Private equity-backed WTech Fire acquires Cork-based fire safety groupDeal marks Mullingar-based group’s 10th foray into the market since Waterland invested in the company in 2021Fri Dec 20 2024 - 05:00
Revolut warns of concert ticket scam risk for Irish Christmas shoppersDigital bank users report 27% rise in amount of money lost to to gig ticket fraudWed Dec 18 2024 - 10:09
Dalata sees slower room revenue growth despite strong winter bookingsMaldron and Clayton brand owner expects to deliver adjusted earnings in excess of €232mWed Dec 18 2024 - 07:30
Irish exports jump to €187bn by end of October - CSOMedical and pharmaceutical products account for more than half of October’s total exportsMon Dec 16 2024 - 11:49
Director fatigue and ‘debt stress’ behind decline in small firms looking to restructureMore than 1,000 jobs have been saved through Scarp over the past three years, says Azets IrelandFri Dec 13 2024 - 06:15
Broadband provider Imagine to be sold to Armenian groupTeam Group marks its first EU investment with acquisition of majority stake in Irish businessThu Dec 12 2024 - 18:37
Compensation scheme receives 1,600 claims from BlackBee investorsSeparate Custom House Capital case ‘essentially completed’ with 97% of claims settledThu Dec 12 2024 - 13:42
Tesco workers mount protests over union recognition and pay awardsBritish supermarket chain increased Irish workers’ pay by 3% recently, half the increase for which trade union Mandate had pushedThu Dec 12 2024 - 12:41
Shortage of senior pharmacists and technicians to continue into 2025More than 20% of pharmacists who left their job in 2024 cited a lack of career structure and opportunitiesThu Dec 12 2024 - 01:00
Palantir, company at centre of row surrounding TD Eoin Hayes, is no stranger to controversy at home or abroad US surveillance company at centre of Eoin Hayes row has links with Israel Defense Forces and CIAWed Dec 11 2024 - 13:00
Largest childcare group sees profits slump on reduced Covid grants UK-headquartered group behind Giraffe Childcare and Park Academy blames ‘minor technical discrepancy’ for removal of Giraffe accounts from CROTue Dec 10 2024 - 18:59
Collapsed builder named in tax defaulters list after €6.7m tax settlementFormer Fianna Fáil TD Ivor Callely also settled with the tax authority earlier this yearTue Dec 10 2024 - 15:53
Owners more positive about EV experience than non-users, survey findsConcerns around charging infrastructure and range ‘often misplaced’, according to Volkswagen Ireland researchTue Dec 10 2024 - 06:43
Dublin PR firm hires former government press secretary Nick Miller and ex-ambassador Daniel MulhallNick Miller and Daniel Mulhall will join Rockwood Public Affairs as consultantsMon Dec 09 2024 - 11:06
Housing and infrastructure should be top priorities for new government, say business leadersDigital transformation expected to be the biggest driver of growth in 2025, according to Institute of Directors surveyMon Dec 09 2024 - 08:07
Higher crop, milk and livestock prices drive recovery in farm incomesPoor weather disrupted agricultural production in the early part of the yearFri Dec 06 2024 - 14:57
One third of credit card holders paying higher rates banned by law - Central BankCharging of annual interest rates higher than 23% was outlawed in 2022 legislationFri Dec 06 2024 - 12:45
Galway medtech closes €6.5m funding round for C-section birth deviceNua Surgical grew out of the BioInnovate Ireland programme at the University of GalwayFri Dec 06 2024 - 08:13
One in five online shoppers have lost money to scamsBanking Payments Federation of Ireland launches aid to help people discern whether a website or link is legitimateMon Dec 02 2024 - 06:00
Factory activity slips in November amid weakening global conditions, says AIBFall in demand for exports driving decline in new ordersMon Dec 02 2024 - 01:01
Ben Dunne leaves €30m estate in will and writes off son’s €4m debtSeen & Heard: Claire Byrne moves on from ‘super-agent’ Kelly; Conglomerates vie for Galway media outlets; Waterford Distillery founder vows to save businessSun Dec 01 2024 - 12:09
Shorla Oncology co-founders win EY Entrepreneurs of the Year awardSharon Cunningham and Orlaith Ryan also scooped the best emerging entrepreneurs award on the nightThu Nov 28 2024 - 19:18
Ivor Queally wins International Entrepreneur of the Year at EY awardsWinner runs South African arm of his family’s meat processing groupThu Nov 28 2024 - 18:48
Siblings behind Galway space laser firm Mbryonics named EY Established Entrepreneurs of the Year Company specialises in optics and photonics for use in satellite communicationsThu Nov 28 2024 - 18:24
Shorla Oncology co-founders scoop EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year awardClonmel-based company develops and commercialises drug treatments for rare cancersThu Nov 28 2024 - 18:07
