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, ...

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 ...

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” ...

THE BEAUTY OF a Michelin star is that you can’t buy it – you have to actually earn it. So says Adriaan Bartels, general manager of the five-star Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, County Waterford. The ...

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 ...

UK Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to cut the rate to 15% to prove the nation is open for business. THE UK LOOKS set to slash its corporation tax to 15% in a move that will bring it into direct ...

EU REGULATIONS COULD put Irish tourism businesses at a disadvantage compared to their UK-based rivals after Brexit, a new report has warned. A document published today by the Irish Tourist Industry ...

PLANS FOR A microbrewery in Dublin’s docklands have been put on hold after city planners raised concerns over the potential impact of odours from the facility. An application for an “in-house ...

FORMER MINISTER FOR communications Denis Naughten was warned that transferring the collection of TV licence fees from An Post to Revenue could devastate the country’s postal network. The ...

WATERFORD REGIONAL AIRPORT – which hasn’t had commercial flights since 2016 – needs at least €12 million to build a bigger runway, the development of which will determine the future of the troubled ...

ALTHOUGH IRELAND IS awash with whiskey, one of the biggest alcohol producers in the country thinks the market’s ‘super premium’ and ‘luxury’ categories are “underdeveloped”. Sitting ahead of value, ...

WITH AMBITIONS TO grow its Irish headcount to 3,000 workers, PayPal has been busy recruiting new staff. But the payments giant has also been forced to intensify its focus on retaining existing ...