Sowing the seeds of success
The challenge to funding is often not securing initial funding but demonstrating enough traction to justify a larger institutional round
Enterprise Ireland
Circular economy growing as start-ups turn waste into opportunity
Irish innovators are transforming waste into value, but funding and scale remain challenges for circular economy businesses, writes Sandra O’Connell
‘America has been great to me but I see the world through my Irish eyes’
Wild Geese: Clare native Elaine Brennan moved to the US in 1994 on a Morrison visa and built a successful career in life sciences
Probiotics claims: ‘Over 60% of supplements off the retail shelf failed our test’
Ali Winger has founded Cork-based Key2Biotics to bring laboratory-grade product development to probiotic brands
Government levy will impact funding for Uisce Éireann, IDA, Fáilte Ireland
Department of Defence says levy to offset education overspend will put ‘significant’ pressure on military transformation programme
Glenveagh receives over €850,000 in government funding to modernise construction methods
The builder said the funding will go towards a number of key research and development activities
Ireland needs to widen scope of the R&D tax credit to attract more investment
Government should ease restrictions on accessing the incentive
Promote Irish in schools, but remember we are part of Europe
In continental Europe, the average age at which children start learning a foreign language is between six and eight years old
Bioeconomy has many meanings and plenty of potential in all its forms
Organic ‘waste’ can create clean energy, green fertilisers, harm-free plastics and even food
The Irish start-up tackling one of tech’s biggest legal grey areas
iTrust 6A is aiming to set an international standard for how personal data is disclosed to law enforcement
Food Innovation Summit: Industry prepares for impact of weight loss drugs
Enterprise Ireland senior client adviser Ellen Ní Cléirigh says the food and drink industry is a cornerstone of the economy
House price statistics: What do they mean and what do they tell us?
Despite a cooling market and a strong pickup in supply, housing affordability has not improved
Leasing in office sector continued at ‘solid’ pace in second quarter
Two-thirds of space let is to companies relocating and expanding to new offices
More investment in innovation and research needed from Irish food sector
While many State supports are available, the industry has been slow to invest in R&D, critics say
Former garda sergeant uses AI platform to protect travelling workers
Real-time travel intelligence platform keeps employees safe while travelling for work
Irish company secures €1 million contract with European Space Agency
Pilot Photonics will help ‘space-proof’ satellite equipment
Fingal County Council rejects Dublin 15 Manna drone hub
Company had applied for retention of hub, which flies groceries, medicines and takeaways
US fintech Payoneer paid $13m to acquire Irish employment firm Boundless
Announcement of deal in January did not disclose price, but filings in United States now reveal sum paid
Cork-based Atlantia Clinical Trials to enter medtech market with €1.5m investment
Firm also sees growth in digital healthcare market where people can test their health at home
Diageo opens first phase of new €700m Kildare brewery
Brewer will produce its range of ales and lagers from new €300m ‘green’ brewery for the domestic and international markets
‘Right to be forgotten’ for cancer patients in insurance market to be enshrined in law
Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien to outline road transporters support scheme to Cabinet
Billions of euro in ‘dark money’ passing through Irish financial services sector
Hostile actors can use system to raise capital for illegal activities including military or hybrid operations, Oireachtas committee hears
Trash to treasure: The Irish ecopreneurs upcycling waste into food, furniture and more
Our innovators are discovering novel uses for materials that would otherwise end up in landfill, and developing products to replace single-use plastics
Dan Flinter obituary: Low-key business leader had critical roles in transforming economy
Founding chief executive of State agency to promote indigenous firms, he also held many posts in private sector
Betting and racing information firm BoscaSports buys British firm
UK-based 2DB provides live video streams and data to bookmakers’ shops
‘Preferred bidder’ approved for troubled biscuit maker East Coast Bakehouse, court hears
High Court judge extends protection period for company, co-founded by former Enterprise Ireland chair Michael Carey
Dan Flinter, former chairman of The Irish Times, dies at 75
Kildare native had varied career in public, private and non-profit sectors
Irish firms will have greater freedom to work with military under plan to cut ‘red tape’
Minister to scrap ‘outdated’ rule and allow State agencies to support SMEs involved in defence sector
Entrepreneurial, local Irish business is the real employment miracle in Ireland
The people we call entrepreneurs are the ones who make the economy dance. Without them, there’s no products, sales or demand for workers
Bank of Ireland to close New York office this year amid US leveraged finance exit
Chicago and Stamford operations will also shut down
Irish-based quantum computing start-up develops breakthrough technology
Research Ireland-backed Equal1 is bringing quantum computing out of the lab and aiming for widespread commercial deployment within the next decade
Ireland now fifth largest investor in US
Taoiseach is expected to highlight €6.1 billion in planned US investment by Irish firms this year as part of St Patrick’s Day events
Two-thirds of Irish companies operating in UK plan to scale up
Enterprise Ireland sentiment survey highlights increasing business engagement in UK economy
Ireland’s remote working law is ‘an act of fraud against commuters’, Labour TD tells Dáil
Minister rejects Bill to strengthen workers’ rights, says current legislation strikes ‘fair balance’
Two bidders for East Coast Bakehouse as examinership extended
A total of 33 parties have expressed interest in investing in the biscuit producer
Climeaction launches app to track farm emissions
Consultancy expands into software with system aimed at global food business
GKinetic to install first commercial hydroelectric systems
Firm has developed technology to tap rivers for energy
Jim Woulfe appointed as new Enterprise Ireland chairman
Former Dairygold boss has been interim chairman since June 2025
How Irish women can successfully start their own business in a system stacked against them
Many girls in Ireland miss out on lucrative careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths thanks to legacy issues
From Stripe to start-up: Talexa targets costly HR blind spots
Talexa aims to help organisations understand their real skills gaps – and adopt AI responsibly
Nervousness pervades the Irish jobs market as days of strong multinational sector growth recede
Almost 20,000 more people are out of work last month compared with December 2024
Ireland has chance to go boldly as European Space Agency aims higher with record funding
Revised National Space Strategy could decide whether we continue on a steady path or match the ambition Europe has now embraced
New jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland hit lowest level post-pandemic
Agency-supported companies created 12,608 new jobs this past year in a ‘cautious hiring environment’
Dublin-based IT services company Origina to create 350 new jobs
Roles at companies supported by Enterprise Ireland increased to 232,425 last year with 12,608 new jobs created, results show
Michael Carey’s East Coast Bakehouse enters interim examinership amid cash crunch
Kieran Wallace of restructuring specialists Interpath nominated to act as examiner
Galway medtech Vivasure acquired in deal worth up to €185m
Boston-headquartered medical device group Haemonetics agrees to pay €100m upfront for Enterprise Ireland-backed company
Simply being an AI company will no longer be a differentiator for start-ups in 2026
Funding and securing top talent will remain key challenges for start-ups and international expansion needs to be a focus from the off
Global turbulence fails to shake Irish exporters
Optimism abounds despite shifting sands and increasing complexity in global trade tariffs and supply chains
‘When you take someone’s money, you’re working for them’: Irish entrepreneur who spurned investors
Eamon FitzGerald, founder of €8 million-valued Winespark, demonstrates a nose for strategy
SuperValu to exit longstanding Getaway Breaks programme next week to ‘focus on new benefits’
Company which ran the service for SuperValu will take over brand next week
Irish AI start-up aims to cut hiring time by weeks
Wrksense blends automation with human oversight — and insists AI is now better than people at reducing bias
Could Sweden take Ireland’s crown as the Silicon Valley of Europe?
The city of Gothenburg has been transformed from a shipbuilding town to a global hub for manufacturing, services and life sciences
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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