Those in Ireland who depart from consensus are often isolated and ignoredWhether on efficacy of vaccines or economic management, dissent can show its worthFri Dec 4 2020 - 05:44
New taxi rival for Free Now and Uber launches in DublinBolt was set up seven years ago by a 19-year old Estonian student and is now worth €1.7bnThu Dec 3 2020 - 05:15
New hotels ‘not feasible’ as developers seek other options for sitesHospitality industry webinar hears that recently booming market has now ‘stalled’Tue Dec 1 2020 - 04:45
Markets fall but still post biggest monthly gain on November’s vaccine joyDalata among the gainers on Iseq while Providence Resources and AIB fallMon Nov 30 2020 - 20:11
Pandemic brings a halt to Zara-owner’s Irish expansionInditex was planning to expand its network of 24 retail outlets before cornavirus hit hardFri Nov 27 2020 - 16:33
Anti-alcohol zeal of public health experts peppers reopening debateCaveat: Does the virus have an alcohol problem or is it the other way round?Fri Nov 27 2020 - 04:16
State may face €1bn in compensation in Covid-19 case, Press Up claimsHospitality group is suing Government for compensation over shutdown of its sectorThu Nov 26 2020 - 07:55
Irish carbon emissions down 9% this year due to Covid-19Sia estimates the Level 5 period will cut Irish carbon emissions by 13% whereas the first lockdown cut emissions by 27%Mon Nov 23 2020 - 05:00
Virus fears hit European shares as UK stocks rise on reopening hopesIseq moves into positive territory on upbeat corporate newsFri Nov 20 2020 - 19:02
Rapid shift online has kept Irish retailers afloatAgenda: Pandemic restrictions have propelled many shops into setting out their stalls digitallyFri Nov 20 2020 - 05:51
Stalled progress suggests Varadkar was right in Claire Byrne interviewCaveat: Tánaiste’s concern about what happens if lockdown doesn’t work proving validFri Nov 20 2020 - 05:30
€56m payout for directors at Spar parent BWG after ChristmasSouth African group will assume full control of BWG in JanuaryThu Nov 19 2020 - 05:18
Retail is not a hotbed of infection, so why not let shops reopen?Caveat: Policymakers still don’t seem to know which restrictions combat virus ratesFri Nov 13 2020 - 05:02
Markets slip back from eight-month high as old virus fears returnSurge in European shares ends as economic reality of a Covid-19 second wave sets inThu Nov 12 2020 - 18:34
Donohoe rejects idea of €3.9bn voucher stimulus schemeOne4All firm proposes €2,000 wages go in tax-free vouchers to boost shops and hospitalityWed Nov 11 2020 - 19:49
Eason mired in rent row with Harcourt’s Galway shopping centreCoronavirus-related dispute latest rent conflict in retail sector rife with such discordWed Nov 11 2020 - 13:28
DCC boosted by electronics sales in lockdown as profit risesSix months to end of September saw drop in demand for some sectors due to restrictionsTue Nov 10 2020 - 17:09
INM’s newspaper and advertising sales fell 7% last yearAccounts suggest new owners spent almost €25m to shut down its printing plantTue Nov 10 2020 - 16:04
Irish airline, hospitality and retail stocks soar on Pfizer vaccine newsIseq index witnesses huge jump as Ryanair climbs 14%Mon Nov 9 2020 - 13:43
If lockdown has morphed from tactic to strategy, the State has failedIt’s time to discuss a new strategic approach that doesn’t require trashing society and the economyFri Oct 23 2020 - 05:59
Frank Fitzgibbon stepping down as Sunday Times editorVeteran journalist says ‘fun has gone out of the business’Thu Oct 22 2020 - 16:22
Declan Ganley denies Donald Trump trying to swing lucrative 5G contract for RivadaGalway businessman says he is not seeking Pentagon ‘sweetheart’ dealWed Oct 21 2020 - 21:08
Supermarkets gear up for winter lockdownChains have been quietly ramping up preparations for winter since mid summerWed Oct 21 2020 - 18:46
INM inspectors write to former directors in ‘inside information’ inquiryInvestigators send schedule of Leslie Buckley communications with Denis O’BrienTue Oct 20 2020 - 05:15
Technical glitch disrupts trading on Dublin and other Euronext marketsRyanair regains some lost ground as banks perform poorlyMon Oct 19 2020 - 19:31
