DNA collection company Genomics Medicine Ireland reports €37.7m lossState-backed company records loss in year in which $400m investment was announcedWed Jan 22 2020 - 18:49
Financial payments group Planet in rumoured €1.98bn saleGalway-based Group formerly known as Fintrax reportedly for sale by parent EurazeoWed Jan 22 2020 - 18:05
Seamus Coffey decides against second term as chair of fiscal councilProcess to appoint a successor to budgetary watchdog put on hold until after the electionWed Jan 22 2020 - 17:03
Irish organisations struggle to comply fully with GDPRSome 62% of organisations say regulation places excessive administrative burden on themWed Jan 22 2020 - 11:19
European shares fall on China virus fearsAIB and Bank of Ireland lose ground as Kingspan rises on broker upgradeTue Jan 21 2020 - 19:06
Time running out for those wanting to avail of SBCI ‘future growth’ loansStrong take-up means that some banks have already used up their allocated fundsTue Jan 21 2020 - 18:31
Irish whiskey sales slow in US but distillery visitors top 1m locallyVisitor numbers to distilleries jumped by 54% since 2015 to 1.02m last yearTue Jan 21 2020 - 08:09
Cubic Telecom raises more than €11 million in fundingIrish technology company raises funding from long-term backer Act Venture CapitalTue Jan 21 2020 - 07:29
Foreign direct investment to State rebounds on Takeda deal for ShireGlobal FDI flows flat last year at $1.39 trillion but moderate growth forecast this yearMon Jan 20 2020 - 15:44
Ireland ranked second in Europe for data breach notificationsOver 160,000 notifications reported across European Economic Area since GDPR beganMon Jan 20 2020 - 03:00
EU considers five-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areasCommission says new tough rules may be introduced to bolster existing regulationsFri Jan 17 2020 - 10:56
US RegTech company AxiomSL to create 100 jobs in LimerickGroup to open a new business operations centre in the National Technology ParkFri Jan 17 2020 - 10:19
Fast-growing frozen food group has a strong appetite for successStrong Roots founder Samuel Dennigan is looking to build a €100m business in just seven yearsFri Jan 17 2020 - 05:45
Annual rate of inflation almost doubles on higher housing costsOn a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.2 per cent in December, new figures showThu Jan 16 2020 - 12:12
First fashion-focused hackathon in Ireland to take place next monthHackFast Fashion Hackathon in Dublin aims to address issues with fast fashionThu Jan 16 2020 - 05:08
Fintech-focused accelerator NadiFin opens to applicationsNadiFin, which runs in Dublin and Luxembourg, is run by Middlegame VenturesThu Jan 16 2020 - 05:00
Huawei offers developers €23.3m to create apps for Irish-based unitMove comes as Chinese firm aims to become more self-sufficient after Google banWed Jan 15 2020 - 18:00
Data Protection Commission criticised as WhatsApp decision nearsIreland lagging behind as fines totalling €410m issued for violations in Europe in 2019Wed Jan 15 2020 - 05:29
GoMo is being investigated by advertising authorityASAI takes action over mobile network provider’s promise of fixed deals ‘for life’Wed Jan 15 2020 - 05:00
Pointy’s $160m sale means $80m-plus payday for foundersCo-founders of retail tech innovator to share $80m and Jamie Heaslip also set to gainTue Jan 14 2020 - 23:18
Irish retail tech company Pointy purchased for $160mGoogle takeout spells payday for founders and early-stage investorsTue Jan 14 2020 - 14:32
Nama ranked as the fifth largest seller of loan portfolios in EuropeBanks end 2019 with the lowest level of non-performing loans since 2010Mon Jan 13 2020 - 13:33
TeachKloud looks to raise up to €4m more after closing €750,000 roundStart-up has developed technology platform for use by creches and preschoolsMon Jan 13 2020 - 06:00
Arkphire eyes further growth as profits and turnover jumpIrish IT company has enjoyed an increase revenues by over €100m in just five yearsFri Jan 10 2020 - 05:45
Blarney Woollen Mills Group reports rise in profits and revenuesGroup, which also owns Meadows and Byrne, records 2019 turnover in excess of €41mThu Jan 09 2020 - 17:39
