Photo by NIR HIMI on Unsplash Irish aparthotel chain Staycity has announced revenue topping €243 million, buoyed by its expansion into Portugal, Austria, and the Netherlands this year. For a sector still grappling with pandemic aftershocks and ongoing volatility, this…
Photo by Justin Scocchio on Unsplash Ryanair’s recent legal defeat in the UK—where the airline failed to have a compensation claim against it dismissed because passengers enlisted third-party agents—may seem, at first glance, a footnote in consumer rights enforcement. Yet,…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash When Stuart McCaul sealed the acquisition of Big Red Book, a well-established player in Ireland’s accounting software market, it was more than just a business handshake. It marked the opening gambit in a strategy…
The tech world has decided: phone calls are the enemy. They’re “interruptions.” They’re “synchronous overhead.” They’re relics of a bygone era when people didn’t respect each other’s time. Every productivity guru and their Twitter thread preaches the gospel of async…
Everyone in the paid advertising world is complaining about the same thing: Google is taking away control. Performance Max campaigns feel like a black box. Broad match is back with a vengeance. Manual bidding is being deprecated. The old guard…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The recent revelation that An Post’s outgoing CEO, David McRedmond, earned a relatively modest salary of 250,000 since 2019, without adjustment for market shifts or performance, has sparked renewed scrutiny over remuneration practices in…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash Adrian Weckler’s recent commentary on the European Union yielding to pressures from the United States and Big Tech on artificial intelligence regulation and privacy rules is more than just another tweak in Brussels. It…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash Irish exports to the United States recorded a sharp uptick in September, rebounding from the disruptions caused earlier in the year by the imposition of American tariffs. At first glance, the bounceback is a…
Photo by Henrique Craveiro on Unsplash The former post office building in New Ross, Co Wexford, recently hitting the market marks more than just the end of a community era—it reflects subtle but telling shifts in Ireland’s broader commercial property…
Photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash The recent announcement that the Government intends to increase the levy on private health insurance premiums will resonate uneasily with Irish households who have invested in private medical cover. At face value, it might…