MenoPal app offers proactive support to women going through menopauseNew Innovator: Founder Victoria Finlay says app sets a new standard for personalised menopause care and supportThu Nov 21 2024 - 05:00
Irish former primary school teacher develops facial shield to protect against skin cancers Linda Chanders was diagnosed in 2021 with a malignant melanoma, leading her to develop the SUNiRE Landen face shield, which protects those recovering from skin cancer and anyone who works or plays sport outdoorsThu Nov 14 2024 - 06:00
An Irish woman in Malta: ‘I miss my family and the greenery of home but not the driving rain’Solicitor Fiona Healy cites the lower cost of living, the international focus and the ease of doing business as reasons why she loves living on the Mediterranean islandSun Nov 03 2024 - 06:00
Aviation industry: New platform streamlines hiring of the best technical consultants APTN.AERO aims to make it easy for those who invest in or trade aircraft assets to hire aviation consultants highly suited to particular situationsThu Oct 31 2024 - 05:45
Getting the benefits of sea therapy without the cold dipNew Innovator: Karen Kearney, SoakThu Oct 24 2024 - 05:00
New app targets women sports fans poorly served by existing sports platformsNew Innovator: SportElleThu Oct 17 2024 - 05:00
An Irishman in Paris: ‘Getting under the many layers of Parisian culture is a fascinating but neverending endeavour’Wild Geese: Eoghan MacDonagh is a senior associate with the law firm Clifford ChanceSun Oct 13 2024 - 06:00
‘There’s no middleman getting a mark-up’: why Irish high-end bedding company Amurelle founder took the direct routeHannah Sanusi says she couldn’t find the kind of quality she was looking for in Ireland, so she moved to fill the gap in the marketThu Oct 10 2024 - 05:45
My Baggage aims to cut the hassle and cost when shipping personal effects abroadPaul Stewart launched his business back in 2010 but since then the company has expanded well beyond moving students’ belongings across bordersThu Oct 03 2024 - 06:15
UCD professor develops monitoring device that could help prevent stillbirthsFeMo is a foetal monitoring device that allows expectant parents and clinicians to keep a close eye on a baby’s movements in the wombThu Sept 26 2024 - 06:00
Dublin tech start-up aiming to improve air travel for passengers with mobility issuesPRM Assist says it has the edge over the competition because it has taken an integrated approach to managing assistance servicesThu Sept 19 2024 - 05:45
Cork company on mission to improve eating experience for those with swallowing problemsOcras produces individually-portioned, texture-modified food for people with dysphagia, a condition affecting 8 per cent of the world populationThu Sept 12 2024 - 05:30
Start-up that takes the hassle out of tax returns for expat workersExpat Taxes was set up by chartered accountant Stephanie Wickham to address the unique tax issues faced by people and companies moving to or from IrelandThu Sept 05 2024 - 05:45
UCD academics find cost-efficient way to extract minerals from spent batteries The Licovolt technology will be used to extract lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from spent battery material at a fraction of the cost and emissions of current methodThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:00
Fitter fish: Irish company uses plant extracts to improve disease resistance in aquatic lifeNew Innovator: Auranta says its product ‘will revolutionise the gut health of fish worldwide’Thu Aug 22 2024 - 05:00
Turning to nature for skincare products for the mature womanWhen beauty industry veteran Sinead O’Keefe entered perimenopause, she started harnessing the beneficial properties of red clover on her family farmThu Aug 15 2024 - 05:00
Galway’s Grá Chocolates: Handmade treats for the premium end of the marketGráinne Mullins is in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to realise her dream of building a chocolate factory in her native GalwayThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Drop of The Black Stuff hits the spot for men with sensitive skinJohn Larkin’s lockdown hobby of making soap has grown into a rapidly expanding start-up that is on course to make €5m in sales this yearThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
Donegal company using manure, spent mushrooms and worm castings to make eco-friendly compost Living Green provides eco-friendly soil solutions to farmers, horticulturalists and gardenersThu Jul 25 2024 - 05:45
Primark’s Irish man in Spain: ‘We sell roughly the same number of coats in Madrid as we do in Dublin’Wild Geese: Stephen Mullen, MadridSun Jul 21 2024 - 07:00
Cork start-up helping companies fulfil ESG commitments locally New Innovator: John Kelleher, ConnectGreenThu Jul 18 2024 - 05:00
‘I have a great friend here and his name is Santiago O’Reilly, which always makes me smile’Wild Geese: Mike Gallagher works for US software company Switcher in Buenos AiresSun Jul 14 2024 - 06:00
Nanotechnology ensures nutrient supplements actually deliver New Innovator: Nicholas Deeney, Biovit TechnologiesThu Jul 11 2024 - 06:00
‘The idea that there’s endless opportunity appeals to me’Wild Geese: Alice Maria Murphy, California: 'I always knew I wanted to go and see what else was out there'Sun Jul 07 2024 - 06:00
Simple Probate: app helps with protracted legal process of executing a will Oisin Dolphin and Isabella Hughes cofounded company aimed at improving experience of being an executorThu Jul 04 2024 - 05:30
