Full coverage: Manna

Manna Air Delivery is looking to grow internationally but it is under fire at home. Founder Bobby Healy says drones are coming and wants his Irish company to lead the way, not a global tech giant.

Travel tech veterans Mike McGearty and Bobby Healy have raised €8.3m to expand headcount and build out Meili Travel, their new start-up.

Manna, the drone delivery company, is being sued in the High Court by a Nordic drone company. The Irish company is expected to vigorously defend the case.

Manna founder Bobby Healy is on a mission to build a worldwide drone delivery service. In a series of interviews over the space of the last year, The Currency takes an in-depth look at the founder of one of Ireland’s most intriguing and ambitious start-ups.

Five Irish restaurants pulled down the shutters in the first two days of the year and experts say two a week could close this year. Yet, planning applications for new eateries continue to surge. Is it simply healthy competition, or have we reached peak restaurant?