Full coverage: Start-ups

Generating EU demand for the products of the bloc’s start-ups may be a good place to start, but a lot more is needed to make the European ecosystem less dependent on US venture capital.

The company, which was founded in Northern Ireland by Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly, is set to close its Belfast entity and instead operate through its US business.

International law firm Hogan Lovells set up in Ireland in the wake of Brexit. Partner Eimear O'Brien speaks of the continued stream of firms choosing Ireland for European access.

Venture capital syndicate CircleRock is now five years old. It has backed start-ups like Yonder, Nory and Platform Golf but has ambitions to do a lot more.

Ireland’s start-up and scaling ecosystem has never been more vibrant but for founders, choosing the correct funding at the optimum time can often prove difficult. There are many options out there.

Even as head of sales at Stripe, Ed Moore couldn’t sign up customers to use a single payment system covering all countries. His new employer Payrails aims to fix that.

Hearing the case in the commercial court, Mr Justice Sanfey told Keith O'Brien, the payroll manager accused of leaking trade secrets to Rippling's rival, Deel, that he was in “a very serious situation”.

In an affidavit opened in the High Court in Dublin, Rippling has alleged that Keith O'Brien disclosed "trade secrets" to rival HR firm Deel.

The alleged spy "locked himself in a bathroom" when confronted before later "fleeing" Rippling's Temple Bar office. Rival Deel, a $12 billion firm, denies “all legal wrongdoing".

Sustainability-focused VCs gathered in Wicklow to look for investment opportunities in Irish companies. Event mastermind Faye Walsh Drouillard says funds are looking to Ireland for new opportunities and she wants to put the country on the map.