E-commerce venture focuses on vouchers sold via online platform

Dolores McNamara and Irish Life have bid more than the €44m guide price

With a general election looming, a new cohort of politicians are hoping for success in 2016. Harry McGee points to five expected do well at the ballot boxes

The battle of the supermarkets, property prices, Irish Water and revelations about Volkswagen dominated headlines in 2015

‘In Trolley Land, hundreds of HSE workers push pens around while bandaged mummies moan on their stretchers’

Party tries to inject some adrenaline into comatose concept with Dublin event

Declan Ganley urges party not to shy away from big ideas at first think-in in Dublin

Renua leader talks to Kathy Sheridan about setting up a new party, abortion and other issues

Review: The Newstalk presenter tries an invigorating new way into work, but embarrassing old habits emerge when discussing sensitive topics

Polls show new political party fatigue is already beginning to set in

Email tells potential backers Carlow-Kilkenny byelection ‘crucial’ to embryonic party

‘Ours may be the best little country in which to do business – but what about our society?’

‘Politicians know that three-quarters of the audience is willing them to fail’

Leader Lucinda Creighton says financial consultant doing ‘Trojan work’ to grow party

At launch of new party, leader Lucinda Creighton vows to ‘govern in sunshine’

Leader Lucinda Creighton wants minutes of all Cabinet meetings to be published

Ideologically, there’s little surprise it will be positioned on right of political spectrum, but not obdurately so

In less than a year, more than 100 professionals have built a political organisation

Lucinda Creighton and Karl Deeter present code of conduct prohibiting ‘cronyism’

‘Reboot Ireland’ misses eight week deadline set by TD in January

Group’s recruiter says party will be able to run a candidate in every single constituency

As Lucinda Creighton prepares to launch party, Hobbs will be crucial to kickstarting campaign

Creighton lines up breakfast briefing for female political journalists, a sort of ‘Ladies Who Launch’ event

Jobs and jibes make for a serendipitous new year in Leinster House

‘I’m trying to inspire women to come into political life generally’ – Creighton

‘Reboot Ireland’ must think that significant chunks of the Irish political spectrum are perhaps business-hostile

Since ‘Rip-off Republic’, his popularity has waned but he keeps a foot in both camps

New political movement to be launched ‘within eight weeks’, says former minister

Eddie Hobbs expects new group to be labelled as a low-tax party

New nameless party has tight deadline and big need for volunteers

Former Fine Gael junior minister calls for a ‘reboot’ of Ireland

Former Fine Gael and now Independent TD set to make low-key announcement

Energetic Eddie gets into holiday spirit as director of Airsynergy

Legal route is the way to go

Eddie Hobbs quoted in reports about Asset Management Trust

‘The consumer agency was hobbled from the start and it was not given the teeth or the cash to really fight on behalf of the consumers

Ryan Tubridy preferred crime stories to budgetary matters as Sean O’Rourke hosted an awkward encounter for Minister Howlin

Independent off-licences say rising taxes and undercutting from retail giants have forced the sector to its knees