Ciarán Hancock

Ciarán Hancock

Business Editor

Ciarán Hancock is Business Editor of The Irish Times.

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Karen Clince, founder of Tigers Childcare

Group has been sold to UK operator Kids Planet Day Nurseries in a deal likely to be worth €75m

KPMG Ireland chief on pushing for more office days and the impact of AI on head count

Managing partner Ryan McCarthy leads an all-island firm with nearly 4,000 staff and more than €600m in annual revenues

Why the Irish are bad savers, and the lottery copies an advert from NZ

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Markets plunge and cost of electricity interconnector with France surges

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Irish tax payments by big US tech and pharma groups revealed

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An Post chief joins call for EU to delay €3 customs charge for small parcels

Some 19 postal operators call for six-month delay in July 1st introduction of new customs charge

Who is Albert Manifold and why has he been removed as chairman of BP?

Hailing from Templeogue and an accountant by trade, Manifold spent 11 years as CRH chief executive and was appointed BP chairman last October

CCPC inspects retail prices, and green light for 250 new homes in Blackrock

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Inside the Shelbourne Hotel: If this hotel is a barometer, the Irish economy ‘is good’

As the Shelbourne Hotel begins a €50m renovation, general manager JP Kavanagh explains why AI won’t replace the human touch to how it delivers its customer service

Dunloe Hotel in Killarney gets €100m renovation from German Liebherr family

Owners have begun demolition work on the site, with plans for new spa and conferencing facilities as well as 18 high-end suites

AI hits entry level jobs and tax free money from a home in your garden

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An Post lines up former Glen Dimplex boss Fergal Leamy as next chief executive

Appointment to €313,000 post currently held by David McRedmond would mark return to the semi-state sector for former Coillte boss

Irish creche group sale and Diageo’s frothy Kildare investment

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Paul McCann returns to his accounting roots as CEO of Irish firm Ecovis

McCann left IT solutions company Ergo in February following its sale, having earlier spent 22 years with Grant Thornton

LinkedIn Ireland’s big dividend and tax payments, and retailer Rathwood’s woes

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