Refurbished Cafe en Seine doubled sales to €9.5m before pandemicDublin superpub owner Mercantile Group still open to expansion despite hit from virusFri Aug 07 2020 - 15:33
Irish tourism must also help itself to survive the pandemicCaveat: A 17-county road trip reveals an industry battling fear, as well as its own old failingsFri Aug 07 2020 - 07:19
Quality mark urged for workplaces that push gender equalityAdvocacy group’s report on gender inequality suggests ways to improve fairnessThu Aug 06 2020 - 11:12
Three Ireland outstrips European siblings as half-year earnings up 8%Additional customers offset decline in mobile operator’s average revenue figure per userThu Aug 06 2020 - 10:44
Insurers told to pay legal costs of pandemic test casesRegulator instructs insurers to accept responsibility for publicans ‘reasonable’ legal costs even if they winWed Aug 05 2020 - 12:58
Motor insurers will use virus windfall to cut premiums for good PR, says Moody’sClaims have been lower than normal due to lockdown traffic slumpWed Aug 05 2020 - 04:55
House parties the potential problem, but pubs sent to financial purgatory againCaveat: House parties have emerged as a potential problem, not pub partiesFri Jul 17 2020 - 07:24
McDonald’s Irish accounts show €75m cash injection as restaurants reopen for dine-inFast-food chain reopens 27 of its Irish stores for dine-in for first time since shutdownWed Jul 15 2020 - 16:47
July stimulus is ‘last chance’ to save the economy, Chambers Ireland warnsBusiness lobby group calling for subsidy extension and rates waiverWed Jul 15 2020 - 06:10
Californian tech sell-off exports gloom to European marketsIseq remains flat on reduced trading volumesTue Jul 14 2020 - 18:33
Dermot Desmond-backed diamond miner gets waiver from bank covenantsMountain Province Diamonds is in talks with the businessman to secure new facilitiesTue Jul 14 2020 - 17:23
Government to push through €2bn credit guarantee scheme next weekPortfolio cap lifted on loan guarantee scheme for pandemic-hit SMEsTue Jul 14 2020 - 09:22
Harvey Norman to open new stores in Galway and SligoAustralian furniture chain set to expand here amid boom in sales during lockdownTue Jul 14 2020 - 05:00
Dublin banker sells island off coast of west Cork for €5.5m‘Ultra high net worth’ European buys Horse Island and its seven properties and helipadMon Jul 13 2020 - 14:17
Norwegian airline sued in Dublin by inflight catererNorwegian Air International has been hit with two High Court debt summary judgment applications by NewrestMon Jul 13 2020 - 05:37
Companies cutting IT investment when they need it most, warns PwC reportFirm says its research shows three quarters of those slashing IT plan cuts more than 20%Mon Jul 13 2020 - 05:30
Tobacco giant’s menthol-ban substitutes take 5% share of Irish marketSales data shows Japanese company’s replacement brands had increased share here by mid-JuneMon Jul 13 2020 - 05:11
Varadkar and Donohoe to meet banks to discuss mortgage breaksLenders under pressure to waive interest on coronavirus-related payment breaksSun Jul 12 2020 - 19:24
New Powerscourt Springs hotel to open in defiance of virus gloomWicklow businesswoman Lorraine Sweeney has teamed up with her daughter Adrienne Stewart in the €2.5m investmentSat Jul 11 2020 - 05:14
The €1 billion market: retailers who serve tourists face double trouble in a pandemicWith quarantine in place for foreign visitors, tourists are unlikely to return in 2020Fri Jul 10 2020 - 05:50
Caveat: The tourism sector deserves to be taken more seriously in this crisisFrom the lack of targeted supports to the fiasco over quarantine, it has been sold shortFri Jul 10 2020 - 05:17
‘Sad day’ for House of Ireland as tourism retailer goes out of businessFive companies linked to Grafton Street giftware group to go into liquidationFri Jul 10 2020 - 05:17
Spar-owner BWG explores potential for online shopping ‘pot of gold’But chief executive Leo Crawford warns costs must be borne and ‘nobody has cracked it’Tue Jul 07 2020 - 20:04
SuperValu and Centra MD Martin Kelleher stepping downVeteran leaves Cork-based Musgrave group after 10 years running retail divisionTue Jul 07 2020 - 18:17
Columbia Sportswear defies gloom with first Irish standalone shopIrish-American company patriarch Tim Boyle calls Trump a ‘conman’Sat Jul 04 2020 - 07:44
