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Bobby Kerr
Wake-up call on Newstalk Breakfast as inflammatory language on immigration goes mainstream
Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly run the gamut from children’s sleepovers to John McGuirk’s bellicose language
Katie Hannon, alert and empathetic, knows what makes Irish life tick
Radio Review: As Joe Duffy’s default Liveline stand-in, she never gets bogged down
VC guy Alan Foy: Irish tech company backer is anything but starstruck
Dubliner is well used to convincing Liam Neeson, U2 and other celebrities to part with their money
DropChef secures €2m as Impact Ireland fund makes first investment
Irish meal-kit delivery service is first company to receive financing from €100m fund
Post office network faces collapse without support, report warns
Irish Postmasters’ Union calls for €17m in annual State funding be put in place
Inside Track: Stephen O’Sullivan, founder and owner of ParcelDirect.ie
O’Sullivan saw a customers’ need for a more convenient and cost-effective way of sending packages
Huffing and puffing Bobby Kerr, a magic dragon for lazy Sundays
The Dragon not running for president brings a genial appeal to his Newstalk show
A quietly forceful rebuke to Danny Healy-Rae’s outburst
Radio: No papal bull as radio presenters give muted welcome to pontiff’s visit
Bobby Kerr looks to the future after cashing in at Insomnia
‘I might do some investing ... consultancy or voluntary work’
End of an era as Bobby Kerr moves on from Insomnia
Businessman sells his shares in coffee chain he established 20 years ago
The best business books of 2017 and the ones to avoid
A trawl through this year’s offerings unearths a few inspirational gems among the dross
Noel Whelan: Post offices help take edge off digital divide
Postmasters have shown an unrivalled capacity to adapt and compete
Taxing coffee cups: why it won’t work
A 15 cent levy might bring in revenue but it won’t change disposable cup culture
It is perfectly acceptable to wear your passion on your sleeve
Candid interviews with high-profile Irish personalities focuses on purpose and drive
Seen & Heard: State-backed funds using Section 110 to slash tax bill
What the Sunday papers say: Cardinal Capital and BlueBay use controversial structure
The key business events happening this week
14 young Irish people will compete at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Insomnia eyes first German outlet as part of expansion
Coffee chain operating in Ireland and UK plans to open up to 30 outlets by end of year
No women need apply as Ivan Yates brings manly swagger to Sundays
Newstalk adds more middle-aged male voices to its roster in the form of Yates and Bobby Kerr, but the formula is wearing thin
Dragon’s Den is not the fire-breathing, wad-waving wealthfest it used to be
Nowadays, it has all the pizzazz of a business studies course and could be plausibly renamed Rich People Doing Sums
Downsizing of post office network to spark fierce response
An Post says more than half of the company’s 1,100 outlets are ‘uneconomic’
Post office closures will ‘devastate rural Ireland,’ protesters say
Dozens of postmasters march into GPO demanding maintenance of services
Postmasters to protest against potential closures
Minister says future not as bad as suggested despite claim 1,100 offices are loss-making
An Post warns it cannot meet wage bill next month
Company says it needs to increase price of stamps to raise money to pay employees
Plan to close 80 post offices a ‘serious blow’ to rural Ireland
No decisions yet made while in-depth review of network still ongoing, says An Post
Inside Track: Niamh O’Shea, cofounder of Cool Baby
Family-run business offers range of personalised, high-quality baby wear
Angling Notes: Leitrim council awards €100,000 to develop lake angling
Grant will assist in building centre of excellence to attract domestic and overseas anglers
Post offices could offer motor tax renewal services, Dáil told
Michael Ring says number of options considered for rural An Post network
Independent TDs to call for safeguarding of post offices
Government is expected to accept requests for a new banking service run by An Post
Angling Notes: World Shore Angling Championship under way
For the first time an Irish ladies’ team is competing
Kenny insists State is acting to keep post offices open
Clare GP warns ‘if the Government does not act, it will passively strangle post offices’
Maxol’s €2m expansion to focus on food courts
McMullan family working with independent food operators such as Supermac’s
Union calls for post offices to be used for range of new services
Irish Postmasters’ Union says Government needs to show commitment to communities
Radio: Ryan Tubridy puts Joe Rooney through the emotional wringer
Review: ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’, ‘Down to Business’, ‘Moncrieff’
Businessman Bobby Kerr announces cancer diagnosis
Broadcaster is receiving treatment for cancer of the neck and head
Oscar-nominated films and Ireland’s largest coffee chain at Start-up Night
Event featured talks from founders of Insomnia Coffee and Cartoon Saloon
We want to grow a business that cares about teachers, students and parents
Small Business Inside Track Paul Shorte, Artzone operations director
‘We are passionate about the health benefits of seaweed baths’
Small Business Inside Track Q&A Neil Walton, MD, Voya Seaweed Baths
Report calls for post offices to diversify to remain viable
Study shows most post offices are seriously underutilised
New postal location code system to be launched in July
Some 2.2m homes and businesses to get seven-digit codes under Eircode system
Minister ‘surprised’ by letter urging pensioners to use banks
Department policy could mean closure of all of the post offices, warns Michael Moynihan
Radio: Silence is golden for Pat Kenny – but still painful for Terence Flanagan
Review: ‘Playback’, ‘Drivetime’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’ and ‘Down to Business’
Meet the mentor: Bobby Kerr of Insomnia Coffee Company
‘Passion about a particular product or service can make it easy to overlook market conditions’
Week two of the AIB Start-up Academy: An introduction to ‘design thinking’
Entrepreneurs to learn quick, inexpensive experiments to tweak or change a product
Retired schoolteacher begins hunger strike over post office closure
East Galway community seeks a year’s reprieve from An Post
From a market table to a Temple Bar shop
Small Business Inside Track Q&ADavid Mooney, owner ThunderSolas Leather Designs
Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy
Don’t scorn him for having chosen his life of heroin and homelessness.
On the coffee trail, from seed to a cup near you
The coffee market in Ireland has proved remarkably resilient through the downturn, and it’s catching up on tea as our favourite beverage. We trace the beautiful bean’s journey back to a remote farm in Tanzania where elephants roam free
Rentview speeds up rental process helping landlords to rent properties faster
Letting agencies and prospective tenants both benefit from Dublin company’s software solution
First start-up night proves a big draw
The first start-up night of the Start-up Academy saw 180 entrepreneurs of all sorts gather to share tips and insights.
An envelope and the letter of the law
Harry McGee’s week: there seems to be a deeper well of sympathy for political scoundrels than for the sanctimonious
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