year-old business will hold a minority stakeTue May 03 2022 - 20:17
Liquidator launches legal case over collapse of German property schemeMUT 103 raised cash for German Property Group and owes €41m to investorsSat Apr 30 2022 - 03:00
Strong corporate earnings see European markets end April on high noteUS shares fall on inflation worriesFri Apr 29 2022 - 19:46
Inflation continues to creep up but energy prices fall back in AprilIreland’s 7.3 per cent annual rate is close to the Euro zone averageFri Apr 29 2022 - 16:08
Climate agenda brings real challenges for international tourismThere is a limit to how green discretionary travel can ever beFri Apr 29 2022 - 05:08
Former co-owner of Travelodge group in Ireland, Richard O’Sullivan, dies aged 56The former Jurys executive had been unwell in recent yearsThu Apr 28 2022 - 19:23
Watchdog clears AIB’s deal for Ulster loan book but highlights ‘concerns’Banking customers may be affected by consolidation, competition regulator warnsThu Apr 28 2022 - 18:44
AIB has ‘blacklist’ for companies that won’t address climate changeChief tells tourism conference it will ‘turn away’ firms that don’t try to reduce emissionsWed Apr 27 2022 - 19:39
Willie Walsh says Government’s handling of aviation in the pandemic ‘very poor’Former British Airways and Aer Lingus chief criticises politiciansWed Apr 27 2022 - 12:45
Oracle’s Irish unit funds €1bn payment to the US technology groupStaff numbers last year at the tech giant’s Dublin operation fell by about 200Tue Apr 26 2022 - 20:57
Francesca McDonagh to step down as Bank of Ireland chief executiveExecutive is expected to join another European financial institutionTue Apr 26 2022 - 17:38
Digital media start-up The Currency enters profitJournalism site backed by Michael McDowell says it has 5,500 paying subscribersTue Apr 26 2022 - 16:04
Worries over China’s economy and US interest rates keep markets subduedBanks and commodities stocks fall sharplyMon Apr 25 2022 - 19:59
Applegreen to invest €117m in New Jersey highway plazas and HQUS state’s Irish-American governor announces deal on Dublin trade missionMon Apr 25 2022 - 19:46
Caveat: Ireland needs to be careful it doesn’t end up dancing to TikTok’s tuneThe Chinese-controlled social media giant potentially could be even more troublesome for the State than its US Silicon Valley peersFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:52
Kylemore Abbey in Connemara aims for tourist revivalBenedictine abbey needs tourism boost to finance €5m monastery planFri Apr 22 2022 - 05:26
Nearly €270m in wage supports went to firms filing dividend returnsRevenue figures show 641 subsidised companies ‘made some form of distribution’Thu Apr 21 2022 - 05:30
Irish aviation traffic rises 10 per cent in 2021Passenger numbers still down by more than two-thirds on pre-pandemic levels, says CSOWed Apr 20 2022 - 19:29
Chips not down for Wexford man running US semiconductor giantAnalog Devices chief Vincent Roche is the only Irish person running a Fortune 500 companyFri Apr 15 2022 - 12:30
Kerry Group’s desperate attempts to keep its Russian food factory leave a bad tasteCaveat: Kerry is the only Irish multinational keeping alive its links with Putin’s fetid regimeFri Apr 08 2022 - 05:06
Owner of Field’s jewellers sold two British stores for near €6m as pandemic bitAnthony Nicholas, which owns Field’s and Fraser Hart, used cash to pay down debtsThu Apr 07 2022 - 06:10
Tourism officials fear US Covid test rules may harm sector’s recoveryVisitors from States to Ireland have to test negative here before returning homeMon Apr 04 2022 - 05:51
Grafton Group to challenge proposed Offaly manure-to-gas plantBiogas facility in Tullamore gets green light from planners but now faces judicial reviewMon Apr 04 2022 - 05:16
Irish are highly ‘crypto curious’, says industry reportWinklevoss twins’ Gemini exchange says almost 60% of Irish want to buy or learn about cryptocurrencyMon Apr 04 2022 - 05:00
Self-inflicted problems threaten to take off at Dublin AirportFrom drop-off charges to dire security queues and deals with autocratic regimes, DAA has made several misstepsFri Apr 01 2022 - 05:22
Investors fret over impact of war and monetary tightening to fight inflationShares across Europe fall heavily as doubts grow over Russia-Ukraine peace talksWed Mar 30 2022 - 19:50
Declan Ganley revives plan for bar complex close to TuamTelecoms entrepreneur intends to redevelop Derreen Inn site with additional facilitiesWed Mar 30 2022 - 05:31
Dermot Desmond-backed mining company values royalties at €700mMountain Province Diamonds closes funding deal with Irish businessman as investment shinesTue Mar 29 2022 - 19:32
P&O’s barbaric sackings share ‘Hall of Infamy’ with ClerysSheer scale of the ferry group’s managerial incompetence is a sight to beholdFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:24
Pádraig O’Céidigh quits as Shannon chair after less than six monthsO’Céidigh did not comment on suggestion of friction with group’s management teamThu Mar 24 2022 - 20:36
Ukraine uncertainty keeps a lid on European shares but US markets reboundTech stocks keep the Nasdaq riding highThu Mar 24 2022 - 19:34
Tourist numbers could reach 60% of 2019 levels, industry saysRecovery could yet be hampered by war in Ukraine, inflation and staff shortage, says IticWed Mar 23 2022 - 19:11
Irish businessman Declan Ganley to take on Elon Musk in space satellite raceRivada Networks to launch €4bn satellite system to provide global broadband networkWed Mar 23 2022 - 05:49
Opayo systems failure affecting some retail card transactionsPayments processor says its system is ‘down’ resulting in customers’ cards being declinedMon Mar 21 2022 - 18:40
More than one-in-three workers have never set foot in their office, research suggestsHigh level of job switching in the pandemic means many staff are yet to work from their current employer’s baseFri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
Government seeks answers on Irish routes as P&O Ferries suspends servicesCompany, which operates Dublin-Liverpool and Larne-Cairnryan, is making 800 UK seafarers redundantThu Mar 17 2022 - 18:13
Irish-Ukrainian seeks help to cold call Russians over Putin’s propagandaTech industry executive has helped to build campaign with other Russian speakersMon Mar 14 2022 - 04:45
