Irish economic growth to decline as IMF issues bleak global forecastIM cuts global growth outlook to lowest since financial crisis on trade tensions, BrexitTue Apr 09 2019 - 14:45
Korean investors acquire Charlemont Exchange in €145m dealThe office building at Grand Canal is leased to shared workspace provider WeWorkTue Apr 09 2019 - 09:54
Legal tech company Brightflag raises €7m in new funding roundCompany uses artificial intelligence to analyse legal invoices and generate savingsFri Apr 05 2019 - 18:47
Institutional capital of €7bn chasing build-to-rent assetsState’s biggest private landlord set to benefit from rental crisis, says Investec reportThu Apr 04 2019 - 10:04
Boxever spreads its wings beyond airlines as it agrees deal with AIBData analytics company secures first banking customer as it looks beyond travel sectorThu Apr 04 2019 - 05:35
Tech unicorn Toast to treble employee numbers in DublinCompany looking to grow local headcount to 100 after $250 million funding roundThu Apr 04 2019 - 05:33
Netflix gets creative with bespoke software for content creatorsStreaming service has been busy developing its own software tools for production crewsThu Apr 04 2019 - 04:25
PR agency Hanover acquired by Canadian group Avenir GlobalThe acquisition puts the group in the top 15 agencies globally with revenues of £125mWed Apr 03 2019 - 15:41
Big names sign up to help set standards for blockchain technologyCompanies flock to join new initiative, which has backing of OECD, World Bank and EUWed Apr 03 2019 - 14:28
Majority of small businesses not interested in scalingStudy shows most Irish ‘micro-businesses’ keen to stay at similar scale to current levelsWed Apr 03 2019 - 06:00
Irish fintech Barracuda FX acquired by Broadway TechnologyCompany founded by Kieran Fitzpatrick and Maurice Curran to run on a standalone basisTue Apr 02 2019 - 14:23
Galway tech company NetFort acquired by Rapid7Nasdaq-listed company makes second Irish acquisition having bought Logentries in 2015Tue Apr 02 2019 - 12:44
CRH weighs more buybacks as it returns €200m to shareholders€1bn in cash raised over the last 12 months with 35.6 million shares repurchasedTue Apr 02 2019 - 08:58
Dublin-listed GAN weighs up potential sale as losses mountGAN undertaking review that could also result in US listing or seeking of equity partnerFri Mar 29 2019 - 10:01
Remote working platform Abodoo looking to raise €6m in funding roundVoxpro co-founder Linda Kiely appointed as non-executive director of the Irish start-upThu Mar 28 2019 - 06:00
Rent the Runway to open Irish tech hub after $1bn valuationCompany, which loans out designer outfits, looking to distrupt $2.4tn fashion industryThu Mar 28 2019 - 06:00
Forestry tech company Treemetrics logs huge growth planCork company to embark on ambitious plan to grow revenues to €40m in three yearsThu Mar 28 2019 - 06:00
Irish medical devices company CroíValve raises €3.2mTrinity spin-out has developed a minimally invasive device to treat defective heart valvesThu Mar 28 2019 - 06:00
Stripe to create hundreds more jobs as it secures Irish e-money licenceFirm founded by Limerick brothers looking to expand engineering operation in DublinThu Mar 28 2019 - 05:45
An Post delivers new innovation challenge for start-upsState-owned company unveiled details of collaborative programme at FuturescopeThu Mar 28 2019 - 01:49
European stocks claw back up after four-day dropAIB among star performers as Dublin edges up on renewed hopes of Brexit dealTue Mar 26 2019 - 19:13
Tech company Teamwork to create 85 jobs in BelfastCompany has just released Teamwork Spaces, a product developed in the NorthTue Mar 26 2019 - 06:00
Asset manager Trium Capital to establish Dublin hubInvestment specialist is the latest looking to ‘Brexit-proof’ the business through DublinMon Mar 25 2019 - 07:30
Housebuilder Winterbrook gets €5m investmentVenture capital firm BGF takes stake in firm and promises ‘significant’ follow-on fundingMon Mar 25 2019 - 06:25
Oil importers stockpiling petroleum products ahead of BrexitThe Irish Petroleum Industry Association is confident there will be no significant risk to supplyMon Mar 25 2019 - 06:00
