A top tip for hospitality employers: treat your staff as well as you canAs industry prepares for a new phase of pandemic, the State is devising new laws to boost workers’ rights to gratuitiesFri Jan 21 2022 - 05:05
Number of new housing starts up sharply to almost 31,000Official figures show annual rate of housebuilding is close to Government targetsWed Jan 19 2022 - 19:21
Mark Paul: Irish pubs will be changed forever by the pandemicOn future nights out we are likely to seek out better ventilation and thinner crowdsFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:42
Developer duo agree €14.3m finance deal with Warren PrivateOisín and Phelim O’Connor are sons of Celtic Tiger developer John Flowery O’ConnorThu Jan 06 2022 - 06:14
European Commission defends Irish data watchdog in letter to MEPsData Protection Commissioner has been under pressure over allegations of weaknessWed Jan 05 2022 - 16:21
Watchdog asked to investigate shareholder payments by firms taking Covid supportsPublic Accounts Committee asked by former member to examine State wage subsidiesMon Jan 03 2022 - 05:45
Irish-backed breast implant maker taps shareholders for $5m as pandemic bitesDublin-headquartered GC Aesthetics is backed by Barry’s Tea and Bill McCabeMon Jan 03 2022 - 05:00
Growth continues to slow in manufacturing sectorSupply chain pressures easing but sector still suffering capacity constraints, AIB index showsMon Jan 03 2022 - 04:59
Retail lurched in 2021 from winter lockdown to summer boomReviving city centre retail and labour shortage will be big challenges for year aheadSat Jan 01 2022 - 05:24
Zara axed its Irish dividends after Covid hitSpanish retailing group appears to have received rent breaks from Irish landlordsWed Dec 29 2021 - 06:46
Gloom envelops hospitality and tourism sector at the end of 2021Sectors plunged back into uncertainty by the restrictions caused by Omicron variantWed Dec 29 2021 - 06:30
Businesses with super profits don’t need taxpayer helpCaveat: Supermac’s Holdings shows some were entitled to subsidies while doing wellThu Dec 23 2021 - 15:34
O’Brien firms linked to PGA Catalunya golf resort clip lossesUK-registered company Murray Holdings records 27% dip in revenues last year to £22.7mThu Dec 23 2021 - 06:00
Omicron threat: A little respect for the travel industry will go a long wayCaveat: Ireland must choose between following UK or EU policy on travel rulesFri Dec 17 2021 - 05:27
Surprise UK interest rate rise drives bank sharesCentral banks in Frankfurt and US committed to ending stimulusThu Dec 16 2021 - 20:16
From Krispy Kreme to Newbridge Silverware: the companies paying dividends while on taxpayer Covid subsidiesThe Government is considering changing the law to stop companies in receipt of State supports from paying shareholdersThu Dec 16 2021 - 12:02
State’s driver theory test operator paid dividend in year it got Covid subsidiesPrometric Ireland sent cash to Maltese tax-resident firm and LuxembourgThu Dec 16 2021 - 07:55
Donohoe suggests companies should repay Covid subsidies ‘if not needed’Government considering legal change to stop companies on subsidies paying dividendsWed Dec 15 2021 - 21:02
Call for Covid-19 subsidy ban for firms paying dividendsFirm behind Mercedes received State support and paid €1.8m to offshore shareholderWed Dec 15 2021 - 00:30
Group behind Mercedes in Ireland paid €1.8m dividend after getting Covid subsidyCompany controlled by the O’Flaherty family paid the dividend to an offshore entityTue Dec 14 2021 - 15:39
Who are the ‘serious people’ making a play for Brown Thomas and Arnotts?Retail maverick Vittorio Radice involved in Thai group behind bid for Irish storesFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:20
Ireland seems to have no exit strategy for our vaccine pass systemIt makes no sense for vaccine passes to become semi-permanentFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:05
Ex-Fianna Fáil adviser Dan Pender sells 360 communications group to US buyerFinn Partners has been working with the Irish agency for IDA Ireland abroadTue Dec 07 2021 - 16:13
Pandemic takes 75% bite out of Richard Corrigan’s restaurant revenuesLondon-based Meath restaurateur was predicting a return to ‘pre-lockdown levels’ of trading before Omicron arrivedTue Dec 07 2021 - 13:34
