Think of the children: How fintech players are racing to revamp money for kids
August 24, 2021 5:43 amWhen kids open their next birthday cards, they may not find a tenner from their grandmother in there but rather... View Article
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Cloud solutions specialist Ekco has just raised €20m and closed its 14th acquisition. Next up? More deals and an IPO
August 24, 2021 5:09 amThere is a five-kilometre route around the grounds of Malahide Castle. But travelling on three VanMoof e-bikes makes the journey... View Article
Wage wars and ideological battles: How a court action is thwarting pay rises for 16,000 workers in the security sector
August 23, 2021 5:48 amEfficiency wage theory advocates that businesses can reap dividends from paying employees more than the market wage through high job... View Article
Working for free from a nondescript office in Cork, a former Fulbright Scholar is developing tech to clean up our oceans
August 23, 2021 5:03 amFour years ago, Patrick Duffy was ready to give up on Jospa, the Cork-based marine-tech business he co-founded with Joss... View Article
Voyages around Alex Ferguson: Glasgow, Sligo and sport’s timeless connections
August 21, 2021 5:33 amEvery time Manchester United are mentioned or reference is made to Sir Alex Ferguson, I think of the journalist Gerald Barry.... View Article
John Simpson, the BBC and the doctor who fled the Taliban and made a life in Ireland
August 21, 2021 5:08 amThe Bakhshi family celebrated their redemption as Afghani refugees in Dublin last week as the latest horror stories were relayed... View Article
Unplugged: How live entertainment was forgotten in the easing of pandemic restrictions
August 21, 2021 5:05 amCamille O’Sullivan made her way to the stage, a blend of nerves and excitement. It was the first time the... View Article
Amateur hour: How JP McManus’s money turned Limerick into the GAA’s new superpower
August 21, 2021 4:54 amThis was what JP McManus set out in letters to every county board in 2018, when explaining why he had... View Article
One of Ireland’s largest regional retailers is tackling Mike Ashley over disputed rents
August 20, 2021 9:54 amThe Caulfield McCarthy Group is one of Ireland’s largest, and most successful, regional retailers. The business controls three Supervalu supermarkets... View Article
Georgetown comes to Dublin: A mutant virus can help cure some cancers, and an Irish court must decide who invented it
August 20, 2021 4:55 amIt can take years between a medical discovery in a research lab and the launch of a safe, approved drug... View Article
