The key business events happening this week

14 young Irish people will compete at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Insomnia eyes first German outlet as part of expansion

Coffee chain operating in Ireland and UK plans to open up to 30 outlets by end of year

No women need apply as Ivan Yates brings manly swagger to Sundays

Newstalk adds more middle-aged male voices to its roster in the form of Yates and Bobby Kerr, but the formula is wearing thin

Dragon’s Den is not the fire-breathing, wad-waving wealthfest it used to be

Nowadays, it has all the pizzazz of a business studies course and could be plausibly renamed Rich People Doing Sums

Downsizing of post office network to spark fierce response

An Post says more than half of the company’s 1,100 outlets are ‘uneconomic’

Post office closures will ‘devastate rural Ireland,’ protesters say

Dozens of postmasters march into GPO demanding maintenance of services

Postmasters to protest against potential closures

Minister says future not as bad as suggested despite claim 1,100 offices are loss-making

An Post warns it cannot meet wage bill next month

Company says it needs to increase price of stamps to raise money to pay employees

Plan to close 80 post offices a ‘serious blow’ to rural Ireland

No decisions yet made while in-depth review of network still ongoing, says An Post

Inside Track: Niamh O’Shea, cofounder of Cool Baby

Family-run business offers range of personalised, high-quality baby wear

Angling Notes: Leitrim council awards €100,000 to develop lake angling

Grant will assist in building centre of excellence to attract domestic and overseas anglers

Post offices could offer motor tax renewal services, Dáil told

Michael Ring says number of options considered for rural An Post network

Independent TDs to call for safeguarding of post offices

Government is expected to accept requests for a new banking service run by An Post

Angling Notes: World Shore Angling Championship under way

For the first time an Irish ladies’ team is competing

Kenny insists State is acting to keep post offices open

Clare GP warns ‘if the Government does not act, it will passively strangle post offices’

Maxol’s €2m expansion to focus on food courts

McMullan family working with independent food operators such as Supermac’s

Union calls for post offices to be used for range of new services

Irish Postmasters’ Union says Government needs to show commitment to communities

Radio: Ryan Tubridy puts Joe Rooney through the emotional wringer

Review: ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’, ‘Down to Business’, ‘Moncrieff’

Businessman Bobby Kerr announces cancer diagnosis

Broadcaster is receiving treatment for cancer of the neck and head

Oscar-nominated films and Ireland’s largest coffee chain at Start-up Night

Event featured talks from founders of Insomnia Coffee and Cartoon Saloon

We want to grow a business that cares about teachers, students and parents

Small Business Inside Track Paul Shorte, Artzone operations director

‘We are passionate about the health benefits of seaweed baths’

Small Business Inside Track Q&A Neil Walton, MD, Voya Seaweed Baths

Report calls for post offices to diversify to remain viable

Study shows most post offices are seriously underutilised

New postal location code system to be launched in July

Some 2.2m homes and businesses to get seven-digit codes under Eircode system

Minister ‘surprised’ by letter urging pensioners to use banks

Department policy could mean closure of all of the post offices, warns Michael Moynihan

Radio: Silence is golden for Pat Kenny – but still painful for Terence Flanagan

Review: ‘Playback’, ‘Drivetime’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’ and ‘Down to Business’

Meet the mentor: Bobby Kerr of Insomnia Coffee Company

‘Passion about a particular product or service can make it easy to overlook market conditions’

Week two of the AIB Start-up Academy: An introduction to ‘design thinking’

Entrepreneurs to learn quick, inexpensive experiments to tweak or change a product

Retired schoolteacher begins hunger strike over post office closure

East Galway community seeks a year’s reprieve from An Post

From a market table to a Temple Bar shop

Small Business Inside Track Q&ADavid Mooney, owner ThunderSolas Leather Designs

Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy

Don’t scorn him for having chosen his life of heroin and homelessness.

On the coffee trail, from seed to a cup near you

The coffee market in Ireland has proved remarkably resilient through the downturn, and it’s catching up on tea as our favourite beverage. We trace the beautiful bean’s journey back to a remote farm in Tanzania where elephants roam free

Rentview speeds up rental process helping landlords to rent properties faster

Letting agencies and prospective tenants both benefit from Dublin company’s software solution

First start-up night proves a big draw

The first start-up night of the Start-up Academy saw 180 entrepreneurs of all sorts gather to share tips and insights.

Making the most of its culture and heritage

My Kilkenny – Bobby Kerr

One More Thing: Quiz to raise funds for Haiti charity

An envelope and the letter of the law

Harry McGee’s week: there seems to be a deeper well of sympathy for political scoundrels than for the sanctimonious

Irish Times journalists recognised at business awards

Colm Keena and Suzanne Lynch take prizes

Inside Track: Working hard for the sweet taste of success

Elaine Dorris, co-founder, Lough Derg Chocolates

Meet the in crowd for business funding

Online crowdfunding initiative Linked Finance matches small businesses looking for loans with people willing to lend

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