“Rural Ireland, with regards to class, is often left out of the conversation”

RTÉ has received its €56m interim bail-out, and published a five-year plan that is light on detail but big on cuts. Director General Kevin Bakhurst talks about his plans to move the broadcaster to its next phase after the Ryan Tubridy debacle.

A mystery investor with “significant experience in the hospitality industry” is eyeing up the debt-laden Cornstore and Coqbull restaurant chains in Cork and Limerick, which applied for urgent court protection on Tuesday.

Labour TD Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children a series of questions about the finances and governance of Scouting Ireland.

Newly released meeting notes lay out the EPA's concerns with the eco-credentials of agri-food companies in Origin Green. The environmental watchdog also flagged issues with the source of peat used in the €130m mushroom industry.

The taxation of share-based remuneration is under review. A recent battle between an executive and the tax authority shows why.

The first wind farm in Ireland’s race to 80% renewable power returned a 25% margin to its developer. Then the energy world changed.

Mark Kramer has worked for decades to make sure big business treats the social in ESG as more than just a label. Ahead of a keynote speech at a major Ibec conference this month, he talks about the role companies can play in tackling the pressing social issues of our time.

Web Summit opens with a lacklustre line-up but five bustling pavilions and a dedicated team of staffers are keeping it all together, writes Rosanna Cooney in Lisbon.

An interim examiner has been appointed to the Cornstore steakhouses in Cork and Limerick and the more casual Coqbull restaurant chain. The move means receivers appointed by a Swedish fund to the insolvent businesses last Friday will be stood down.

An Bord Pleanála has told the local authority to remove two sites owned by Roadstone and a religious order from its residential-zoned land tax map. The Council is still in the process of reviewing and updating multiple local area plans.