What do women want for summer? Clothes that fit and sandals you can walk in

Interview: John Hourican on stepping down as Bank of Cyprus CEO to move closer to home

Dublin’s Iseq slips 0.2% to close at 6,021.15 as Bank of Ireland closes the session 2.3% off

Tough high street conditions see fashion and home brand having to overhaul its strategy

UK retail chain had debts of almost £1bn when it collapsed

Home front: Wrap up in a luxurious alpaca blanket at Ballyfin, salad days in a coffee cup, Irish design goes to New York

Planet Business: US media’s ‘catch and kill’ and a Facebook executive’s tweetstorm

Closing their knitwear business was the cue for Bebhinn and Robert Marten to move into their Baltimore premises

Australian owners write down almost £600m after totally misjudging market

Fashion and homeware retailer cites weaker pound and ‘challenging’ trading conditions

Airline shares climb in Europe as investors speculate on likely winners from insolvency

Home furnishings and womenswear group says its full-year earnings will take £2.8m hit

Called the ‘coolest place on the planet’ by National Geographic magazine, Donegal has so much coastline it’s easy to find a seaside rental

Shares in the group tumble 11% amid tough trading for company

Fashion-to-furnishing retailer operates five standalone stores and a concession locally

Landmark Cork centre comes with planning approval for redevelopment of retail units

Kathryn Holmquist talked to Sinéad O’Connor and some of the other woman garage banders of the 1980s

It’s taken 10 years but the former partner of Francois Hollande is once again combative, energetic and engaged at the heart of French politics

Duffy and wife Lisa are building afresh and have put their Roganstown home on sale at €1.3m

Floral prints are everywhere this season. But there is a skill in putting all the elements of a floral outfit together

Flares, chunky heels, floppy hats and fringed bags hark back to an earlier era

After months of covering up, it’s time to lighten up with pinks and sheers

Boston, with its large Irish community, is a good beachhead for Primark to attempt its most ambitious retail invasion

Today marks yet another austerity budget, so it’s time to convert unwanted household goods to cash

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