Ara Partners opens Dublin office after closing $1.1bn fundFirm targets investments in businesses that can significantly cut carbon emissionsThu Sept 23 2021 - 15:46
Irish clinical trials company Icon gets €4m in State fundingDublin-founded, Nasdaq-listed group employs more than 1,000 people in StateThu Sept 23 2021 - 12:28
Tech sector accounts for more than one in seven Northern Irish jobsBelfast named as a tech hub to watch due to number of start-ups in the cityThu Sept 23 2021 - 10:19
Irish start-up Vromo signs major deal with DoorDashVromo’s tech could soon be used by hundreds of thousands of restaurants globallyThu Sept 23 2021 - 05:30
Call for better resourcing to speed up work permit applicationsLobby group urges Government to take action after increase in turnaround timeThu Sept 23 2021 - 05:01
Aer Lingus agrees to meet union to discuss cost-saving proposalsWorkers concerned workplace changes may become permanent regardless of recoveryWed Sept 22 2021 - 19:02
Guinness to open second brewery in the USDiageo-owned brand is establishing the brewery in a former railroad depot in ChicagoWed Sept 22 2021 - 16:02
Ethos Engineering to create 150 new jobs in the RepublicCompany has designed and delivered 45 data centres, including 23 in the RepublicWed Sept 22 2021 - 12:31
State ranked 19th out of 132 economies for innovationRepublic still ranks highly but has fallen four places versus last year and seven since 2019Tue Sept 21 2021 - 19:47
European Commission vetoes ComReg deregulation proposalsCommunications regulator blocked after EU had voiced ‘serious doubts’ over its plansTue Sept 21 2021 - 15:36
Belfast-based software company Cloudsmith raises $15mTiger leads fundraise with Dublin’s Frontline and Nextdoor chief Sarah Friar participatingTue Sept 21 2021 - 13:47
Ecomm founders provide €7.6m loan to cover lossesFintech founded by former Prepaid owners Noel and Valerie Moran records €12.7m lossTue Sept 21 2021 - 13:19
EY to create 800 jobs with half of these for experienced professionalsHalf of the new roles announced at the consulting firm are for graduatesTue Sept 21 2021 - 05:10
Stripe among the backers as TrueLayer secures $130m in investmentCompany is establishing Dublin operation after securing Central Bank authorisationTue Sept 21 2021 - 05:00
State in danger of missing 2030 offshore wind energy targetUrgent action required if Government is to meet milestone, says lobby groupTue Sept 21 2021 - 01:00
Cork-based Hatch to raise €75m to fund more aquaculture start-upsFirm has partnered with Bord Iascaigh Mhara on numerous aquaculture initiativesMon Sept 20 2021 - 18:36
Illumina Ventures closes $325m fund with ISIF among backersIreland Strategic Investment Fund contributes €30m towards healthcare-focused fundMon Sept 20 2021 - 17:58
Keywords Studios names Bertand Bodson as new chief executiveMr Bodson, who joins from Novartis, has also served at Sainsburys Argos, EMI and AmazonMon Sept 20 2021 - 16:22
Spirit sales rebounding after 5% decline last yearNew figures show spirit sales fell to 2.3m nine-litre cases from 2.42m a year earlierMon Sept 20 2021 - 12:45
Irish plant-based seafood start-up nets a place on US acceleratorPlantruption selected to participate in SOSV’s prestigious IndieBio programmeSat Sept 18 2021 - 06:45
Global Shares revises revenue forecast; to create over 200 more jobsClonakilty-headquartered fintech expects full-year revenues to hit $44m this yearSat Sept 18 2021 - 06:35
Irish fintechs secure record $900m in investment in first half of yearDeals involving Fenergo, Taxamo and Wayflyer helped push activity to its highSat Sept 18 2021 - 06:00
European shares decline for the third week in a rowRyanair, Dalata, Flutter and Glanbia among the gainers in Dublin on FridayFri Sept 17 2021 - 19:10
Energia hikes prices for third time in six monthsExtra €187 set to be added to average annual gas bill and €223 to electricity billsFri Sept 17 2021 - 16:07
Ryanair says 1,000 of 5,000 new jobs could be in RepublicMichael O’Leary warns of need to urgently implement an aviation recovery planFri Sept 17 2021 - 07:55
