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No spaces at the Inn: Airport hotel in council row over non-guest parking

The owner of the Holiday Inn Hotel was refused permission to continue using its car park for airport parking. It is now appealing the decision to An Bord Pleanála. Other hotels in the airport vicinity will be watching.

Revenue to chase 200,000 taxpayers yet to pay local property tax

With payment rates higher at this stage than last year, authorities will issue letters next week in a bid to reach the so-far elusive target of 100 per cent compliance.

“The CEO chair can be a lonely spot”: Six lessons from Tom Walsh’s business journey

From expanding internationally too early to not fully understanding the power of branding, the Staycity co-founder told a recent event organised by Rockwell and The Currency how he has learned from his mistakes.

“That’s a big amount to me”: Former worker seeks €15,000 in unpaid wages from troubled fintech

Felicia Kiruba Rajasingh is the seventh former staff member to take a WRC case against Layer Digital Solutions Ltd. Orders against the fintech for unpaid wages stand at €150,000.

The eyes have it: Classy lashes have turned into big business for beauty entrepreneur Orla Maguire

From Monaghan to London to New York, the fashion graduate and magazine editor has blazed a trail in the crowded international make-up market.

Billable hours, office space and new staff: The admin costs of mica redress

Newly released data reveals the administrative burden incurred by local authorities in getting to grips with the growing defective block crisis.

Scaleworks’s Paul Lynch: “We don’t buy businesses that are hockey sticking through the sky. We’re grinders”

Import.io was once raising at a $1 billion valuation, but then it ran out of cash. This is how it was turned around by Irish co-founded investor Scaleworks.

“There is a toxic tribe out there”: Cannon on education, the Irish diaspora and the relief of exiting a life in politics

Ciarán Cannon's decision not to run again was quickly eclipsed by the resignation of Leo Varadkar this week. In an in-depth interview, the Fine Gael TD reflects on his choice and that of his party leader.

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Europe’s regulation fetish has gone too far and it’s now hurting productivity and competitiveness

Brussels has a passion for regulation across a huge range of sectors from tech to finance and everything in between. However, there is a growing body of opinion that the policy is doing more harm than good.

Americans are not crazy: Like the Irish, they are just single-issue voters

US voters obsess about the stock market because their pension depends on it, just like Irish ones do about house prices. The political consequences are dire.

Recruiters know the real world counts in the hunt for new employees

The process of finding new hires has been undergoing significant change over the past number of years. The mindset of recruiters has transformed and they are now trawling in a deeper pool of talent

Closures just one aspect of Irish hospitality’s deep restructuring: Rewinding the week that was

Many hotels, restaurants and pubs are shutting down, but just as many are changing hands or refinancing – and some are expanding. Volatility is causing merciless change across the industry.

Sam Smyth: There is nowhere to hide for a politician who cannot persuade voters to vote for him

At 45, Leo Varadkar has a life ahead of him after politics. He has left a mixed legacy behind him, which contains lessons for his successor.

Political leaders change. Places like Hillsborough and Armagh just watch them go by

Northern Ireland provides an unlikely anchor of calm for those looking across the border – including outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Running an SME is like being on Squid Game. Only on Squid Game the players have hope

Rural Ireland is blighted with extensive commercial decay. There are scars everywhere. Input costs for businesses continue to rise and profit margins fall. Can the model survive rampant entshittification?

Tommie Gorman: Leo Varadkar and the great political resignation

The outgoing Taoiseach’s unusual personality in Irish politics helps explain why he has run out of road. But does the small pool of future leaders illustrate a wider disillusionment with political careers?