Fineos acquires Limelight Health and announces €55m equity raiseIrish insurtech company founded by Michael Kelly projects 40% rise in full-year revenuesTue Aug 11 2020 - 11:03
Revised help-to-buy scheme opens for applicationsRelief increased last month in stimulus plan to €30,000 or 10% of the property valueTue Aug 11 2020 - 10:14
ComReg criticised for ignoring request to update pricing modelsRegulator was urged to amend model more than two years ago but has failed to do soTue Aug 11 2020 - 05:27
Dublin-based AR tech company Antikytera secures investmentStart-up valued at €15m is poised to go for additional funding due to Covid-19 growthTue Aug 11 2020 - 04:32
Bank of Ireland does U-turn after refusal to reimburse ‘smishing’ victimsPermanent TSB and AIB customers also targeted by online and phone fraudstersMon Aug 10 2020 - 15:19
Consumer spending on the rise but people still staying close to homeEcommerce sales rise despite easing of restrictions, spending in restaurants downMon Aug 10 2020 - 05:30
European stocks end week with gains for tech and telecomsDublin market closed marginally higher with food stocks leading the wayFri Aug 07 2020 - 19:17
Starling resumes talks with Central Bank on banking licenceBritish challenger bank says international expansion now expected to start next yearFri Aug 07 2020 - 17:11
Identigen founders make €12m each from sale of companyAryzta chief executive Kevin Toland to receive in excess of €1m from the acquisitionFri Aug 07 2020 - 17:05
Republic ranked 9th in Europe for inward FDI as projects decline by 8%The State was in seventh place for FDI by capital investment into Europe at $11bnFri Aug 07 2020 - 16:37
Facebook agrees Irish wind-farm deal with Brookfield in TipperaryAgreement is part of a major international project by tech giant to buy clean powerFri Aug 07 2020 - 16:16
Beer sales down sharply during Covid-19 lockdownWith more than 60% consumed in pubs, the brewing sector marked a sharp sales declineFri Aug 07 2020 - 05:03
Irish agritech company MagGrow raises €6m in fundingLead backer is a VC founded by investor who has bet on many well-known companiesThu Aug 06 2020 - 15:57
Arkphire wins €50m contract with The London ClinicMore than 240 people employed by Arkphire group and revenues of over €150m generatedThu Aug 06 2020 - 14:15
Belfast-headquartered IT company Neueda to create 230 jobsCompany announces new €22.1m investment that will take headcount in NI to 450 peopleThu Aug 06 2020 - 04:35
TikTok to invest $500m in data centre and create ‘hundreds of jobs’Social media platform has been building up its presence in Dublin in recent monthsThu Aug 06 2020 - 04:00
Mastercard’s Irish unit reports big rise in revenues and profitsNewly filed accounts also show former parent gave subsidiary €130m late last yearThu Aug 06 2020 - 03:55
European stocks close higher as commodity shares rallyBanks lead Dublin market higher with BoI up 7.8% and rival AIB gaining 4.5%Wed Aug 05 2020 - 18:04
Food traceability company Identigen acquired by MSDInvestor MML Capital Partners thought to have doubled its money in dealWed Aug 05 2020 - 13:10
National 5G working group needed to ensure State does not miss out – reportLack of connectivity roadmap risks eroding competitiveness, study findsWed Aug 05 2020 - 04:10
HealthBeacon becomes official NHS supplier and seeks extra fundsDublin-headquartered medtech firm looks to raise €3m-€5m and take on more employeesTue Aug 04 2020 - 05:30
Waste-to-energy company BHSL raises further €8.5mCompany founded by two brothers in Co Limerick has raised nearly €40m to dateSat Aug 01 2020 - 05:07
Covid-19: Cases to be reviewed over weekend ahead of decision on phase-four reopeningGovernment to ‘watch and monitor carefully’ what happens in coming days, says MartinSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:00
Irish woman entrepreneur strikes silver in global student contestKate Madden co-founded FenuHealth with sister Annie when both attending schoolFri Jul 31 2020 - 19:23
Government U-turn on excluding business owners from wage subsidyCovid pay support in July stimulus package had expressly excluded proprietary directorsFri Jul 31 2020 - 17:31
