More than 2,000 pubs have closed since 2005, with further 1,000 at risk in next decadeDublin has seen the fewest pubs close, with the biggest decrease in Limerick Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Profit rises at Fontaines DC alma mater Bimm Music Institute despite drop in student numbersTU Dublin partnership accounted for more than 85 per cent of overall revenue in 2023Mon Jul 14 2025 - 06:00
Budget must accelerate home building as infrastructure gaps risk undermining economy, says Davy Infrastructure gaps in housing and energy risk damaging competitiveness of Irish economy, stockbroker saysMon Jul 14 2025 - 00:01
Revenue demanded €1.7 million from Dylan McGrath’s Fade Street Social six days before examinership petitionIndependent report expects ‘competitive bidding process’ amid significant interestFri Jul 11 2025 - 18:06
EVs market share on verge of overtaking diesel carsTesla branded vehicles made up two of the three most popular electric car models in JuneFri Jul 11 2025 - 14:25
Revenue says it backs Scarp process amid criticism of opt-out mechanismThe commission responded to concerns their opt-out right would deter companies from entering the processFri Jul 11 2025 - 13:09
Examinership of Powerscourt Distillery opposed by €21.5m creditorBankers PNC are oppose the move to appoint an examiner over the producer of Fercullen WhiskeyThu Jul 10 2025 - 15:23
Up to 800,000 Betfair and Paddy Power customers hit by data breachA third party gained access to “limited betting account information” including IP and email addressesWed Jul 09 2025 - 18:59
Dublin office vacancy rate drops for first time in three yearsCompletion of two major deals accounted for 75 per cent of overall take-up of accommodation in the quarterWed Jul 09 2025 - 16:54
Hotels body renews call for 9% VAT rate amid ‘ever-increasing operating costs’IHF appealed for measures to tackle business costs and ‘enhanced air access’ at Dublin and regional airports Wed Jul 09 2025 - 16:20
Older workers will have to delay retirement as fertility ‘plummets’, warns OECDIreland is one of just two countries that will not see its per-capita growth decline by 2060 at projected rates of productivityWed Jul 09 2025 - 12:16
Banks and tech keep European shares in the greenIn a quiet day of trading, the Iseq All-Share index outperformed its European counterpartsMon Jul 07 2025 - 18:00
Saint Laurent sees Irish revenue tumble 34 per centThe brand noted the sector saw ‘lower store footfall’ amid ‘geopolitical uncertainty’Mon Jul 07 2025 - 16:58
Cost concerns driving shift in employee benefits, survey saysMore than half of employers are focusing on getting more value from their benefits spendMon Jul 07 2025 - 14:46
Profits rise at BluePoint Pharmaceuticals but Cork firm warns of impact of tariffsWith a US-based parent company, it says US tariffs, market volatility and ‘slower economic growth or recession’ could hit businessSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
AI should be a ‘core component’ of the education system, National Skills Council recommendsThe council recommended a 'rethink' of investment into skillsThu Jul 03 2025 - 15:20
Dublin’s Guinness Enterprise Centre agrees deals to help start-ups expand internationallyThe Liberties-based centre has 25 existing agreements with national and international hubsThu Jul 03 2025 - 06:00
Fenergo to create 300 jobs in Dublin as part of €100m investmentFintech firm to create additional 200 jobs globally as uncertainty acts as ‘catalyst’ for the businessThu Jul 03 2025 - 00:01
Turnover rises at Bretzel Bakery after ‘rollercoaster’ ride in pandemicCompany made profit of €180,000 in its past financial yearWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Banks and defence sectors weigh on European sharesDublin stock market starts July in the red.Tue Jul 01 2025 - 18:41
Institute of Education’s profit rises to €8.5m following acquisition by Dukes Education Dukes Education paid more than £8m (€9.3m) to acquire Bruce College in Cork, UK filings also showTue Jul 01 2025 - 16:49
Retail sales decline in May as department stores suffer the mostRetail sales volume declined by 0.6 per cent in May, though still advanced 1.6 per cent in the past 12 months.Mon Jun 30 2025 - 15:01
Irish households owe €99.2bn at end of March Amid changes in ECB interest rates, homeowners have continued to move away from tracker mortgagesMon Jun 30 2025 - 14:02
‘We were possibly naive at the start’: Grace O’Malley Spirits resurgent following branding overhaul‘I think some of us - looking back - might have been experts on the wrong side of the bar and learned that the hard way.’Mon Jun 30 2025 - 06:00