Chinese FDI to Ireland rises 56% as it falls to nine-year low in USForecast that FDI to the State from China will continue to grow due to pipeline of dealsThu Jan 09 2020 - 15:12
Tesco Ireland sales top €1bn as online orders jump 15%Irish unit outperforms over final 19 weeks of 2019, including crucial Christmas tradingThu Jan 09 2020 - 13:05
‘Miracle worker’ Walsh waves goodbye to IAGWillie Walsh will be sorely missed at IAG and in the wider industry if he quits altogetherThu Jan 09 2020 - 10:30
Outbound Irish M&A hits three-year high despite decline in dealsInbound M&A, involving an Irish target and a foreign buyer, totalled $8.9bnThu Jan 09 2020 - 05:45
Not-for-profit Grow Remote secures €500,000 in fundingCommunity project connects remote workers with companies looking to hire staffWed Jan 08 2020 - 13:55
Alan Sugar: ‘I don’t flower my words, I say it how it is’Magnate tells Pendulum audience Donald Trump is a ‘tosser’ and Boris Johnson a ‘liar’Wed Jan 08 2020 - 12:51
Dell’s Irish subsidiary pays €640m in dividends to Dutch-based parentIrish unit, which employs close to 2,000 people, reports revenues of €12.3bnWed Jan 08 2020 - 10:40
Salesforce’s Irish subsidiary reports €1.9bn in 2019 revenuesCompany, which employs 1,400 locally, also sees pre-tax profits rise 88% to €30mWed Jan 08 2020 - 04:45
Employees working in digital tech see big salary gainsSurvey reveals that those at top of scale can earn as much as €180,000 a yearTue Jan 07 2020 - 17:24
Tech company led by NI entrepreneur secures $100m+ investmentOptions Technologies employs over 100 people in Northern IrelandTue Jan 07 2020 - 15:06
Net new jobs created by Enterprise Ireland firms halved in 2019 to 4,700Record 221, 895 people work in companies backed by the State agencyTue Jan 07 2020 - 12:21
More than 4,000 mortgages approved in NovemberFirst-time buyer approval volumes in the month up 8.6% on an annual basis to 2,109Fri Jan 03 2020 - 06:00
‘Disappointing year’ for new car sales as used imports at record highNumber of electric cars officially registered in State more than doubled during 2019Thu Jan 02 2020 - 15:52
Irish stocks forecast to benefit from ‘Brexit bounce’ in 2020Davy expects strong year for stocks as Irish economy forecast to grow by more than 5%Thu Jan 02 2020 - 11:02
Irish-US accelerator seeks to raise $50m fund to back tech start-upsContinuous Ventures is the brainchild of Colin Meagle and Margaret BurgraffMon Dec 30 2019 - 05:43
Mixed fortunes for producers as consumers opt for less meatBarclays expects market for plant-based meat substitutes to reach $140bn in 10 yearsMon Dec 30 2019 - 05:30
House prices in Ireland decline for first time since 2012Prices down 1.2 per cent during 2019 with average cost of a home now totalling €250,766, according to DaftMon Dec 30 2019 - 05:08
Lime seeks e-scooter legalisation but with cap on speedGlobal scooter company says Ireland one of only three EU states to prohibit e-scootersMon Dec 30 2019 - 05:02
DCU team examines use of drones to monitor wind and solar farmsEuropean project investigating if drones, robots can be used to discover faultsSun Dec 29 2019 - 16:26
TikTok’s parent ByteDance eyes Dublin as possible home for global HQReport says Beijing-based ByteDance is keen to have headquarters outside China to bring it closer to markets in Europe and USMon Dec 23 2019 - 18:40
Peter Bellew in departure lounge as Ryanair groundedEx-Ryanair executive gets best ever Christmas present as judge sanctions EasyJet moveMon Dec 23 2019 - 14:46
Dublin-based analytics provider MedModus raises €1mCompany provides business intelligence solutions to healthcare organisationsMon Dec 23 2019 - 09:46
Irish software company Artomatix sold in deal valued at up to $60mCompany developed (AI) technology that can automate the creation of 3D contentMon Dec 23 2019 - 07:17
State firms made €1.4bn profit in 2018 and paid €261m in dividendsNewERA report shows State companies are doing more to tackle climate change issuesMon Dec 23 2019 - 05:30
Vodafone falls into the red after heavy investment in IT infrastructureRevenues rise 1.4% to €933.8m for company which has over 2.3m customers in RepublicSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:05
