How the private sector answered Ireland’s call for help on coronavirus testingBiopharma companies, big and small, have chipped in to help the State source materials including reagentFri May 08 2020 - 05:30
Cheap flights not great for planet but good for our mental healthIt is in our overall best interests to restore the aviation industry to full health after Covid-19Fri May 08 2020 - 05:00
Restaurants contemplate summer reopening, coronavirus permittingHaving being shut for more than a month, restaurant owners have little appetite to reopen only to lose even more moneyFri May 01 2020 - 05:16
Coronavirus: Insurers risk becoming the new bankersGrab your helmets, insurers. You are going to get stoned, and not in a happy wayFri May 01 2020 - 02:15
Tourism industry seeks €1.5bn grant and ‘staycation vouchers’Vouchers could be redeemed against domestic holiday homesThu Apr 30 2020 - 19:41
Motor insurers told rebates do not breach competition rulesInsurance body sought advice from Arthur Cox amid concerns over reliefs for customersWed Apr 29 2020 - 03:20
Blame for expected extended lockdown shifted onto the publicWe are being set up as the fall guy for Government failure to meet targets for testingTue Apr 28 2020 - 12:30
US court throws out $1.5bn alleged corruption case against DigicelCase taken by Haitian emigrants against O’Brien-owned telco dismissed in New YorkMon Apr 27 2020 - 06:16
Workers prefer better benefits over more pay, study claimsProper retirement plan valued most by workers, survey findsMon Apr 27 2020 - 06:00
BOI outlines ‘grim’ state of the economy in sentiment surveyBank’s Economic Pulse index finds massive fall in business activity, fears over job lossesMon Apr 27 2020 - 05:44
Building slump and online retail surge may spark warehouse shortageSavills predicts shortfall of a third in new warehouse space between now and end of 2021Mon Apr 27 2020 - 05:32
Credit unions complain of ‘double standards’ in Covid-19 responseRegulator refused request to defer €22m in State levies and to reduce capital buffersFri Apr 24 2020 - 18:36
Irish retailers face winter of discontent after UK closuresIndustry believes up to 40% of stores will go bust without State helpFri Apr 24 2020 - 05:00
Government has failed Keelings and its workersCompany unfairly dragged through a ditch in court of public opinionFri Apr 24 2020 - 04:59
Shops warned off price promotions when they reopen‘Surge consumption’ a risk for shops that tempt with cut-price deals, says lobby groupFri Apr 24 2020 - 03:00
Reopening of shops may require temperature checks for customers‘New normal’ could include ban on shopping baskets, price promotionsFri Apr 24 2020 - 03:00
Dalata agrees €65m deal with German investor for Dublin hotelHotel group plans major ‘staycation’ advertising campaign once Covid-19 restrictions are liftedTue Apr 21 2020 - 08:00
Who owns private hospitals behind State’s €115m-a-month deal?Denis O’Brien and Larry Goodman are prominent among investors in the sectorSun Apr 19 2020 - 16:09
Coronavirus: State may have to play God on which businesses survive the pandemicIs it sustainable for taxpayers to bail out sectors that are unviable due to social distancing?Fri Apr 17 2020 - 05:20
Leslie Buckley made defendant in data hack case against INMCase revolves around alleged operation to secretly download back-up IT tapesThu Apr 16 2020 - 18:09
US think tank reminds Ireland spending could ‘get out of control’Heritage Foundation warns State that ‘old interventionist habits die hard’Wed Apr 15 2020 - 04:15
Irish potato supplier signs €62.5m deal with TescoDublin fresh foods group has been a supplier of the supermarket group for two decadesTue Apr 14 2020 - 18:00
Why the State should give us all gift vouchers, let's call them PaschalbondsCaveat: Post-Covid-19 consumer shopping spree funded by State is just what SMEs needFri Apr 03 2020 - 05:38
Investment fund provides 90 free luxury south Dublin apartments for HSEChurchtown apartments will be available for up to three monthsThu Apr 02 2020 - 18:20
Tourism chiefs devising plan for The Gathering part 2 to reboot sectorFáilte Ireland examining proposal to rerun 2013 event to boost tourism after Covid-19Thu Apr 02 2020 - 06:30
Makhlouf overseeing Central Bank’s crisis response from Greek lockdownGovernor had flown to Athens to visit family prior to Greece shutting downWed Apr 01 2020 - 17:41