SuperValu expands into pet cover in bid to be ‘one-stop shop’ for insuranceCompany eyes ‘70 per cent gap in pet owners that don’t have insurance’Mon Jun 30 2025 - 00:01
Irish mortgage approvals hit record €14.1bn over last year Value of approvals rose 17.8 per cent in May compared with year earlierFri Jun 27 2025 - 00:01
Irish consumer confidence improves as public adapt to global instabilityLatest Credit Union barometer sees first back-to-back improvement in nearly 12 monthsThu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
Primark to cut about 100 jobs from Dublin HQIt is expected that 7 per cent of the 1,500 roles in its Dublin headquarters will be cutWed Jun 25 2025 - 15:40
Japan’s ageing population an opportunity for Irish medical technology companies, says EI chief ‘It is no secret that Japan is Ireland’s number one objective in growing relations within the Asian region,’ the Minister for Enterprise said.Wed Jun 25 2025 - 13:05
Average price of a second-hand home in Dublin pushes past €600,000 barrierIn the rest of the country, housing prices reached €313,000 in the first half of the yearWed Jun 25 2025 - 00:01
AI ‘could significantly increase unemployment’ Oireachtas committee toldIndustry experts warned that entry-level software engineering jobs could be among those first to goTue Jun 24 2025 - 18:04
Department of Enterprise facing €38m bill due to grant classification issue Minister warned final figure could be even higher and will be met by ‘savings identified within the department’s capital allocation’Tue Jun 24 2025 - 06:00
Irish people more concerned about cost of food than counterpartsJust 37% of people in Ireland willing to pay more for environmentally friendly food, lower than the global averageTue Jun 24 2025 - 00:01
Law firm Matheson elects Darren Maher as new managing partnerMatheson's incoming managing partner will take up the role at the start of 2026Mon Jun 23 2025 - 15:17
Irish real estate investment firm Lugus Capital to expand into UK The joint-owner of the Blackpool Shopping Centre in Cork has launched a UK expansionMon Jun 23 2025 - 11:28
‘Amsterdam is a whole lot easier to get around than Dublin ... You get a much better quality of life here’Wild Geese: Eoin Blunnie is an orchestral composer who works in e-sportsSun Jun 22 2025 - 06:00
European shares hit one-month low amid rising Middle East tensionsShares of Kenmare Resources fell more than 20 per cent after it walked away from takeover talksThu Jun 19 2025 - 18:17
DCU took in nearly €13m from its student accommodation last year The accounts bring Irish universities’ income from student accommodation over €120m for the first timeThu Jun 19 2025 - 06:00
‘Reputation alone will not cut it’ for food industry says new Enterprise Ireland chiefMinister Burke commended former EI chairman for resigning last weekWed Jun 18 2025 - 18:19
IDA Ireland to spend ‘very significantly more’ than €100m on site for FDIYet to be identified site in the west of Ireland is understood to be targeting investment from computer chip manufacturerWed Jun 18 2025 - 11:25
Irish Rail: ‘Sexual acts openly’ between carriages and ‘parents doing cocaine’ among user complaintsAn average of nearly 12 complaints a day were made on company’s text service Wed Jun 18 2025 - 06:00
Half of Irish businesses have raised their prices in past year, survey findsIrish businesses are falling behind European counterparts on innovationWed Jun 18 2025 - 06:00
More people in Ireland paying for news than ever beforeInterest in news increased in Ireland this year, with 56%of people ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ interested, well ahead of UK, EU and the US Tue Jun 17 2025 - 14:34
Irish businesses to comply with UK Jolly Ranchers recall amid cancer concernsFSAI say they have not been notified of any Irish companies recalling the productMon Jun 16 2025 - 19:00
Gucci keeps European shares in the blackThe pan-European STOXX 600 ended 0.4 per cent higherMon Jun 16 2025 - 18:56
Tobacco companies want tighter age rules on sale of nicotine pouches Vaping companies labelled proposed regulatory measures as ‘draconian’Mon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
Irish universities earned more than €830m from student housing since 2015UCD generated nearly €290 million from its accommodation units during the 10-year periodSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
UL returns €12.4m surplus a year after soured property deals drag it into the red ‘Sadness and anger’ at damage done to UL’s reputation by botched property deals, acting college president saysFri Jun 13 2025 - 15:32
Ireland has 10th smallest gender equality gap in the worldGlobal parity is 123 years away at the current pace of improvementFri Jun 13 2025 - 15:00