Netflix reinvents itself: ‘We’re really mostly a content company’Company to release more interactive shows and foreign programmes as it looks to stay aheadFri Mar 22 2019 - 17:33
News Corp pumps a further €5.5m into loss-making StoryfulDublin-based company has received over €35m from parent since it was bought in 2013Fri Mar 22 2019 - 16:50
Head of Republic’s biggest landlord gets a €330,000 bonusIres Reit head Margaret Sweeney was awarded a 100% bonus on her basic salaryFri Mar 22 2019 - 08:03
WarDucks raises €3.3m in funding and brings in gaming veteransAR/VR game development studio appoints Doom co-creator John Romero as consultantThu Mar 21 2019 - 09:00
Netflix will not be joining Apple’s new TV serviceCEO Reed Hastings says ‘we want people to watch content on our service’Tue Mar 19 2019 - 12:09
Bear Grylls and Netflix team up for interactive seriesViewers will make decisions on what he eats and doesMon Mar 18 2019 - 19:16
Vodafone set to launch commercial 5G network in fourth quarterNews comes as mobile operator extends its trial 5G site in Dublin DocklandsMon Mar 18 2019 - 06:00
Belfast medtech start-up Neurovalens raises £4.6m for weight-loss headbandThe headband affects the part of the brain associated with appetite and cravingsFri Mar 15 2019 - 15:52
Private home care provider Connected Health to create 200 jobsNew jobs are to be centered mainly in Belfast and North Down, the company saidFri Mar 15 2019 - 12:53
Pretax profits down at JD Wetherspoon on higher labour costsRevenues for the group up 7% to £889.6m as like-for-like sales rise by 6.3%Fri Mar 15 2019 - 08:23
Fane Valley acquires duck processor Silver Hill FoodsCurrent mangement at Silver Hill to continue to lead the businessFri Mar 15 2019 - 07:50
Fintech company TradeIX to create 70 jobs in DublinCompany has developed a trade finance platform powered by blockchain technologyFri Mar 15 2019 - 07:21
Guinness still the most valuable Irish brand with Baileys the strongestOther top brands are AIB, Primark/Penneys, Ryanair and Smurfit KappaFri Mar 15 2019 - 06:00
BHSL makes more money out of muck as it closes in on €10m funding targetCo Limerick company agrees new €1.5m deal to sell its technology for use in FranceFri Mar 15 2019 - 05:45
Where’s the beef? Food giant Tyson to use Irish DNA traceability techDublin-based Identigen in new partnership with one of world’s largest meet processorsThu Mar 14 2019 - 16:25
Number of 4G subscribers rises as Irish broadband speeds jumpNew figures show total number of broadband subscriptions at 1.73m in 2018Thu Mar 14 2019 - 13:41
Property prices up 5.6% nationally in the year to JanuaryIn Dublin, prices were up 1.9% while outside the capital, prices jumped 9.5%Thu Mar 14 2019 - 12:28
Continued decline in number of mortgages in arrearsAlmost 64,000 residential accounts in arrears at the end of last yearThu Mar 14 2019 - 11:50
Team building company launches Brexit Rage Room in LondonThe rage room opens for business on March 29th, the day the UK is set to leave the EUThu Mar 14 2019 - 10:37
Boeing grounds entire 737 Max 8 fleet following US banMove comes as aviation authorities suspend flights following second crash in five monthsThu Mar 14 2019 - 08:48
Start-ups to battle it out to find Ireland’s best business ideaFive companies selected to pitch on stage in FutureScope One2Watch competitionThu Mar 14 2019 - 06:00
Guided by voices: Irish start-up Whispr gets Bose as a backerVenture capital arm of audio equipment company and Seedcamp invest in start-upThu Mar 14 2019 - 06:00
Revenue turns to ‘robots’ to update 20,000 taxpayer recordsRobotic process automation technology spending expected to hit €2.1bn by 2022Thu Mar 14 2019 - 05:45
Gecko Governance gets $1.4m in follow-on funding from Irish-US VC firmCosimo Ventures also backs Dublin-based Oneiro and Boston start-up LingarWed Mar 13 2019 - 16:11
Irish companies announce 280 new jobs in USInvestment by Irish companies in US at record high as EI to open new office in SeattleWed Mar 13 2019 - 11:16