Number of houses for sale falls to 14-year lowHouse asking prices climbed by close to 5% in summer despite Covid-19, reports Daft.ieMon Oct 19 2020 - 05:05
Irish retailers are not hotbeds of Covid-19 infection, figures suggestData indicates retail workers are not being infected at higher rate than general publicMon Oct 19 2020 - 05:00
Shamrock Rovers balance sheet scores with Dermot Desmond’s €2mAccounts show Tallaght football club’s finances steadied with businessman’s stakeSun Oct 18 2020 - 18:51
The Irish boss steering Circle K through Brexit and a pandemicGordon Lawlor is in charge of the country’s largest chain of fuel retailers at a particularly tricky timeSat Oct 17 2020 - 06:30
INM inspectors told Denis O’Brien knew about ‘data search’Court documents say former chairman Leslie Buckley kept top shareholder informedSat Oct 17 2020 - 05:45
Tourism’s VAT cut will be an efficient State bailout if virus rates can be squashedReduction in VAT from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent is to help businesses, not consumersFri Oct 16 2020 - 05:34
Government finally ‘gets it’ with huge budget package for tourism and hospitalityHoteliers and restaurateurs say the measures give them a fighting chance of survivalWed Oct 14 2020 - 05:00
My budget: ‘The €50m in supports is a big number’Shane Dunne, owner of the Indiependence music festivalTue Oct 13 2020 - 19:28
Government props up tourism with €336m VAT cut and closure compensation schemeBudget 2021: Tourism businesses will also receive extra supports through Fáilte IrelandTue Oct 13 2020 - 16:28
European shares rise again as eyes are trained on US in hopes of stimulusIseq lags European peers, but closes marginally aheadFri Oct 9 2020 - 20:25
Hotel occupancy rates expected to hit 8% December lowHotels across State predicting steep dip in for November and December, says lobby groupFri Oct 9 2020 - 18:02
We need to fight off the virus upsurge without destroying entire sectors of the economyFace-off on restrictions between Varadkar and Holohan this week was healthy for the debateFri Oct 9 2020 - 10:09
Government told to stop relying on ‘short-term fixes’ for hospitality sectorAverage lockdown reopening cost for restaurants was €17,200, research findsThu Oct 8 2020 - 07:42
Wicklow production of Vikings spin-off temporarily halted after virus testsAbout a dozen crew and cast members returned false positive results for Covid-19Wed Oct 7 2020 - 21:48
Ibec seeks €675m in Irish and EU Brexit support for food industryBusiness group flags ‘serious economic disruption’Wed Oct 7 2020 - 15:11
Markets rise on US economic stimulus hopesMarkets report: Iseq gains slightly as uncertainty hovers over jobs marketMon Oct 5 2020 - 18:59
Buckley hired IT experts to scour INM the day before new CEO started workFormer INM director claims in defence documents he had full authority as its executive chairmanSat Oct 3 2020 - 05:15
Housing crisis will become a monster unless the State kills it nowCaveat: The pandemic should not distract from issues that could dwarf it later onFri Oct 2 2020 - 05:10
Oil price slump weighs on global marketsIseq up close to 0.3% on stronger banks as Cairn Homes rises on stromg demand for housingThu Oct 1 2020 - 22:07
House asking prices rebound but will likely fall again - MyHomeProperty website recorded its busiest month ever for traffic in JulyThu Oct 1 2020 - 05:50
Invest in more social housing to avoid Covid-related supply shock, says ESRIOnce pandemic ends, elevated savings could potentially cause ‘a surge’ in demand for housingWed Sep 30 2020 - 05:33
Economic slump less serious than feared but jobs crisis loomsExport sector still strong but Department of Finance predicts slower growthWed Sep 30 2020 - 02:27
Irish golf tourism faces ‘wipeout’ unless Covid travel restrictions easedPandemic and quarantine rules bring revenues to ‘near zero’ with no staycation bounceTue Sep 29 2020 - 05:19
Coronavirus response must not kill the futures of Ireland’s youngCaveat: We owe it to young people to try to avoid restricting employment optionsFri Sep 25 2020 - 05:02
Perrigo plans €840m Irish restructuring of old Elan unit to pay dividendUS-based drugs giant plans to reconfigure its share capital to create a distributable reserveThu Sep 24 2020 - 05:57