John Collins: How does the Irish start-up scene compare with our European neighbours?
January 3, 2024 5:44 amThe European start-up scene is in rude health but European venture capital has never had it harder. That’s the conclusion... View Article
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A game-changing retrofit loan scheme is coming. Documents reveal why and how it will work
January 3, 2024 5:29 amAt the end of October, the final signatures were penned on a landmark deal between the European Investment Bank Group... View Article
How Salesforce’s multi-billion-dollar Dublin office boosted performance before cutting jobs last year
January 2, 2024 4:24 pmThe enterprise software multinational Salesforce grew revenue past $5 billion (€4.6 billion) and improved profitability at its Irish-based international sales... View Article
Skimping on homeless services “doesn’t work”. The State is about to pay more for them
January 2, 2024 5:46 amIn 2019, the Peter McVerry Trust secured Ireland’s largest-ever State-funded contract for homeless services after bidding €10 million below the... View Article
Hunger for green cement boosts Ecocem’s performance
January 2, 2024 4:35 amThe Irish low-carbon cement manufacturer Ecocem recorded accelerated growth in revenue and profits in 2022 and has since entered a... View Article
John Magnier, success, and me: The Aidan O’Brien interview
December 26, 2023 5:41 amNo pressure? “No pressure.” John Magnier may not always get it right but when in 1996 he gave Aidan O’Brien... View Article
Rewinding 2023: 30 stories that tell the story of the year
December 26, 2023 5:05 amIn November, Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell came to Dublin. They are an unlikely, if compelling, duo – the hardened... View Article
Money, mystery, and Michael Lynn: The two trials that brought a 16-year saga to a close
December 23, 2023 5:25 amFebruary 2022: Document after document on big screens in court. Bank official after bank official in the witness box. Some... View Article
What are the top movies on German TV this Christmas? Everything from a Czech Cinderella to Nazi-era entertainment
December 23, 2023 5:01 amChristmas really only began for us when Dad brought home the Irish television gospel of the 1980s and early 1990s,... View Article
Mickey O’Rourke increases his stake in Joe Media Group as oil and gas investor exits
December 22, 2023 3:44 pmExperienced media investor Mickey O’Rourke is “doubling down” by becoming a significant investor in Joe Media Group in both Ireland... View Article
