As multinationals continue to support the domestic economy, one must wonder – when will cost-of-living concerns become a drag on Irish businesses' growth?
Despite several pockets of weak performance, and some early warning signs that our economy might be cooling, economic activity in SME Ireland remained buoyant in Q3 2025.
Ireland's economic performance is masking deeper vulnerabilities such as over-reliance on corporation tax and exposure to global shocks. Now might be time for a Plan B.
SumUp and Square have amassed significant market share in Ireland but their Irish businesses are rapidly evolving beyond just accepting payments, according to their CEOs.
Irish SMEs have become more financially savvy since the 2008 crash, and the funding options available to them have also evolved.
Irish SMEs have behaved differently from their counterparts in comparable European countries in the aftermath of the economic crash. Badly burned by the crisis, they’re borrowing less and hoarding more.
Despite a drop in consumer confidence, the domestic economic indicators in the latest Fitzgerald Power market pulse report are trending positive. It appears that policy makers are, at last, listening to the SME sector.
The nation’s dysfunctional planning system and the threat it poses to the development of data centres and wind energy is not just an FDI problem. The solution may lie in a Japanese programme to address childhood obesity.
Kevin Canning, the managing director of Quintas, says his EIIS fund plans to invest in up to six Irish SMEs. It has already identified a childcare business to back.
The recent budget was hailed as a giveaway with something for almost everybody but small businesses were the noted exception. The details of the Finance Bill have now confirmed this.
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