Olive Keogh

Olive Keogh

Contributor

Olive Keogh is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in business.

The Irish start-up taking on energy drinks with Amazonian superleaf

NU Infusions launches natural guayusa-based alternative with no sugar and no jitters

Dublin start-up aims to power the 6G space race

Celtonn’s high-frequency tech could help prevent satellite gridlock as near-Earth space fills up

From wrist injury to walking revolution: How one Dublin engineer reinvented the dog lead

Madra World’s hands-free lead combines fashion, function and ergonomics to make it easier to walk strong or reactive dogs

From Stripe to start-up: Talexa targets costly HR blind spots

Talexa aims to help organisations understand their real skills gaps – and adopt AI responsibly

Irish start-up aims to offer pay-as-you-go finance research

Replacing expensive subscriptions for financial research data and costly processing power with an ‘only pay for what you need’ alternative

‘We want to change the world one bum at a time’: Wexford mum launches reusable nappy brand

EcoKinly aims to make reusable nappies mainstream – and save parents money in the process

‘Saying you’re disappointed in Ireland carries weight. In Albania it doesn’t land the same way’

Wild Geese: Susan Foxton, Vodafone Albania

An Irish start-up’s wearable device detects life-threatening allergies in children

Anaphero wearable aims to spot life-threatening allergic reactions within 60 seconds

Why Cork’s newest protein brand is skipping the gym-bro aesthetic

Friends-turned-founders target international growth with Oac premium protein treats

How an Irish AI start-up plans to fix manufacturing’s biggest bottleneck

Annora is tackling legacy software by rethinking how factories quote, price and sell

Timing, team and resilience trump ideas when it comes to innovation, studies show

Revisiting people we covered in New Innovators, we find stories of perseverance, challenge and accepting the need to adapt to achieve success

From TY project to €200,000 turnover: how a Dublin teenager built a global haircare brand

Gavin Hefferon started Poseidon Hair in 2019, turning social media tutorials into serious sales

Irish AI start-up aims to cut hiring time by weeks

Wrksense blends automation with human oversight — and insists AI is now better than people at reducing bias

Teacher quit job to build personalised AI revision platform for Leaving Cert

Examinaite already has 1,000 users and plans UK expansion after strong early growth

Meet the Irish tech watching over the insects that feed the world

Polliknow’s non-invasive AI and solar-powered sensors are intended to help landowners track biodiversity at scale

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