Denis O’Brien launches fresh attempt to access PR firm’s contacts with journalistsBusinessman is also seeking Red Flag communications about him with politiciansWed Sept 16 2020 - 05:42
Verizon’s Irish Yahoo and AOL unit moved IP back to US last year in €448m dealCommunications giant moved intellectual property back to US in 2019 in €448m dealTue Sept 15 2020 - 05:00
Xtremepush seeking up to €15m worth of acquisitionsIrish software firm co-founded by former professional rugby player Tommy KearnsTue Sept 15 2020 - 04:30
Eason’s buyout of Dubray gets clearance from competition bodyFormer family-owned chain, with eight bookshops, will continue to run as a standalone unitMon Sept 14 2020 - 20:04
Covid-19: Retailers warn of potential Christmas stock shortagesLonger opening hours under consideration for socially distanced festive shoppingMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:55
Construction recovery ‘stalls’ in August despite reopening of economyPMI measuring trade in building materials fell ‘modestly’ for first time in three monthsMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Househunters undaunted by Covid-19, MyHome.ie survey suggestsJust 13% expect prices to fall by more than 10% over the next year, research findsMon Sept 14 2020 - 00:24
E-commerce firms warned on moderating forums for ‘harmful content’Ireland among countries that will miss EU directive deadlineMon Sept 14 2020 - 00:01
Silicon Docks: Where the streets have no peopleGoogle walking away from Sorting Office deal a blow for tech and commercial hub ravaged by the pandemicFri Sept 11 2020 - 05:22
Fáilte Ireland director’s punishment does not fit the crimeAs with Cawley before O’Donoghue, the bigger mistake lay in the State’s travel rulesFri Sept 11 2020 - 05:10
DAA loses €150m so far this year due to Covid-19 crisis, CEO saysPandemic has had ‘devastating’ impact on the operator of Dublin and Cork airportsWed Sept 09 2020 - 20:25
Irish investors paid bribe for gas deal, says Nigerian officialAlleged wedding sweetner outlined in UK court judgment as part of $10bn legal battleMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:27
Revolut consumer spending data for August suggests green shootsDigital payments platform shows first year-on-year growth in purchasing by its 1 million Irish usersMon Sept 07 2020 - 08:03
It is callous to allow pubs to go bust while doing nothing to helpWhen businesses fail, ordinary people suffer; the Government must take actionFri Sept 04 2020 - 05:10
No Picnic for the live events sector as it vies for Government helpThe industry worth €3.5bn to the economy employs 35,000, and most are now idleFri Sept 04 2020 - 05:00
Donnelly wants ban on €250m menthol cigarettes market made more ‘robust’HSE ‘actively investigating’ tobacco companies here over the issueFri Sept 04 2020 - 04:44
Tourism industry wants airport testing and €500m in grants to save 100,000 jobsIndustry group publishes 5-point ‘call to action’ to save operators from insolvencyWed Sept 02 2020 - 15:58
US football games promoter wants Covid-19 refund ‘guarantees’College series for Dublin in 2021 could attract 25,000 and ‘kickstart recovery in tourism’Sat Aug 29 2020 - 08:07
Hogan affair exposes the stupid rules strangling the travel sectorCaveat: Government must devise a more sustainable long-term regime for industryFri Aug 28 2020 - 05:23
Larry Goodman companies win US court battle against Blackrock Clinic co-founderIllinois judge dismisses ex-surgeon’s attempt to reverse sale of his stakeThu Aug 27 2020 - 05:24
Aon assembles back-to-work employers’ coalition to devise safety protocolsInitiative for Dublin will feed into global process of workers returning to officesThu Aug 27 2020 - 05:01
Iseq outpaces other European indices as virus fears stalk marketsMarkets report: Stronger sterling drags down UK blue chips on FTSE 100Tue Aug 25 2020 - 18:47
Director of €15bn State fund to step downEugene O’Callaghan will leave Ireland Strategic Investment Fund at end of DecemberTue Aug 25 2020 - 16:39
Irish agrochemicals group wins €3m damages over German licensing delaysLife Scientific challenged German regulators over delays to permits for generic pesticidesTue Aug 25 2020 - 04:12
Dermot Desmond agrees to put further €63m into diamond company MPDMost of the world’s gem markets are closed due to the Covid pandemicMon Aug 24 2020 - 20:41
Rage over Berlin bar is a distraction from what Ireland must doCaveat: Contrast the controversy here with the calm acceptance of a pool party in ChinaFri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00
Lidl looks to cash in on price sensitive consumers as recession loomsInterview: Irish CEO JP Scally says supermarket's sales grew by up to 30% during lockdownWed Aug 19 2020 - 05:11
Lidl breaches €2bn sales barrier in IrelandSupermarket chain is pressing ahead with expansion plans as it prepares for recessionWed Aug 19 2020 - 05:00
US stocks close at record high, rebounding from Covid crashInvestors look past fresh tensions between the US and China over HuaweiTue Aug 18 2020 - 23:07
Free Now says money owed to Irish taxi drivers has been paidTaxi app apologises for weeks of payment delays that sparked calls for regulationTue Aug 18 2020 - 13:35
Call for taxi regulator to investigate Free Now driver payment delaysGovernment TD asks Minister to direct National Transport Authority to get involvedTue Aug 18 2020 - 05:13
Taxi app Free Now misses Irish driver payment deadline for fourth timeApp promised drivers unpaid fares would be processed ‘over the weekend’Mon Aug 17 2020 - 17:24
Inglot Cosmetics Irish and UK business to appoint liquidatorMore than 20 stores close but Swarbrigg family switches control of online operationMon Aug 17 2020 - 07:53
Boots stops paying some landlords as it seeks post-Covid rent dealsCompany says deals with landlords will help sustain ‘long-term future’Mon Aug 17 2020 - 05:45
Denis O’Brien charity has income cut by 30%Donations to private charity funded by businessman fall by more than €1 millionMon Aug 17 2020 - 05:23
Free Now blames ‘technical issues’ for taxi driver pay failureIrish taxi drivers worried after payment deadline missed for second week in a rowFri Aug 14 2020 - 16:24
Coronavirus: We must save lives but we also need to liveCaveat: New Zealand’s lockdown relapse shows there is no easy way to avoid living with Covid-19Fri Aug 14 2020 - 05:06
Jervis shopping centre takes major tenants to court over rent disputesFields, Schuh, New Look and Topman among retailers being sued by Paddy McKillen entityThu Aug 13 2020 - 05:03
Harvey Norman targets Irish property developersApartment fitouts new revenue stream for furniture chain amid Covid-19 uncertaintyWed Aug 12 2020 - 05:20
Stimulus hopes drive markets close to pre-Covid highsMarkets report: European stocks hit a near three-week high, S&P 500 closes in on peakTue Aug 11 2020 - 18:18
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
