UP TO 50 staff are to be cut at Irish renewable energy firm OpenHydro as its parent company looks to consolidate. The Dublin-based company produces underwater turbines that harness tidal energy to ...

THE RECENTLY-INTRODUCED vacant site levy doesn’t look like it will be an antidote to Ireland’s housing issues. That’s according to Goodbody stockbrokers, which said that the government “lacks urgency” ...

IRISH LUNCH ORDERING startup Bamboo has raised a seed round of investment to bankroll its expansion into Singapore and London. The Dublin-based firm, which was founded by Luke Mackey and Alan Haverty, ...

IRISH SALAD CHAIN Freshly Chopped has signed a multimillion-euro franchise deal with the retail group behind the Spar, Mace and Londis brands in Ireland. The link up will see the BWG Group become ...

THE OWNER OF designer outlet centre Kildare Village has said the local council’s decision to cull a single unit from its planned €50 million expansion will “jeopardise” the entire project. Last month, ...

SEVERAL SOUTH DUBLIN retailers and hotels have failed in their bid to stop a market from trading weekly along the banks of Grand Canal. Earlier this year, Waterways Ireland applied for planning ...

MORAN PARK HOMEBUILDERS, a company controlled by the children of one of Ireland’s biggest Celtic Tiger developers, has been cleared to construct over 40 housing units in south Dublin. Following an ...

BUSINESSES IN THE hospitality trade should be allowed to recruit asylum seekers to help plug skills gaps in the sector, according to an influential lobby group. Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, chief executive of ...

A SHANNON-BASED ACCELERATOR programme for aviation and travel tech startups will kick off this September, with plane-maker Boeing on board to coach fledgling entrepreneurs. The programme, dubbed ‘the ...

IN BRIAN MCMAHON’S opinion, old adverts can paint a unique picture of business in Ireland through the decades. Over a number of years, the collector has compiled a comprehensive collection of iconic ...

THE GROUP BEHIND UK-based entertainment and youth culture news site LADbible is setting up a new office in Dublin. According to a recent job posting, “LADbible Group reaches almost half of all Irish ...

A PHARMACEUTICAL STARTUP that specialises in medicinal cannabis research is planning to open a new facility in Donegal. James Linden, founder of Dublin-headquartered Greenlight Medicines, says the ...