State using 8,500 hotel rooms to house refugees Surge in demand for accommodation for refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere is worsening an acute supply shortage for tourists that has led to escalating room ratesMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
New gender pay gap rules need greater clarity, says PwCHow to account for maternity pay, sick pay and bonuses among problem areas, according to firmMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
War and protectionism are making it harder to do corporate deals, report suggestsTalent, trade and technology the main driving factors behind mergers and acquisitions, says EvershedsMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
Hotel room excessive price hikes may cost tourism its 9% VAT rateHoteliers claim room prices are up because refugees are occupying much of their stock. But taxpayers pay them for these and sector is profiteering on remaining supplyFri Jun 10 2022 - 05:00
Glen Dimplex agrees to sell Morphy Richards in deal worth up to €200mElectrical group founded by Martin Naughton will sell the appliances unit to a Chinese companyThu Jun 09 2022 - 05:00
Workers are being urged to show pay restraint but, in all fairness, why should they?Less of the wage-price spiral doom-mongering. Employers can't hold off on pay rises with inflation above 8% and, as the IMF says, they could always accept lower profitsFri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
UK firm Attestor Capital offers €9.4m for Bleeding Horse pub in DublinLondon investment firm has invested heavily in Dublin pub scene, but co-owner of Bleeding Horse suggests he wants it to pay higher priceThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
European shares drop as investors fret over inflation and growthIseq index in Dublin plunges 2.4%Wed Jun 01 2022 - 19:13
Former Fine Gael TD Noel Rock joins Red Flag ConsultingFormer deputy for Dublin North-West sells his Pixel public affairs consultancy to communications group founded by Karl Brophy and chaired by Gavin O’ReillyTue May 31 2022 - 17:39
Government faces industry resistance over ‘latte levy’Customers face 20 cent levy on disposable takeaway coffee cups but some café owners say `keep cups` could be even worse for the environmentFri May 27 2022 - 20:04
Shortages and price hikes affecting Ireland’s tourism sector made worse by our own decisionsLack of hotel rooms, rental cars and staff would not be as bad if policymakers didn’t display such muddled thinking towards industryFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Liechtenstein regulators approve Declan Ganley’s satellite broadband dealGalway businessman’s Rivada group plans to launch 600 satellites into space for €4bn global networkFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Stock markets strengthen as worries ease over interest ratesIrish market rises by 1.1% as multinationals have solid sessionThu May 26 2022 - 19:02
Ryanair wins ‘screenscraping’ case against Lastminute in FranceFrench unit of online travel agent Lastminute loses case against RyanairWed May 25 2022 - 13:36
Ryanair’s US ‘screenscraping’ case against Booking.com proceedsAirline is suing travel giant for allegedly reselling its fares at a mark-up without permissionWed May 25 2022 - 05:46
European shares regain footing after torrid time last weekBanks helped to lift Iseq in Dublin by 1.3%Mon May 23 2022 - 20:04
C&C aims to restore Magners’ sparkle in the British marketThe Irish company has emerged from the pandemic with a desire to keep it simpleFri May 20 2022 - 05:33
Center Parcs got €8.6m in State aid as pandemic slashed revenuesLongford holiday village is now trading strongly and finalising plans for €85m expansionWed May 18 2022 - 19:11
C&C eyes growth for ‘sleeping giant’ Magners and distribution platformDrinks group reports 88% bounceback in revenueTue May 17 2022 - 20:44
Markets in positive territory on economic hopes for China and the USIseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%Tue May 17 2022 - 19:04
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