Profits and revenues rise at Coca-Cola’s Irish bottling partnerSales of Coke products in the Republic surged by more than 14 per cent last yearFri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
‘I could have gone to California. At this rate, I probably would have raised about half a billion dollars’Xerotech’s Dr Barry Flannery on Musk, Trump and the challenges of building a high-tech manufacturing business in IrelandFri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
Losses widen at jewellery brand Chupi amid job cutsBusiness grapples with fall in salesThu Nov 21 2024 - 15:04
Altada investor sues failed tech company’s founder for $500,000Rocktop Partners led the $11.5m funding round in 2021 that put the Cork-based company on track to achieve ‘unicorn’ statusThu Nov 21 2024 - 06:00
‘Waning global appetite’ for new financial rules to be appliedCentral Bank deputy governor said backing of ambitious overhaul of bank regulation, agreed in wake of 2008 financial crash, criticalWed Nov 20 2024 - 18:45
Investment scams getting more convincing, says Central BankNo legitimate firm will contact consumers ‘out of the blue’, says deputy governorWed Nov 20 2024 - 17:25
Acquisition costs drive $23m loss at Irish antenna firm TaoglasEnniscorthy-based firm was snapped up by Graham Partners last year for an undisclosed sumTue Nov 19 2024 - 05:00
On his return to Web Summit, the often outspoken chief executive Paddy Cosgrave is now an epitome of caution This tech conference is profitable and expanding, but its 70,000-visitor Lisbon conference remains the jewel in its crownFri Nov 15 2024 - 06:00
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning warns of more personal data threats under Trump presidencyChelsea Manning warns Trump administration likely to be ‘uniquely, openly authoritarian’Wed Nov 13 2024 - 21:17
Paddy Cosgrave declines to answer Gaza questions upon Web Summit returnFounder of events company emphasises issue of tariffs on electric vehiclesWed Nov 13 2024 - 12:58
Man United hopes to extend relationship with Qualcomm, says chief executiveOmar Berrada was speaking on a panel at Web Summit in Lisbon on TuesdayTue Nov 12 2024 - 18:29
Web Summit 2024: A new version of Paddy Cosgrave keeps it light on opening nightMore than 20,000 attendees welcomed to Web SummitMon Nov 11 2024 - 20:55
Paddy Cosgrave addresses Web Summit for first time since resignation and returnEvent in Lisbon plays host to some 3,000 start-ups from across the world, including more than 100 from IrelandMon Nov 11 2024 - 20:33
Office market drags on construction sector despite ‘surge’ in homebuildingConstruction input costs on the up but builders confident that demand for housing will carry forward into 2025Mon Nov 11 2024 - 01:00
Irish start-ups to flock to major tech summitsWeb Summit kicks off in Lisbon this week followed by Slush 2024 in Helsinki next weekMon Nov 11 2024 - 00:01
Apple tax bonanza to fuel Fine Gael housing plansSeen & Heard: O’Flynn hits out at housing targets; TVC shareholders’ final payout; MacArdle Brewery concernsSun Nov 10 2024 - 11:21
Court documents lay bare breakdown between Workhuman and private equity investorPhone transcripts reveal depth of animus between company and its backerSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
Receivers appointed to McKillen jnr company behind Bray Central shopping centreWicklow County Council agreed to sell the site to Navybrook in 2019Thu Nov 07 2024 - 06:00
Ireland ‘turning a corner’ on hotel room shortage, says tourist bossHospitality sector challences are a ‘concern’ for tourism sectorWed Nov 06 2024 - 06:00
Markets calm ahead of knife-edge US electionIseq up 1.3% as AIB leads surging bank stocksTue Nov 05 2024 - 17:46
Davy sells its real estate arm to division’s chief executive David Goddard Entity manages St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre on behalf of clientsTue Nov 05 2024 - 13:55
Pepper Advantage to be sold to US private equity firmTransaction not expected to impact Irish customers whose loans are serviced by Pepper on behalf of third partiesTue Nov 05 2024 - 12:19
Services sector activity levels robust despite cost pressures - AIBInput prices rising at fastest level in the tourism and leisure subsector where overall growth is also slowestTue Nov 05 2024 - 01:00
Richie Boucher joins Glen Dimplex supervisory board Founder Martin Naughton will move to new honorary role within the group’s oversight bodyMon Nov 04 2024 - 08:04
Village Vets poised to open six new clinics as demand for top-end pet care grows Revenues at vet group jumped almost 10% in the year before private equity group acquired majority stakeFri Nov 01 2024 - 05:45
