Web Summit

Organisers say 90% of conferences planned up to next summer have been cancelled

Post violated social media platorms’s ban on promoted political content

Business as usual at Central Bank as staff member tests negative

Cosgrave presents himself as champion of press freedom. Some of his business partners are known for the opposite

Group reports sharp decline in pretax profits as employee numbers continue to rise

Rise, which attracts more than 16,000 attendees, postponed over safety concerns

Newly filed accounts detail events turnover for the first time

Founder Paddy Cosgrave last year said event would be in Dublin for ‘foreseeable future’

Some 1,200 speakers expected, including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

Web Summit chief accuses Fine Gael of ‘looting business people’

Attendee numbers at flagship event have risen from under 400 to projected 70,000

Web Summit chief executive discusses tax changes, rent crisis and MoneyConf event

Student half-day tickets priced €7.50 allegedly being resold for more than €1,000 each

Summit to take on 40 new staff as Cosgrave backtracks on criticism of Ireland’s talent

Canary’s design, simplicity and security is proving a hit with customers

Gone, but not forgotten, the event suits Lisbon more that it suited Dublin

Paddy Cosgrave’s creation is a global Irish brand as big as Tayto but as disliked as Bono

Juan Branco tells Web Summit it would have been ethically impossible to delay release

Portugal may not be Silicon Valley, but it’s in full-on wooing mode for tech startups

Irish-based fintech firm had previously raised €18 million in two funding rounds

Start-ups report good contact with investors and hope to repeat Uber’s funding success

Attendees react positively to tech conference’s move from Dublin to Lisbon