Connected Technology Ireland awards to mark 30th anniversaryDeadline for applications to this year’s awards are on September 30 with the final taking place at the Mansion House on November 18
Legal ‘Pre-clearance’ process planned for those availing of surrogacyAssisted Human Reproduction Bill will have a surrogacy section, but role of international surrogacy agencies remains a stumbling block
Future Of Work Microsoft exec says lengthening of working day is happening flexiblyJared Spataro, corporate vice-president for modern work at the tech giant, was was speaking last week on a visit to its Dublin office
Retail Open for Vintage raises €1.25m for further expansionThe second-hand designer goods website is set to grow its reach as resale market booms
Tech US deal opens way for Xtremepush to double staff headcountThe deal with American financing platform Yardline is estimated to be worth at least $1 million a year for the Irish digital marketing firm
Health Open Orphan founder says Covid-19 ‘is over’Cathal Friel, the head of the pharma firm, has contradicted official advice to isolate, and says the virus should now be treated like a cold or flu
Legal Joe Walsh Tours directors sued over €3m settlement defaultRecovery agency says it entered into repayment agreement before the Covid-19 pandemic but firm subsequently went into liquidation
Future Of Work Top tech chiefs blame ‘quiet quitting’ on bad leadership communicationKildare native Caroline Dunning, a senior executive at Twitter, commented at a top tech symposium in San Francisco that quiet quitting has emerged because people are questioning the way they work
Fintech SumUp provides €40m cash injection for Irish subsidiaryCompany, whose Dublin-based unit employs 900 people, provides payment solutions for more than four million businesses in 35 markets
Politics Government is urged to overhaul ethics framework and ‘revamp’ SipoSinn Féin and Labour call for resurrection of Public Sector Standards Bill first proposed in 2015
Tech Irish-led Hadean raises $30m from backers including Epic GamesDublin and London-listed Molten Ventures leads financing, with WeChat operator Tencent also participating in Series A round
Tax Ireland holds out for EU-wide corporation tax reformDespite pressure, the government is holding back on unilaterally introducing the minimum 15 per cent rate as other member states are doing
Housing Investors shelled out almost €1bn on second-hand Irish homes in 2021Institutional investors and real estate firms snapped up one in ten second-hand homes in this country, amounting to more than 4,500 properties
Housing Fingal council leased social homes from British weapons dealerSpokesman says council ‘immediately moved to rectify the situation’ when it learnt properties were owned by BAE Systems pension fund
Tech Tinder co-founder among backers of new $40m Web Summit fundsSome founders of Twitter, N26 and Checkout.com have also invested in Paddy Cosgrave’s venture capital operation which will be split into two separate arms
Hospitality British flexi-hotel group to open hotel in Dublin Kula’s first Irish venture will be run in a warehouse on Little Britain Street to be converted by Gold Tree Group
Planning An Bord Pleanála delays outsourcing plans after union warning of ‘discord’Fórsa criticised the planning board for attempting to hire external advisers to provide advice to its audit and risk committee
Business Aughinish plant gets €2m IDA grant to treat ‘red mud’ dumpThe Co Limerick Alumina refinery, currently up for sale, received planning permission to increase size of dump in face of local opposition
Pensions Thousands of workers face lower state pensions after reformsMinister says new 40-year total PRSI contributions regulation will save the national coffers €43 billion by 2070
Northern Ireland Protocol Ahern attempts to find common ground on a prickly protocol The former taoiseach has been operating as a low-key diplomat by meeting individuals from all sides of the NI protocol debate, at the request of the former Northern Secretary Conor Burns