These are the jobs with the brightest futures in Ireland right now
But there are also skills that can help you in almost any career.
View ArticleHow one inventor turned an idea for ‘space-age Play-Doh’ into a million-euro...
Sugru’s Jane ní Dhulchaointigh tells us how she went from student to internationally-recognised founder.
View ArticleAnother 50c an hour ‘won’t help families with spiralling rents and extra taxes’
But business groups are against any rise in the minimum wage.
View ArticleHSE defends not awarding €1 million contract to Irish small business
A foreign company was awarded the contract.
View ArticleGirls turned off IT jobs by ‘geeky, anti-social, overly masculine, nerdy image’
A leading industry figure thinks an industry makeover could be in order.
View ArticleHotels are raking in the cash – and here’s how much they make on every room
Tourists have been flocking to the country and hoteliers are reaping the spoils.
View ArticleWhy two young Dubliners quit their day jobs to go into business… in Peru
“We’re very proud of the fact that we feel like we represent Ireland in everything we do.”
View ArticleFire nearly destroyed my business – this is how I picked up and started again
Simon Evans quit his job to cycle the world, started a business in the recession and then nearly lost it all in a blaze.
View ArticleChimney sweep? It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it…
For the latest in our Odd Jobs series we talked to chimney sweep Karl Walsh of DublinChimneySweep.com.
View ArticleSick of the gym? Maybe try pole dancing, trapeze or laughter yoga
There’s more than one way to get in shape.
View ArticleTwo million people could have better lives because of one Dublin company’s...
Mainstay Medical has taken a step closer to bringing its treatment for chronic back pain to market.
View ArticleSee ya Australia and au revoir France, Ireland has a new favourite winemaker
We have all the figures for what local drinkers were sipping last year.
View ArticleIreland may have big entrepreneurial dreams – but we’re still wedded to the...
The country is below average when it comes to most key startup indicators.
View ArticleThe Irish website that looks like it hasn’t changed in forever is finally...
We asked the head of Boards.ie how the site was holding up in the social media era.
View ArticleHow two men built a pub and brewing empire from the depths of the recession
We talked to one of the brains behind the Galway Bay Brewery about pub closures, craft beer and the Wetherspoon effect.
View ArticleThe secret to building a great business? Hire people you actually want to...
Do as Richard Branson would when it comes to recruitment.
View ArticleThis Irish company may have finally found an answer to crap pub wine
WineLab want to bring wine-on-tap to the masses.
View ArticleThe single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up
Together these businesses account for half the private workforce.
View ArticleWhy these award-winning Irish digital marketeers set up a secret sex shop
Wolfgang Digital announced plans to hire 50 staff today – here’s how they got there.
View ArticleHow an Irish woman’s ‘Hailo for cleaners’ plans to keep cleaning up
Hassle was co-founded by Jules Coleman and it was sold for €32 million earlier this year.
View ArticleMeet the winemakers producing the nectar of the Gods in the land of Guinness
A few brave – or foolhardy – souls are defying the odds to make Irish wine.
View ArticleThe future has arrived – you can now order drinks on your mobile in Coppers
Less queuing, more boozing.
View ArticleThis 5-year-old company started in a Dublin college has been sold for $68...
Logentries was spun out of UCD in 2010.
View ArticleHow one small group of people is building Ireland’s most high-tech town
Skibbereen in west Cork is about to be put firmly on the business map.
View Article‘They were intrigued to hear about three Irish guys with no company… no product’
Yet fast forward two years later and ChannelSight is developing at a rapid pace,
View ArticleThis conference is trying to turn the west into a hub for drones
And it involves Achill Island and kitesurfing.
View ArticleInside the ‘Woodstock for radio’ about to take over a small Limerick village
“We were literally looking at it and telling people there wasn’t anything else like it in Europe.”
View ArticleThe Irish kings of online ‘mystery shoppers’ now with $20m in their coffers
Clavis Insight was founded in 2008. Soon it will employ 300 people worldwide.
View ArticleInside the Irish restaurant in an old boat shed where places sell out in hours
We take a look at the one-of-a-kind Dillisk Project in Galway.
View ArticleMothercare is shutting stores after complaining about ‘unsustainable’ rents
The company has emerged from its examinership period.
View ArticleThis is where Ireland really ranks for setting up and running a business
The latest World Bank rankings are out – here’s where we stand.
View ArticleThe Irish ‘Tripadvisor of health’ making trips to the dentist *slightly* less...
WhatClinic has bought UK dental booking site Toothpick.
View Article‘We won’t be exchanging butter for margarine’: Avoca sold to a US catering giant
The family behind the Irish business wants to grow the brand globally.
View ArticleHere are 10 things anyone can do to build a business
Going For Growth’s Paula Fitzsimons shares some of her insights.
View ArticleAn Irish company spent six months designing the perfect grinder for weed
For medical marijuana users, of course.
View Article16 innovative Irish companies to keep an eye on this year
We take a look at some of the businesses likely to make an impression in 2016.
View ArticleBusiness owners are not happy about the new minimum wage
The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.
View ArticleA matchmaking site is helping to solve the lack of office space in Dublin
The Space Matchmakers initiative looks to link up startups and companies with some space to spare.
View ArticleMost Irish businesses think the government isn’t doing enough to help them
However, companies are more positive now than they were last year.
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