Making it Work Making it Work: Dublin’s Church bar and restaurant set to invest €1m as part of latest expansion plansThe unique pub and restaurant located in an 18th century church in Dublin city centre has grown steadily since it first opened in 2007
Comment Eithne Shortall: Rise in ‘frightening’ level of shoplifting may be a symptom of Covid rule-breakingThe sight of people in positions of authority breaking public health guidelines during the pandemic may have invalidated the social contract for many in this country
Tax More time for businesses to agree debt repayments as deadline extended Revenue said it will keep its phone lines open until Friday to allow firms more time to agree repayment plans for warehoused debt
Housing Opinion: Want to solve the housing crisis? Leverage the billions in broadband investmentThe government’s ambition of achieving better regional development could also be helped by better utilising advances in broadband coverage
Stock Take Hostelworld’s strong profit growth provides a sunny outlook for investors The Dublin-based online travel agent is recovering strongly from the worst impacts of the pandemic and has already achieved many of its 2025 targets
Legal Locked out: Foot Locker loses appeal over unpaid pandemic rentDismissed appeal follows what is believed to be the first pandemic-related rent dispute heard by an appellate court in Ireland
Politics Analysis: Leo Varadkar won the hearts of big business but forgot Irish SMEs in the endThe departing Taoiseach took a hands-on approach to win investment from huge multinationals but his recent policies are damaging Irish SMEs
Markets Revealed: The seven Irish stocks yet to recover from the pandemicKerry Group, FD Technologies, and Ires Reit are included on the list of companies trading below where they were before the Covid-19 outbreak
Companies Mercedes-Benz dealer Gilmore’s warns microchip shortage is still negatively impacting car sales
Opinion Paschal Donohoe: Public servants were offered 8.5% pay rise ... on top of 9% given since 2020 Pay increases on offer to workers are ahead of forecasted inflation rates and was a fair offer
Health ESRI: Big private operators now dominating nursing home sector With the closure of almost 700 public beds, the sector is now ‘increasingly reliant’ on a small number of large profit-driven operators, says state research body
Tax Business owners demand delay to May deadline to pay €1.8bn in warehoused Covid-era tax debtRevenue Commissioner Ruth Kennedy urged those businesses who have availed of the scheme to “start making realistic plans” to repay their debt
Opinion Anton Savage: ‘Learn lessons, don’t apportion blame’ is the aviation motto others would do well to adoptThe UK’s Covid inquiry should take a leaf from aviation’s book which has learned lessons from mistakes in the past
Economy Analysis: even with record tax revenues, the Irish state may be spending beyond its meansThe government took in €88.1bn in tax revenues last year - but its spending also increased to an unprecedented level
Health Simon Harris: Covid inquiry terms of reference expected before Cabinet ‘shortly’ Taoiseach also said delay in getting Covid-19 inquiry underway was needed to get the terms of reference right so it did not stray into ‘all sorts of things’, as happened in Britain
Tax Revenue warns businesses about looming deadline on warehoused tax debt 58,000 companies still owe €1.8bn in debt to the State with 10% owing more than €50,000
The Big Interview Anita Thomas Emirates’ Ireland boss on new trends: ‘Leisure travellers are flying business class’Anita Thomas says that people need to consider the full benefits of aviation growth when discussing the plans to expand Dublin Airport
Politics ‘Unpredictable events’ derailed delivery of Covid inquiry, Leo Varadkar saysTaoiseach pledges that Ireland’s inquiry into the pandemic will ‘certainly’ be held next year
UK Politics Boris Johnson: I’m sorry for the pain and the suffering of the Covid victimsFormer British prime minister begins two days of evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry