Conor Healy

Business Journalist

Conor Healy is a journalist at The Irish Times

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From push notes to balconies and diamond rings

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Trevor Casey: ‘From an early age I wanted to build something of my own’

EPH Controls founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Tommy Kearns: ‘We’re not adapting to the AI era. We’re defining what it looks like in regulated industries’

Xtremepush cofounder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Oltian Dervishi: ‘Our goal is to manufacture one balcony every 18 minutes’

Forte Pespa founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

The London restaurant serving beef tartare with Irish crisps: ‘You scoop it up with a Tayto directly’

The unlikely combination has proved to be a best seller for the new Irish-American restaurant

Liam Kearney, Revive: ‘We deliberately chose not to enter the US market’

Revive cofounder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Jennifer Rock: ‘My journey began with my own teenage skin concerns’

Skingredients founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Have you seen the greenest place in Ireland? Where is it?

Have your say on who, where and what comprise the greenest people, places and projects countrywide

Brian Shields: ‘I spent years watching patients struggle with conditions that had poor or no solutions’

Neurent Medical founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Laura McCarthy: ‘I stayed home instead of travelling to Thailand with friends that summer and launched Drink Botanicals Ireland’

Drink Botanicals Ireland founder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Fleadh Cheoil 2026: Ticket information, accommodation, how to get there and more

Everything you need to know about the Irish music and culture festival in Belfast

Ireland’s top cheeses, meats, butters and desserts named at Great Taste Awards 2026

Close to 50 Irish food products recognised with three-star honour at prestigious food awards

All Together Now festival 2026: Stage times, ticket information, how to get there and more

From Pulp and Cardinals to Kneecap and Self Esteem, the seventh edition of All Together Now is jam-packed. Here is everything you need to know

Hosepipe ban: how can you mind your garden plants without wasting water?

Don’t be too anxious about your precious lawn – but keep an eye on the hydrangeas

Traitors Ireland refused permission to film new series at ‘archaeologically sensitive’ sites in Meath

‘Misrepresenting the monument for entertainment risks undermining our educational remit’, says OPW

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