Full coverage: Technology

From the interpretation of satellite data to software assisting astronauts on SpaceX flights, Irish companies are increasingly present in orbit. Beyond the thrill of space exploration, its exacting standards propel these technology businesses towards new markets.

Increasingly conscious Irish consumers have attracted Vienna-based Refurbed here, but Brexit also had a role to play, according to its CEO and co-founder Kilian Kaminski.

ECI Energy was spun out of an established family business on the northside of Dublin. Acutrace is a six-year-old prop-tech company tackling inefficiencies in commercial buildings. The two firms have just tied the knot.

Already the dominating player in Ireland’s fast-growing data centre industry, the US digital giant has acquired another large property from a well-known agri-business family next to an electricity connection for its power-hungry business.

Ten years ago, Dublin student Ronan McGovern left for MIT on a Fulbright scholarship. He has just returned to Ireland after selling his start-up to a leading engineering multinational.

The founders of Clickandcollection.com have been at the coalface of restaurants’ shift to online and “at home”. One year after they were forced to pivot themselves, they are now regrouping to power this new channel for more small businesses – in Ireland and abroad.

Towering on Killiney Hill, Mount Eagle was Matt Damon’s rumoured summer residence. It is now home to a mobile app backed by the Tidey, Kilduff, Heffernan and Naji families that wants a slice of your attention while you're watching TV.

The US president's plan would "level the playing field" on corporate tax, making it irrelevant to set its rate anywhere below 21 per cent. This is a challenge, but not all bad news for Ireland, as a reading of Microsoft's latest multi-billion profit posting reveals.

The latest funding round secured by the world's fastest-growing online payments provider brings its valuation close to $100 billion. The Silicon Valley business founded by two Irish brothers plans to expand in Dublin.

As it expands aggressively outside the US, the design-centred social network has a new fashionable item to pin to its board: the green jersey tax structure.