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Full coverage: Dublin

From mechanic shortages to electrification: the growing workload of Dublin Bus chief

Billy Hann has been CEO of Dublin Bus since the end of 2022 and has overseen a surge in passenger numbers while juggling recruitment challenges and climate goals.

Jonathan Keane
30th Apr, 2024 - 9 min read

London fund in advanced talks to buy Cork’s largest pub group for €30m

Attestor Capital is close to buying The Rearden's Group in Cork, giving it a strong base in Munster as well as Leinster. The London-based fund, which already owns Dublin's oldest pub, is on the look out to buy even more.

Thomas Hubert
16th Mar, 2024 - 2 min read

Well-known pub owners plot new brewery to take on rising costs of global beer giants

While still at an early stage, the Changing Times Beverage Company is planning to shake up the Dublin beer market. The owners of great Irish pubs are working on a plan to offer quality beer – made by themselves.

Tom Lyons
1st Mar, 2024 - 2 min read

Murtaghs check into Buswells at their second attempt

Buswells is one of Dublin's best-known hotels. It has attracted significant interest over the past 14 months, but only now does a deal seem near closing.

Tom Lyons
26th Feb, 2024 - 1 min read

Receivers appointed to high-profile buildings in the North Docks

Dublin's commercial office property market is under pressure. Now receivers have been appointed to a 200,000 sq ft development in the North docks.

Tom Lyons
13th Feb, 2024 - 1 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: Dublin’s corset

The housing need demand assessment artificially suppresses housing in the east of the country. It needs to go.

Sean Keyes
17th Jan, 2024 - 4 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: The hardest housing question

Questions are often asked about who will build housing, how it will be built, in what quantity it will be built, what form it will take, and when it will be built. There’s much less discussion over where it will all be built.

Sean Keyes
10th Jan, 2024 - 3 min read

Skimping on homeless services “doesn’t work”. The State is about to pay more for them

Beyond immediate shelter, more and more people need complex assistance to escape entrenched homelessness. Price competition between charities has pushed the sector to the brink, but procurement policy is now changing.

Thomas Hubert
2nd Jan, 2024 - 14 min read

Planners must resist the urge to design for riots. What the city needs, above all, is streetlife

The risk of a riot is, in the grand scheme of things, minimal. The risk of being injured by a car is far greater. This is what makes Dublin City Council's car-centric response to the riots so perplexing.

Ronan Lyons
19th Dec, 2023 - 6 min read

Electric cars as a service: Irish start-ups aim to build the Netflix and Airbnb of motoring

DC EV is turning the leap of going electric into a no-strings-attached monthly subscription, while GoPlugable lets neighbours share their home chargers for money. Both are ready to launch.

Thomas Hubert
18th Dec, 2023 - 11 min read
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