House parties the potential problem, but pubs sent to financial purgatory againCaveat: House parties have emerged as a potential problem, not pub partiesFri Jul 17 2020 - 07:24
McDonald’s Irish accounts show €75m cash injection as restaurants reopen for dine-inFast-food chain reopens 27 of its Irish stores for dine-in for first time since shutdownWed Jul 15 2020 - 16:47
July stimulus is ‘last chance’ to save the economy, Chambers Ireland warnsBusiness lobby group calling for subsidy extension and rates waiverWed Jul 15 2020 - 06:10
Californian tech sell-off exports gloom to European marketsIseq remains flat on reduced trading volumesTue Jul 14 2020 - 18:33
Dermot Desmond-backed diamond miner gets waiver from bank covenantsMountain Province Diamonds is in talks with the businessman to secure new facilitiesTue Jul 14 2020 - 17:23
Government to push through €2bn credit guarantee scheme next weekPortfolio cap lifted on loan guarantee scheme for pandemic-hit SMEsTue Jul 14 2020 - 09:22
Harvey Norman to open new stores in Galway and SligoAustralian furniture chain set to expand here amid boom in sales during lockdownTue Jul 14 2020 - 05:00
Dublin banker sells island off coast of west Cork for €5.5m‘Ultra high net worth’ European buys Horse Island and its seven properties and helipadMon Jul 13 2020 - 14:17
Norwegian airline sued in Dublin by inflight catererNorwegian Air International has been hit with two High Court debt summary judgment applications by NewrestMon Jul 13 2020 - 05:37
Companies cutting IT investment when they need it most, warns PwC reportFirm says its research shows three quarters of those slashing IT plan cuts more than 20%Mon Jul 13 2020 - 05:30
Tobacco giant’s menthol-ban substitutes take 5% share of Irish marketSales data shows Japanese company’s replacement brands had increased share here by mid-JuneMon Jul 13 2020 - 05:11
Varadkar and Donohoe to meet banks to discuss mortgage breaksLenders under pressure to waive interest on coronavirus-related payment breaksSun Jul 12 2020 - 19:24
New Powerscourt Springs hotel to open in defiance of virus gloomWicklow businesswoman Lorraine Sweeney has teamed up with her daughter Adrienne Stewart in the €2.5m investmentSat Jul 11 2020 - 05:14
The €1 billion market: retailers who serve tourists face double trouble in a pandemicWith quarantine in place for foreign visitors, tourists are unlikely to return in 2020Fri Jul 10 2020 - 05:50
Caveat: The tourism sector deserves to be taken more seriously in this crisisFrom the lack of targeted supports to the fiasco over quarantine, it has been sold shortFri Jul 10 2020 - 05:17
‘Sad day’ for House of Ireland as tourism retailer goes out of businessFive companies linked to Grafton Street giftware group to go into liquidationFri Jul 10 2020 - 05:17
Spar-owner BWG explores potential for online shopping ‘pot of gold’But chief executive Leo Crawford warns costs must be borne and ‘nobody has cracked it’Tue Jul 7 2020 - 20:04
SuperValu and Centra MD Martin Kelleher stepping downVeteran leaves Cork-based Musgrave group after 10 years running retail divisionTue Jul 7 2020 - 18:17
Columbia Sportswear defies gloom with first Irish standalone shopIrish-American company patriarch Tim Boyle calls Trump a ‘conman’Sat Jul 4 2020 - 07:44
Dublin consultancy Pathfinder set for expansion after buyout by Sia PartnersSia plans to double size of Irish business in next three years, adding up to 60 staffFri Jul 3 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Publicans and restaurateurs row over calls for VAT cutsIndustry groups are split over a drive for a near €700m cut to VAT on pub alcohol salesThu Jul 2 2020 - 05:25
Revolut data confirms consumer spending spike as lockdown easedPent up demand drives spending 25% ahead of normal Monday businessTue Jun 30 2020 - 19:40
‘Shattered’ tourism industry calls for immediate €1bn injectionSector wants Fáilte Ireland to administer grantsMon Jun 29 2020 - 15:42
The ‘covidpreneurs’ of 2020: ‘You couldn’t mill the flour fast enough’The car parts sellers who started flogging frisbees, the gin makers who switched to sanitiserSat Jun 20 2020 - 06:00
Economic degrowth advocated by Greens' radical wing would bring carnage and human miseryCaveat: Radical wing pretends economic degrowth will not cause considerable painFri Jun 19 2020 - 07:10
