Relations Institute Of Ireland

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An appraisal well at Barryroe, off the coast of Cork. Photograph: Finbarr O’Rourke
Providence announces two new appointments to board

Providence Resources has announced two new appointments to its board, as part of plans to progress its Barryroe offshore work programme. Financial a(...)

A ransomware demand for the payment of $300 worth of bitcoin sits on the screen of laptop infected by the Petya computer virus. Photograph: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
Ransomware attack comes at bad time for Kantar Media in Ireland

This week’s ransomware IT virus attack, which has spread from Ukraine to affect businesses around the globe, comes at a particularly inauspicious time(...)

Ireland’s next taoiseach: Leo Varadkar arrives at the Fine Gael count on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Campaign for Leo: The inside story of how Varadkar beat Simon Coveney

Buying pints on an early-summer evening in Dublin may have seemed a pleasant task, but it was work all the same. John Paul Phelan, the Fine Gael TD fo(...)

Varadkar has been preparing for years, his team for months. Numerous people have been involved , but most were in the dark about who else was involved. Everyone fed back to him, but only a select handful knew the full plan
Varadkar blitz leaves Coveney with mountain to climb

It was as good as it would get for Simon Coveney as he walked down Dublin’s Mount Street to hand in his nomination papers at Fine Gael headquarters on(...)

Sports Direct now occupies the former Boyers building on Talbot Street, Dublin. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Game on for sports retailers as Ashley arrives in town

UK billionaire Mike Ashley’s cavernous new SportsDirect.com megastore in Dublin is open barely a week and already its indigenous competitors must be f(...)

Former PD minister Liz O’Donnell: involved in lobbying in recent years. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Lobbyists must record details of contacts with public officials

Lobbyists attempting to influence policies will need to record details of their contacts with public officials for a publicly accessible register fr(...)