A GROWING NUMBER of Irish builders are struggling to fill construction roles and finding it difficult source overseas workers to fill the void. Since 2015, when less than half of builders said it was ...

IRISH MED-TECH STARTUP Fire1 has raised €40 million to bankroll the next phase of its research and development. Foundry Innovation & Research 1, also known as Fire1, was founded nearly five years ago ...

A ROMANIAN SALAD-BAR franchise chain has launched its first restaurant in Ireland as part of plans to expand across the country. Salad Box opened its first Irish outlet in the Douglas Village Shopping ...

IRISH PREPARED FOODS giant Greencore has struck a deal to sell its US operation for over €900 million. Greencore, which is headquartered in the Irish capital, is one of the world’s biggest ...

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, ...

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 ...

THE EUROPEAN BOSS of Cathay Pacific said the airline’s new Dublin to Hong Kong route has attracted a “surprising” level of interest so far from travellers across Asia. James Ginns, the carrier’s ...

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 ...

IRISH STARTUP GIRLCREW has raised a $1 million investment round from senior figures at social media site LinkedIn and chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley. Founded in 2014 by Elva Carri, Pamela Newenham ...

BRIAN D’ARCY’S INTEREST had been piqued by transformation in the financial services sector, an area more fondly referred to as fintech. A software engineer by trade, D’Arcy spent 15 years at Hewlett ...

WE ALL KNOW the television ad by now – a precocious, bespectacled youngster in a coffee shop giving out to a young women for opting for a “nut-milk latte” over the traditional, dairy option. The ...

THE MAN BEHIND dozens of Dublin’s trendiest restaurants and bars has hit a roadblock in his attempt to knock down and revamp two of his south Dublin joints. An objection to An Bord Pleanála has ...