Ireland ‘resilient’ enough to cope with cost of Covid-19, says Moody’sRatings agency predicts State’s borrowing capacity should hold up if crisis is short-livedTue Mar 31 2020 - 19:02
EU approves State’s €200m business loans schemeStrict state-aid rules relaxed in face of Covid-19 crisisTue Mar 31 2020 - 11:56
Restaurateurs seeking deals on rent with many payments due this weekA number of Irish restaurants are due to pay their landlords on April 1stTue Mar 31 2020 - 05:00
Shares edge higher as relative calm reigns over marketsIn Dublin, the Iseq rose by just over 0.5%, in line with other European boursesMon Mar 30 2020 - 18:26
Kerry pressing ahead with agm next month despite Covid-19 crisisPay package of chief executive increased last year to just under €4 million, a rise of 55%Mon Mar 30 2020 - 15:16
Covid-19 crisis to wipe out Q1 housing market recoveryThere were 12,170 agreed sales in the first three months of the year, survey showsMon Mar 30 2020 - 06:20
Insolvency lawyer warns of ‘disaster’ if firms reject Covid-19 wage subsidiesArthur Cox partner says fears over trading while insolvent are ‘without foundation’Mon Mar 30 2020 - 05:55
Initial Covid-19 impact on commerce the tip of the icebergEconomic Pulse shows the services sector witnessed the steepest drop in sentimentMon Mar 30 2020 - 05:41
Educational technology company Code Institute raises €1.2mCompany was founded by Irish businessman Anthony Quigley in 2015, and offers online coding courses through distance learningMon Mar 30 2020 - 05:21
Usit travel group in liquidation due to coronavirus crisisMore than 100 jobs lost as language school goes under as well; Outcome for customers ‘uncertain’Fri Mar 27 2020 - 17:34
Wetherspoon’s panto-villain chairman may have the last laughTim Martin has committed a series of faux pas as the coronavirus crisis has unfoldedFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:30
Isme criticised State’s ‘tone deaf’ wage subsidy schemeLaw Society also warned Government and advised amendments to Covid legislationThu Mar 26 2020 - 16:05
Irish and European stocks rally for a second day on stimulus plansMarkets in US record first back-to-back gain since a brutal sell-off began last monthWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:24
Markets rise on hopes of stimulus after volatile trading sessionWall Street gains as US Senate set to vote on $2tn package to dull impact of coronavirusWed Mar 25 2020 - 18:35
British-Irish chamber criticises lack of co-ordination between Ireland and BritainThe chamber said cross-Border businesses are particularly exposed to divergent approachesTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:26
Center Parcs owner will provide ‘interim assistance’ for holiday parks if requiredOperator of holiday parks also extends closure of its Irish facility in Co LongfordTue Mar 24 2020 - 18:53
Nama makes almost €12m quarterly profitAgency has cash balances of €3.49 billion and loan assets valued at €1.46 billionFri Mar 20 2020 - 15:44
Cider maker C&C issues Covid-19 profits warningBulmers maker in talks with tax authorities in Republic and Britain over duty paymentsFri Mar 20 2020 - 14:39
Covid-19: Utilities, banks and insurers must do the decent thingBusinesses hit by Covid-19 are entitled to expect sense of fair play inherent in the IrishFri Mar 20 2020 - 05:30
Government asked to fund 12-month rates freezeGroup of mostly British retailers eyes hiatus for shops, leisure and hospitality businessesFri Mar 20 2020 - 05:24
Nama criticised over sale of loans linked to Quinlan PrivateSale of portfolio could have cost State up to €29m, spending watchdog report suggestsThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:08
Iseq follows Wall Street into red as investor fears outweigh stimulus effortsPandemic worries eclipse hopes broad policy support will combat economic falloutWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:13
Carnage on global markets despite stimulus packagesIseq finishes down almost 8% as European shares see worst close in nearly seven yearsWed Mar 18 2020 - 19:21
Desmond-backed miner delays results and cancels diamond sales due to Covid-19Mountain Province Diamonds had been due to sell diamonds in Antwerp this weekWed Mar 18 2020 - 13:33
