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Dispute over use of ‘Dubliner’ pub name heats up in US

Rival companies in Washington and Boston are locked in a court battle about the right to use the famous moniker

TikTok lets Irish politicians play at being content moderators at new transparency centre

The social media company tells Irish politicians users’ data is safe amid growing pressure from European and US officials over its links to China

Adam Griffiths: Expect flexibility and a flight to quality in private equity deals this year

Irish businesses are well placed to take advantage of the changing nature of private equity investment

Ian Guider: Where is the new chief of the IDA as we enter a challenging period for job creation?

The state’s inward-investment agency is doing its bit this month to fly the flag for Ireland, but is currently doing so without a permanent chief executive

Danny McCoy: Unprecedented prosperity is a dividend of 25 years of peace

As businesses reflect on the remarkable period of growth that the Good Friday Agreement has facilitated and underpinned, it is imperative that the uncertain political landscape in the North be resolved

Growing number of Citi bank staff turn to union as redundancy fears rise

Financial Services Union has had increase in membership from the bank’s Dublin office even as company denies suggestions that a hiring freeze is in place

From a side hustle to an $845 million buyout: How Tiffany Masterson built a cult beauty brand

It started with a cleansing bar and became one of the fastest-growing prestige skincare companies in history, and now Drunk Elephant is here to turn the Irish consumer onto its biocompatible skincare too

Irish construction manager sues Qatari royals for defamation

Plaintiff says letters alleging his misconduct on hotel sites have caused people in his industry to ‘shun him’

Ian Guider: Proposed Benefit-in-Kind changes were all stick and no carrot

How did the government overlook the fact that hiking BIK during a cost of living crisis would cause further financial difficulty to workers and to businesses with large vehicle fleets?

Intel seeks extra €5bn from German government to fund mega-plant amid soaring inflation

Multibillion-euro chip plant could have been built in Ireland but the company decided to locate it in east German city instead, partly due to our creaking energy and water infrastructure

Former Paddy Power staffer to ‘keep scaling’ new betting firm with online launch ahead of Cheltenham

AK Bets has been active on Irish racetracks over recent years but founder Anthony Kaminskas wants to grow its customer base and believes the new website and apps will have an ‘astronomical’ impact on its revenues

BT Sourced reports revenues of £122 million in maiden results

The BT-owned standalone procurement company had pre-tax revenues of £100 million

Stanley subsidiary Kitara in talks with Belmayne residents over defect repairs

Discussions focus on scale and cost of remediation works at troubled north Dublin apartment scheme

Cairn chief says cost of building a home has increased by €160k since 2016

Housebuilder calls on government to ramp up financial support for buyers amid still-rising construction inflation

Ireland now among JP Morgan’s biggest locations as bank hires 1,000th staff member

Wall Street giant counts Ireland as its biggest EMEA location outside of the UK and is actively hiring techology workers

Stripe cuts valuation for second time in two months – report

The tech firm founded by the Collison brothers was valued at $95 billion two years ago, but has endured a turbulent period

Airbnb claims crackdown on short-term lets creating ‘fear’ for hosts

The company has opposed several parts of a new government bill that will require hosts to have a licence for short-term lets

Intel’s global CEO to visit Ireland for meeting with staff at Leixlip plant

Pat Gelsinger will host an open forum with the company’s Irish workers after months of turbulence at the chipmaker

Irish firms missing out on €1bn EU innovation funding package

Research company Lira finds not enough start-ups from outside life sciences sector are applying for EIF grant of up to €17.5m apiece

‘He ushered in a revolution’: Tributes paid to publican Liam O’Dwyer after death aged 72

O’Dwyer set up Cafe en Seine, The George and Zanzibar and was hailed by industry figures as a ‘standard bearer’ for Dublin pubs