Conor Healy

Business Journalist

Conor Healy is a journalist at The Irish Times

EY Entrepreneur of the Year Profiles: From delivery drones to women-focused multivitamins

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Dexgreen director Chris Horgan: ‘It’s difficult to scale purely within Ireland’

Dexgreen says maintaining financial discipline is more important than ever as market trends can change rapidly

Maire Claire Reid: ‘I would never ask someone to do something I haven’t done myself’

Logistics group TST Group built its business by creating value backed by service, not by being the cheapest

Margaret Jeffares: I have brought charcuterie and salamis into Spain, and they have said, ‘This is better than ours’

The Good Food Ireland chief executive on tourism, food trends and the ‘bacon-and-cabbage’ issue

‘Every day we wait is a gamble for us’: Palestinian students continue to face visa rejections

UCD offered computer science student full scholarship but Department of Justice rejected visa for ‘financial’ reasons

‘Stay hungry and humble’

Martin Group founders and brothers Paul, Gary and Mike Martin: ‘We were fortunate to grow up in an entrepreneurial family’

EOY profiles: From commercial real estate to logistics and antennas

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Dermot O’Shea, Taoglas: ‘Our ambition is bold: we’re targeting over $1bn in annual revenues by 2035’

Established in 2004 in Ireland, Taoglas is a global provider of antennas, and advanced IoT components

‘My boss thinks I’m at work’: Hundreds queue in Dublin for limited stock of solar eclipse glasses

Thousands of the specialised pieces of eyewear were sold at George’s Street shop after previously selling out twice

John Lunn: ‘My true passion for our industry came during my year with Cartier in Madrid’

Lunn’s managing director has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From push notes to balconies and diamond rings

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Trevor Casey: ‘From an early age I wanted to build something of my own’

EPH Controls founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Tommy Kearns: ‘We’re not adapting to the AI era. We’re defining what it looks like in regulated industries’

Xtremepush cofounder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Oltian Dervishi: ‘Our goal is to manufacture one balcony every 18 minutes’

Forte Pespa founder has been nominated in the Established Business Category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

The London restaurant serving beef tartare with Irish crisps: ‘You scoop it up with a Tayto directly’

The unlikely combination has proved to be a best seller for the new Irish-American restaurant

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