Dublin consultancy Pathfinder set for expansion after buyout by Sia PartnersSia plans to double size of Irish business in next three years, adding up to 60 staffFri Jul 03 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Publicans and restaurateurs row over calls for VAT cutsIndustry groups are split over a drive for a near €700m cut to VAT on pub alcohol salesThu Jul 02 2020 - 05:25
Revolut data confirms consumer spending spike as lockdown easedPent up demand drives spending 25% ahead of normal Monday businessTue Jun 30 2020 - 19:40
‘Shattered’ tourism industry calls for immediate €1bn injectionSector wants Fáilte Ireland to administer grantsMon Jun 29 2020 - 15:42
The ‘covidpreneurs’ of 2020: ‘You couldn’t mill the flour fast enough’The car parts sellers who started flogging frisbees, the gin makers who switched to sanitiserSat Jun 20 2020 - 06:00
Economic degrowth advocated by Greens' radical wing would bring carnage and human miseryCaveat: Radical wing pretends economic degrowth will not cause considerable painFri Jun 19 2020 - 07:10
Philip Morris says Irish ad for ‘menthol blend’ cigarettes a ‘mistake’Ad to retailers for new brand ‘should not have run’, Irish head of tobacco giant saysFri Jun 19 2020 - 05:15
‘July stimulus’ promised in new programme for governmentAbility of companies to split into trading and property entities may be restricted alsoMon Jun 15 2020 - 16:20
Queen’s pub in Dalkey closing downLandmark bar owned by former AIB CEO Tom Mulcahy may be sold for redevelopmentFri Jun 12 2020 - 18:22
Five-star hotels scramble to retain luxury experience under new anti-virus regimeWith wealthy Americans a no-show for now, luxury Irish hotels must pivot towards the domestic market for businessFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:30
Covid-19: Let’s hold our nerve if mini-spikes cast doubt on economy reopeningCaveat: Bespoke closures and rapid test and trace systems can handle a resurgenceFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:25
Tough times for tourism trade as it absorbs coronavirus shockTop 1000: Few industries have suffered the blow of Covid-19 as much as travelWed Jun 10 2020 - 12:00
‘INM 19’ members seek State papers for new lawsuits over data leakJournalist Sam Smyth among seven preparing to sue company and former chairmanWed Jun 10 2020 - 06:54
HSE launches investigation into tobacco companies over ‘menthol’ blendsBig retailers ask manufacturers if substitute products are legal after menthol banTue Jun 09 2020 - 04:15
European equity markets pause for breath following surgeMarkets report: Losses in technology and healthcare stocks halt a recent rallyMon Jun 08 2020 - 19:24
Dublin Bay cruise company sets sail for new tourist seasonCompany’s 100-capacity touring vessel sets sail with capacity restricted to 40 people a tripMon Jun 08 2020 - 18:17
Woodchester founder Craig McKinney diesScottish-born businessman had long career in Irish financeFri Jun 05 2020 - 18:17
Ikea among major retailers to reopen next weekMarks and Spencer will also reopen, but Penneys to stay closedFri Jun 05 2020 - 18:01
Want to help the coronavirus recovery? Go shoppingIf Government won’t speed things up to help SMEs, people must do itFri Jun 05 2020 - 05:13
Penneys will not reopen on Monday despite expected changes to lockdown rulesRetailer said it would not trade until it was safe for staff and customers to do soThu Jun 04 2020 - 19:42
State’s tourism taskforce wants changes to school holidays to boost ‘staycations’Government’s tourism group also recommends that hospitality businesses be allowed to implement one-metre social distancingThu Jun 04 2020 - 19:22
Providence Resources reports €26.8m loss for 2019Former CEO Tony O’Reilly jnr received exit payment of almost €450,000Wed Jun 03 2020 - 16:26
Parts of Brown Thomas and Arnotts to reopen next weekGround floors to open doors earlier than anticipated as individual units in compliance with lockdown easing planTue Jun 02 2020 - 13:12
Minister calls on EU to act against tobacco firms ‘undermining’ menthol ban in IrelandMenthol market was estimated at up to 18% of total cigarettes market here before banSat May 30 2020 - 04:37
Fine Gael TD calls for new State body to help lead economic recoveryMothers returning to work from maternity leave now eligible for State’s coronavirus pandemic wage subsidySat May 30 2020 - 02:00
