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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.

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How 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.

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Another 50c an hour ‘won’t help families with spiralling rents and extra taxes’

But business groups are against any rise in the minimum wage.

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HSE defends not awarding €1 million contract to Irish small business

A foreign company was awarded the contract.

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Girls turned off IT jobs by ‘geeky, anti-social, overly masculine, nerdy image’

A leading industry figure thinks an industry makeover could be in order.

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Hotels 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.

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Why 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.”

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Fire 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.

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Chimney 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.

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He tried to build a jewellery business but ended up with a billion-dollar...

Meet Or Offer…

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Sick of the gym? Maybe try pole dancing, trapeze or laughter yoga

There’s more than one way to get in shape.

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Two 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.

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See 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.

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Ireland 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.

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The 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.

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How 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.

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The secret to building a great business? Hire people you actually want to...

Do as Richard Branson would when it comes to recruitment.

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This Irish company may have finally found an answer to crap pub wine

WineLab want to bring wine-on-tap to the masses.

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The single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up

Together these businesses account for half the private workforce.

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Why 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.

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How 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.

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Meet 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.

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The future has arrived – you can now order drinks on your mobile in Coppers

Less queuing, more boozing.

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This 5-year-old company started in a Dublin college has been sold for $68...

Logentries was spun out of UCD in 2010.

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How 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.

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‘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,

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This conference is trying to turn the west into a hub for drones

And it involves Achill Island and kitesurfing.

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Inside 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.”

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The 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.

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Inside 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.

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Mothercare is shutting stores after complaining about ‘unsustainable’ rents

The company has emerged from its examinership period.

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This is where Ireland really ranks for setting up and running a business

The latest World Bank rankings are out – here’s where we stand.

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The Irish ‘Tripadvisor of health’ making trips to the dentist *slightly* less...

WhatClinic has bought UK dental booking site Toothpick.

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‘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.

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Here are 10 things anyone can do to build a business

Going For Growth’s Paula Fitzsimons shares some of her insights.

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An Irish company spent six months designing the perfect grinder for weed

For medical marijuana users, of course.

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16 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.

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Business owners are not happy about the new minimum wage

The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.

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A 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.

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Most 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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