Intercom losses more than double as revenues jump 47%Irish tech unicorn records turnover of $89.9m, up from $61.5m a year earlierFri Jul 31 2020 - 09:49
Occupancy rates at Irish hotels plummet as overseas visitors stay awayIrish Hotels Federation forecasts occupancy levels of less than 30% for the year as a wholeFri Jul 31 2020 - 05:05
European stocks hit one-month low as Trump tweet adds to worriesIseq outperforms peers but banks in red as Bank of Ireland 4.8% lower and AIB down 6%Thu Jul 30 2020 - 18:23
Stolen life-saving ring buoys see council turn to Internet of ThingsDublin pilot programme to commence with potential for State-wide rolloutThu Jul 30 2020 - 16:17
Banks start accepting applications for Future Growth loan schemeScheme expanded from €200m to €500m as part of July stimulus packageThu Jul 30 2020 - 14:27
Avolon records $162m second-quarter loss due to Covid crisisAviation lessor signals uncertainty about the pace and timing of recovery in sectorThu Jul 30 2020 - 12:37
Mortgage drawdowns slumped in lockdown but approvals up last monthFigures show drawdowns fell 35% during the months when the country was in lockdownThu Jul 30 2020 - 05:01
Trinity College spin-out Volograms raises €1.5m in fundingCompany looking to make it easy to create dynamic 3D holograms via mobile phonesWed Jul 29 2020 - 08:00
Irish molecular diagnostics company GlowDX raises €1.1 mCompany’s backers include a number of well-known angel investors and SOSVWed Jul 29 2020 - 05:24
NUJ to challenge full takeover of Irish Daily Star by Reach‘Seething anger’ at publisher’s expansion plans while at the same time cutting jobsTue Jul 28 2020 - 19:52
New Irish whiskey celebrates 1916 ProclamationMayo company behind Grace O’Malley brand launches Proclamation Irish whiskeyTue Jul 28 2020 - 04:54
Bio-Marine Ingredients Ireland secures €5m in fundingFirm is targeting a protein ingredients sector expected to be worth nearly $40bn by 2024Mon Jul 27 2020 - 18:11
UCD spinout Atxa Therapeutics looks to raise $30m for heart drugUCD spinout led by Prof Therese Kinsella is in talks with a number of investorsMon Jul 27 2020 - 09:59
Revolut raises additional $80m for new servicesDigital challenger bank has raised more than $900m to date and claims to have 1m customers in IrelandFri Jul 24 2020 - 17:44
Brown Bag Films reports slight drop in profits and revenuesAnimation studio records turnover of €50.1m as pretax profits slip from €6.9m to €5.4mFri Jul 24 2020 - 15:32
Irish tech company Openet acquired in €155m dealThe tech company, which was founded in 1999, employs more than 500 peopleFri Jul 24 2020 - 14:36
FenuHealth co-founder makes student entrepreneur awards finalKate Madden is just one of seven people and the only woman to be selected for the global awardsFri Jul 24 2020 - 13:11
Vodafone Ireland sees lower revenues as parent to list mast unitService revenue at the company’s Irish business fell 6.7% due largely to Covid-19Fri Jul 24 2020 - 09:29
Kitman Labs raises more funds as it moves into coronavirus monitoringIrish sports tech company hoping to be the ‘operating system for the world of sports’Fri Jul 24 2020 - 08:13
INM sells its 50% stake in Irish Daily Star to Mirror publisherReach acquired initial stake in Independent Star two years agoThu Jul 23 2020 - 14:48
CarTrawler sees growth but full recovery still a long way offCompany reports revenues of €205.3m for 2019 with pretax profits totalling €4.9mThu Jul 23 2020 - 05:00
Link’s €200m merger with Pepper Ireland parent to be investigatedCCPC says full inquiry needed to see if deal would lead to lessening of competitionWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:36
Makers of Monopoly in the money despite fall in profitsCartamundi Ireland also manufactures games such as Connect 4 and ScrabbleWed Jul 22 2020 - 15:34
Irish start-up Quorum Chat secures $2m from well-known tech backersPaddy Cosgrave’s Amaranthine, Y Combinator and Local Globe among investorsWed Jul 22 2020 - 14:03
Automated mortgage application group CreditLogic raises €1.5mFinancing to be used to accelerate start-up’s product roadmapWed Jul 22 2020 - 07:59