Former Apprentice star splits from business co-founded with fellow contestantWill McCreevey sells stake in National Beauty Distribution and is made redundantTue Dec 07 2021 - 05:02
Datalex shares rise on Virgin Australia dealBrokers say deal is first ‘meaningful’ client win in three yearsMon Dec 06 2021 - 15:19
Hair salon chain says latest restrictions have cut business by up to 40%L’Ombré group wants Government to rethink tapering of financial supportsMon Dec 06 2021 - 05:30
AIB launches new €500m social housing fundBank says money will finance 3,000 new unitsMon Dec 06 2021 - 05:04
US lifting of EU sheepmeat ban ‘paves way’ for Irish lamb exportsUS consumers eat barely a tenth as much lamb as Irish consumersFri Dec 03 2021 - 16:49
Ex-Merrion chief John Conroy’s €75m food fund close to making first invstmentState pitches €15m into Redesdale fund through Enterprise IrelandFri Dec 03 2021 - 10:38
Kingspan sullying itself as ‘greenwashing’ mudguard for Formula One with new dealCavan insulation business made an out-of-character mistake joining F1 ‘sustainability’ agendaFri Dec 03 2021 - 05:43
Mediahuis/INM fails to stall data breach caseCompany has 42 days to file a defence in suit taken by Karl Brophy and Gavin O’ReillyWed Dec 01 2021 - 15:16
Skibbereen tech firm eyes Silicon Valley after €10m-plus Israeli dealSpearline is buying Tel Aviv-based testRTCWed Dec 01 2021 - 13:58
New UK banking unicorn mulls Dublin for its EU headquartersBank of London was valued at $1.1 billion ahead of its launch this weekWed Dec 01 2021 - 06:00
Growth slows in Irish manufacturing sectorAIB index says activity still at historic highsWed Dec 01 2021 - 05:07
Omicron vaccine gloom weighs on marketsComments from Moderna’s chief about vaccine efficacy against variant spook investorsTue Nov 30 2021 - 19:12
European winemakers back €1.2m Irish wine subscription serviceSix-month-old retail start-up attracts equity from France, Spain, Italy and GermanyTue Nov 30 2021 - 05:55
Government signs into law increased pay rates for building workersConstruction staff to get two pay increases of 2.8% over next two years, following Labour Court recommendationMon Nov 29 2021 - 18:06
British pub group JD Wetherspoon to open new €4m outlet in Silicon DocksFood-focused South Strand pub to open on Hanover Quay in DublinMon Nov 29 2021 - 17:56
Curse of the Cinderella embargo dogs public informationLarge organisations are sometimes allowed to try too hard to control the messageFri Nov 26 2021 - 05:56
Intuition Publishing earns Dermot Desmond a €27.5m windfallE-learning company has been highly successful cash cow for billionaire investorFri Nov 26 2021 - 05:10
Zoom-induced demise of business travel may be greatly exaggeratedEmirates spies opportunity in business travel on Dublin-Dubai routeWed Nov 24 2021 - 05:00
ECB ‘should not hesitate’ to increase rates if inflation persists, Makhlouf says‘We cannot afford to be complacent’ about inflation risks, Central Bank governor warnsTue Nov 23 2021 - 17:01
Emirates eyes more easing of Australia travel rules before expanding Dublin-Dubai routeIt currently flies about 1,250 passengers weekly from Dublin to DubaiTue Nov 23 2021 - 16:28
Spectre of more virus restrictions keeps lid on European marketsTelecoms sector buoyant on KKR’s Telecom Italia dealmakingMon Nov 22 2021 - 18:23
Electric ground fleets for Kerry Ireland West airports in €1.6m State grant awardGovernment will award €20m to Irish airports ‘shortly’ for security, fire, traffic controlMon Nov 22 2021 - 17:43
Irish office staff work from home more than people in most other countries - DeloitteEmployees already doing 3.5 days per week from theri residence even before latest Covid restrictionsMon Nov 22 2021 - 16:34
Aldi saw pandemic boost profits by 46% as it reveals accounts for first timeDiscount supermarket far more profitable in Ireland than Britain in 2020Fri Nov 19 2021 - 07:50
Aldi Ireland opens its books as next chapter of grocery shopping beginsSupermarket chain reveals its Irish sales and profits for the first timeFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:47
When all is said and done, it is clear Government didn’t do enough to stop this surgeCaveat: Don’t buy the narrative that says people’s ‘behaviour’ has brought disaster upon hospitals and, now, businessesFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:36
