Faced with the growing risks associated with false advertising and YouTube misinformation, the Silicon Valley giant is promising transparency through a new online safety centre located where its European business is based – here.
The latest US multinational to switch from a double Irish to a green jersey tax structure, Airbnb has been accused of exacerbating Dublin’s housing crisis – but when Covid-19 hit, it had to negotiate with its own landlord.
Paul Lynch sold whiskey in Africa, worked for Denis O’Brien in the Caribbean and has established and backed a string of businesses. Still just 45 and now based in Texas, the Dubliner leads Chargify, a hotly-tipped billing software firm.
David Walsh believes he can emulate the success he enjoyed with Netwatch with his new business, HaloCare. He talks about regional development, driving innovation and why the government needs to ban personal guarantees and reform CGT.
New documents prepared by the online questionnaire firm in Dublin provide a rare level of detail in the relocation of intellectual property to Ireland common to countless tech multinationals. Meanwhile, the more discreet Mentor Graphics is preparing to repatriate billions out of Shannon.
Exclusive figures compiled by Greenpeace estimate the digital giant’s power demand for its expanding data hosting business in Ireland. The numbers add up, and they show AWS has a long way to go to its full renewable commitment
The doyen of US tech multinationals owns dozens of international subsidiaries and provides billions of dollars in customer finance through its Dublin office. Its new Irish-Dutch structure looks very much like the old one – except tens of billions have left these shores in the past year.
Having raised another €1.6m for his second start-up Kinzen, Mark Little talks about combining machine and human brainpower to tackle online misinformation, becoming a leader at Twitter and his thoughts on public service journalism.
McDonald's is the latest food business to announce a plant-based alternative for next year. We don’t know yet if shifts in consumer demand away from meat and dairy are a temporary fad or deep-seated trends. Either way, a public stake in this emerging industry would help manage what the future holds for Irish farmers.
Wayflyer is growing quickly by financing small to mid-sized e-commerce companies. Last month, QED Investors, which has backed 13 unicorns to date, invested in the Irish company. Is Wayflyer a $1 billion business of the future?
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