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Irish air travel’s recovery is poised to continue gaining altitude in coming months. Photograph: Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Holidaymakers are driving aviation's recovery. But is it a false dawn?

Airlines that survived the pandemic intact now have a greater share of the market

‘Will I be able to get back in?’ Women still face stigma over career breaks

Sharon McCooey, head of LinkedIn in Ireland, took a three-year career break when her children were small and found it a difficult decision to take.

Work
Olive Keogh
May 20, 2022

It is women who are worst affected by the negative attitude to time off, study finds

Fresh dressings that add a flavour kick to salads, sandwiches and wraps

David and Berna Williams, founders of Berna’s Dressings. ‘All of the dressings are produced in small batches, so there is absolutely no compromise on flavour or quality,’ she says

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Olive Keogh
May 19, 2022

New company grew from a couple’s love of food and years in the catering business

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DCC’s latest pitch to the ESG crowd fails to electrify – for now

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C&C aims to restore Magners’ sparkle in the British market

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How we can protect the vulnerable in inflationary times

Cliff Taylor

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Do you get enough in return for the taxes you pay?

Denis O’Brien: Mr Justice Brian Cregan noted that Mr O’Brien did not appear to have read the confidentiality agreement or process letters. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

O’Brien’s rather dismissive view of Siteserv ‘process letters’

Financial Services
May 21, 2022

Cantillon: Bidders were prohibited from meeting with Siteserv officers

Public sector pay talks hugely significant

Economy
May 21, 2022

Agreeing anything longer term in current discussions looks to be impossible

Operation de-arching: the week McDonald’s confirmed its Russian retreat after 32 years

Economy
Laura Slattery
May 21, 2022

Planet Business: Twitter exits, Walmart woes and a UK minister’s top inflation tips

Time to call a halt to the Siteserv inquiry?

Financial Services
May 20, 2022

Commission has, in theory, 37 deals left to consider

Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

Technology
May 19, 2022

Simply abandoning the $44bn transaction is not an option

Why rent controls have failed

Economy
May 19, 2022

Rent pressure zone report stands as searing indictment of Government housing policy

Hybrid working can be best of both worlds – but also the worst

Work
May 19, 2022

Cantillon: Employers should stop thinking of hybrid work in terms of ‘X’ days a week

Ulster Bank chief sounds warning on Irish financial system

Financial Services
May 17, 2022

Cantillon: Claim shared systems and utilities could make banks far more competitive

Threat looms for North’s free access to EU single market

Economy
May 17, 2022

Cantillon: EU leaders have reason to be sick of Brexit and Johnson government antics

DAA’s Dalton Philips flies off to ready-made sandwich producer

Transport & Tourism
May 14, 2022

Cantillon: Greencore’s lure for State airport company CEO may be linked to tastier salary

Truth in vaccine access row can be as tricky to find as a needle

Health & Pharma
May 14, 2022

Waning demand threatens efforts to produce vaccine locally so perhaps education is the priority

Diversity policies must avoid benefiting the already privileged

Work
Thomas Liebig
May 13, 2022

White women are the biggest beneficiaries, while those from lower socioeconomic groups are often overlooked

Eir’s customer care reputation: can it be restored?

Technology
May 12, 2022

Company claims to have turned a corner, citing new Comreg data

Shelbourne Hotel bounces back in wake of lockdown curbs

Retail & Services
May 11, 2022

The 65-bedroom hotel generated income of $6.5m in Q1 of this year

Investors shrug off Moody’s Irish upgrade amid rate hikes fears

Economy
May 10, 2022

Investors preoccupied by comments of ECB policymaker Robert Holzmann that the ECB should hike rates three times this year

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