Philip Morris says Irish ad for ‘menthol blend’ cigarettes a ‘mistake’Ad to retailers for new brand ‘should not have run’, Irish head of tobacco giant saysFri Jun 19 2020 - 05:15
‘July stimulus’ promised in new programme for governmentAbility of companies to split into trading and property entities may be restricted alsoMon Jun 15 2020 - 16:20
Queen’s pub in Dalkey closing downLandmark bar owned by former AIB CEO Tom Mulcahy may be sold for redevelopmentFri Jun 12 2020 - 18:22
Five-star hotels scramble to retain luxury experience under new anti-virus regimeWith wealthy Americans a no-show for now, luxury Irish hotels must pivot towards the domestic market for businessFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:30
Covid-19: Let’s hold our nerve if mini-spikes cast doubt on economy reopeningCaveat: Bespoke closures and rapid test and trace systems can handle a resurgenceFri Jun 12 2020 - 05:25
Tough times for tourism trade as it absorbs coronavirus shockTop 1000: Few industries have suffered the blow of Covid-19 as much as travelWed Jun 10 2020 - 12:00
‘INM 19’ members seek State papers for new lawsuits over data leakJournalist Sam Smyth among seven preparing to sue company and former chairmanWed Jun 10 2020 - 06:54
HSE launches investigation into tobacco companies over ‘menthol’ blendsBig retailers ask manufacturers if substitute products are legal after menthol banTue Jun 9 2020 - 04:15
European equity markets pause for breath following surgeMarkets report: Losses in technology and healthcare stocks halt a recent rallyMon Jun 8 2020 - 19:24
Dublin Bay cruise company sets sail for new tourist seasonCompany’s 100-capacity touring vessel sets sail with capacity restricted to 40 people a tripMon Jun 8 2020 - 18:17
Woodchester founder Craig McKinney diesScottish-born businessman had long career in Irish financeFri Jun 5 2020 - 18:17
Ikea among major retailers to reopen next weekMarks and Spencer will also reopen, but Penneys to stay closedFri Jun 5 2020 - 18:01
Want to help the coronavirus recovery? Go shoppingIf Government won’t speed things up to help SMEs, people must do itFri Jun 5 2020 - 05:13
Penneys will not reopen on Monday despite expected changes to lockdown rulesRetailer said it would not trade until it was safe for staff and customers to do soThu Jun 4 2020 - 19:42
State’s tourism taskforce wants changes to school holidays to boost ‘staycations’Government’s tourism group also recommends that hospitality businesses be allowed to implement one-metre social distancingThu Jun 4 2020 - 19:22
Providence Resources reports €26.8m loss for 2019Former CEO Tony O’Reilly jnr received exit payment of almost €450,000Wed Jun 3 2020 - 16:26
Parts of Brown Thomas and Arnotts to reopen next weekGround floors to open doors earlier than anticipated as individual units in compliance with lockdown easing planTue Jun 2 2020 - 13:12
Minister calls on EU to act against tobacco firms ‘undermining’ menthol ban in IrelandMenthol market was estimated at up to 18% of total cigarettes market here before banSat May 30 2020 - 04:37
Fine Gael TD calls for new State body to help lead economic recoveryMothers returning to work from maternity leave now eligible for State’s coronavirus pandemic wage subsidySat May 30 2020 - 02:00
Donohoe tweaks wage subsidy scheme so mothers returning from maternity qualifyRevenue to implement it and will be backdated to March 26thFri May 29 2020 - 16:45
Small businesses are cannon fodder in zealous anti-virus experimentThe glacial pace of economic reopening may satisfy the scientists but will spur hardshipFri May 29 2020 - 07:47
Shares rise globally on optimism over return to workDrugmakers strong as investors seek progress on coronavirus vaccineThu May 28 2020 - 18:21
Norwegian investor takes stake in ProvidencePayment of £200,000 from SpotOn had been due a week agoThu May 28 2020 - 17:34
Brown Thomas and Arnotts shoppers will be able to book time slots for entryReturned goods to be quarantined, make-up to be ‘virtually’ tested, restaurants and toilets will be closed initiallyThu May 28 2020 - 05:45
Mayo company Portwest had PPE seized by Chinese governmentSix containers of safety equipment seized in MarchWed May 27 2020 - 11:47