Government warned against increasing excise on cigarettesDepartment of Finance paper suggests it could lead to increased importationsThu Sept 16 2021 - 17:18
Stripe to create ‘hundreds’ of software engineering jobs in DublinAnnouncement is in addition to the more than 1, 000 roles already promised by companyThu Sept 16 2021 - 15:56
Food delivery software platform Vromo raises €6.8mIrish company counts the likes of Deliveroo, Burger King and Doordash as partnersThu Sept 16 2021 - 15:40
WhatsApp challenges DPC’s €225 million fineCase initiated in the High Court over ‘disproportionate’ penalties on companyThu Sept 16 2021 - 15:38
Better tax relief for remote workers hard to justify – reportChange would not affect trend on home working but could transfer employer costs to StateThu Sept 16 2021 - 12:28
Huawei’s Irish unit grows profit despite drop in revenuesHuawei Technologies Ireland reports €147.5m in full-year revenuesThu Sept 16 2021 - 09:51
Irish-founded DeepVerge looks to double its full-year revenues to £10mScientific research group listed in London employs more than 90 people across its sitesWed Sept 15 2021 - 12:17
PayPal’s Irish unit pays out €60m dividend even as profits declineSubsidiary recorded pretax profit of 12.6m for 2020, down from €27.4m a year earlierWed Sept 15 2021 - 11:58
WebDoctor gets €3m investment as it targets new marketsTelehealth company valued at €48m following VentureWave Capital backingWed Sept 15 2021 - 10:05
WhatsApp’s record €225m fine was lower than it expectedIrish unit estimated it would be fined up to €250m by DPC for privacy breachesWed Sept 15 2021 - 09:34
Ryanair invests €50m in new Dublin training centreAirline intends to train 5,000 new pilots, cabin crew, engineers and ground operations professionalsTue Sept 14 2021 - 17:58
US gifting platform Sendoso to establish Irish operation after raising $100mCompany has developed platform that offers up to 30,000 gifts that can be sent out to staffTue Sept 14 2021 - 14:30
Bernard Brogan’s PepTalk raises €1.2m for its wellness platformHaatch Ventures, which has also backed Buymie and Scurri, leads funding roundTue Sept 14 2021 - 11:29
Livestock-monitoring tech company CattleEye raises €2.1m in fundingNI start-up uses AI to increase animal welfare levels and reduce carbon emission intensityTue Sept 14 2021 - 10:57
Crowdfunded investments more than double due to Covid-propelled savingsInvestments made through Spark Crowdfunding platform have soared this yearTue Sept 14 2021 - 04:55
Cybersecurity start-up 4Securitas raises €2m from Italian VC fundCompany’s ACSIA system ‘thinks like a hacker’ to prevent attacks, says co-founderMon Sept 13 2021 - 17:07
Donohoe says indigenous tech sector important for economyMinister for Finance says the Government is keen to do more to support Irish entrepreneursMon Sept 13 2021 - 16:24
State in running for new multibillion Intel investmentTech giant planning to invest up to $80bn in Europe over next decadeThu Sept 09 2021 - 17:15
What happens when tech unicorns stop being rare and mythical?With so much venture capital money about becoming a unicorn is no longer specialThu Sept 09 2021 - 06:00
Dublin market in doldrums as European stocks close down 1%Pillar banks both down more than 4% in Dublin with CRH and Flutter also lowerWed Sept 08 2021 - 18:20
Get your skates on: Cork student wins James Dyson AwardShannon O’Shea (21) has developed a device that measures jumps in skating sportsWed Sept 08 2021 - 15:39
Co Donegal company E+I Engineering acquired in $2bn dealE+I Engineering provides products widely used in data centresWed Sept 08 2021 - 14:11
Kindora raises €500,000, secures Techstars accelerator spotCompany is behind a platform for the sale and resale of children’s goods such as pramsWed Sept 08 2021 - 08:04
German firm to invest €4m in Louth whiskey maturation facilityCompany behind Grace O’Malley and Proclamation brands to set up facility in DundalkWed Sept 08 2021 - 05:05
Snapfix looks to raise up to €10m in new funding roundCompany has developed WhatsApp-like solution used for maintenance purposesMon Sept 06 2021 - 20:03
