1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (784+ words) The Covid-19 lockdown provided the nudge Edel Duffy needed to launch her online business, Her Place Cosmetics. The Galway native and marketing graduate had moved to Australia in 2010, settling in Sydney, having first lived in Perth, but she missed her…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (651+ words) Irish Continental Group (ICG) chief executive Eamonn Rothwell’s €1.2 billion management buyout bid for the ferry operator was approved narrowly at a shareholder meeting on Thursday, despite objections from a number of big investors to the deal. The resolution to sell…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (925+ words) A classic mistake made by first-time founders is to assume that the eureka moment that inspired their start-up will be enough to carry their new business safely into the future. This is rarely the case. In a successful business, innovation…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (354+ words) It wasn’t that long ago that Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland was the only local firm that was a primary dealer in Irish government bonds. But now it is closing its bond desk, Joe Brennan reports, in a notable move for the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1289+ words) When the first residents moved into a luxury apartment block near the Shard last summer, they were anticipating its amenities: a cinema, rooftop pool, orangery, gym and sauna. What they were not expecting: all the rules for living there. Current…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (473+ words) The drought conditions caused by the prolonged dry spell this summer show the need for the Irish horticulture industry to consider adopting irrigation systems more widely, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said. Heydon on Tuesday said horticulture farms which…...

1+ week, 42+ min ago   (466+ words) Keogh’s Crisps has commenced its largest-ever overseas distribution deal, with its artisan crisps now available at Publix’s 1,400 retail outlets in the south-eastern United States. The north Dublin agri-firm’s products became available on the shelves of the US retailer last week,…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (341+ words) The Irish Times Why motor industry lobbied for changes to vehicle registration plates Since 1987, the year of first registration has been prominently displayed on number plates Sir, – Brian Murphy (“Why we have years on our car number plates,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1660+ words) A host of submissions from around the country poured in for this year’s edition of Ireland’s Greenest Places, a competition run by The Irish Times in association with Electric Ireland. Places, projects and people received nominations across four categories, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (372+ words) SSE Airtricity is to increase the unit rate of its electricity by 9.4 per cent and gas by 11.6 per cent from early next month. It is also increasing its daily stranding chargefor electricity by 6.1 per cent but it is not increasing…...