Leveraging GPT to help engineers and manufacturers adopt AIAnthony McLoughlin and start-up Better Futures have set out to build a bridge to make it easier and cost-effective for engineers to identify how AI could improve what they doThu Jun 27 2024 - 05:45
Why are employers so poor at giving feedback on job interviews?Feedback to unsuccessful job applicants may be best practice as an idea but the failure by companies to give it may tarnish their future recruitment prospects and public imageThu Jun 20 2024 - 10:00
Irish start-up Slick+ bridges the gap in tacit learning associated with remote workingShort-format video platform allows users to share skills, job know-how and in-house ways of doing things with their colleaguesThu Jun 20 2024 - 05:45
A worker struggling with IVF feels sidelined after seeking support from management. How should she proceed?An expert advises to first assume that management are acting with the best intentions before seeking clarification and remedyThu Jun 13 2024 - 10:00
Duck feeding: Irish firm puts dispensers in parks across Ireland, UK and NetherlandsMatthew Knight’s The Feed Ducks Initiative is now operating feeding stations in public parks in Ireland, the UK and NetherlandsThu Jun 13 2024 - 05:00
Active learning now the focus for the workplaceDegrees will continue to have their place but employers now keen on education and training that can have an immediate impactThu Jun 06 2024 - 10:00
Cutting corporate travel costs by paying employees to host colleaguesRoamr founders believe it offers a perfect fit for budget-conscious start-ups and tech firms that employ millennials and Generation Z-ersThu Jun 06 2024 - 00:00
Job recruitment in Ireland is taking on some of the worst aspects of dating app cultureGhosting, love-bombing and baiting are among bad practices becoming commonplace, but treating candidates shabbily is shortsightedThu May 30 2024 - 10:00
Novel language processing system detects mental health distress in employees by analysing their speechKey potential customers include companies employing content moderators and trust and safety agentsThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Connacht’s female entrepreneurs: ‘Making a living from clothing in Ireland is not easy’ A growing number of female entrepreneurs in the west of Ireland are signing up to support programmes to help them get their businesses off the groundWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
A chance interview at ESB led to an international career in energy Wild Geese: Catherine Hurley, MaltaSun May 26 2024 - 10:00
Interruptions undermine workplace focus and productivityConstant emails, meetings, texts and in-office messaging channels are problematic as they increase the mental stress loadThu May 23 2024 - 10:00
Helping offshore energy developers factor the impact on nature into their planning processRestore Innovation, a new database tool developed by Irish marine scientist, provides developers with bespoke nature-inclusive solutionsThu May 23 2024 - 05:45
New wave of ‘techno isolation’ among remote workers who spend days working aloneJust because technology is available doesn’t mean it should always be used and finding the balance between efficiency and engagement is up to employersThu May 16 2024 - 10:00
A breakfast pot for health-conscious consumers with the ‘greatest oats of all time’Clarkin says that the more he looked into the breakfast market the more he could see the potential to provide consumers with a healthier alternativeThu May 16 2024 - 06:00
Selling Ireland to the Spanish: ‘The majority prefer to stay at home, so you need to offer a strong proposition’Wild Geese: Susan Bolger works for Tourism Ireland in MadridSun May 12 2024 - 06:00
Making employee assistance programmes more relevant to workersToo many well-meaning initiatives take a one-size-fits-all approach, and take-up rates are often lowThu May 09 2024 - 09:59
‘If selling software is hard, then buying it is even harder because people worry about the risk of getting it wrong’AI platform will automate repetitive tasks that slow down the process of closing a dealThu May 09 2024 - 05:00
Sleep and rest are not the same and failure to address both can increase risk of burnout Rest is the most underused, chemical free, safe and effective alternative therapy available to us, workplace wellbeing expert saysThu May 02 2024 - 10:00
Helping stressed-out GPs manage staffing issues in the workplaceNew Innovator: Best PracticeThu May 02 2024 - 05:00
‘This is a land that is all about giving people a go’Wild Geese: Colm Hamrogue, Christchurch, New ZealandSun Apr 28 2024 - 06:00
Quiet quitting: You always had workers who did 9-5 but it’s a creeping malaise, employers sayPost-pandemic surge in the practice suggest employers need to review the balance between the extra mile they ask of staff and the support they offerThu Apr 25 2024 - 10:00
Technology developed in Cork allows wedding photos to be shared digitally with the happy couple Valda Binding and her husband developed trial technology during Covid lockdowns and launched TakeNplace in 2022Thu Apr 25 2024 - 05:45
Organising a work day out that doesn’t fill staff with dread Choice of event, how it is run and how ‘corporate’ it feels all feed into the mix for team-building eventsThu Apr 18 2024 - 10:00
Irish team develops therapy for deadly sepsis crisis Inthelia Therapeutics, founded by two top Irish scientists, is switching focus to block infection getting a grip on patients in the first placeThu Apr 18 2024 - 05:00
