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Netflix crosses 200m subscriber mark in pandemic-boosted year
- Media & Marketing
- January 20, 2021, 12:58
Netflix ended its biggest year in company history with a bang, adding more customers than expected and saying it no longer needs to borrow money to bu(...)

Flights in State’s airspace collapse to 1980s levels
- Transport & Tourism
- January 15, 2021, 15:34
Flights through the State’s air space collapsed to 1980s levels last year following travel bans imposed by governments to combat Covid-19, new figures(...)

Irish executives plot $345m ‘blank cheque’ US IPO
- Markets
- January 14, 2021, 11:40
Irish packaging industry veteran Patrick Doran and corporate financier Gary Quin have joined forces to plot a $350 million (€284 million) US initial p(...)

Covid-19: IDA boss warns of diminished multinational investment
- Economy
- January 6, 2021, 15:39
The head of the State agency responsible for securing foreign direct investment (FDI) has warned that global investment flows are likely to be signifi(...)

Sysnet raises $65m in debt financing, and closes third acquisition since December
- Technology
- January 6, 2021, 05:00
Irish payments regulation company Sysnet has completed its third acquisition in five weeks and raised an additional $65 million (€53m) in debt financ(...)

Plumbing group Ferguson sells Wolseley to focus on US market
- Manufacturing
- January 4, 2021, 14:49
Plumbing and heating giant Ferguson has agreed to sell its Wolseley business in the UK to a private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for a(...)

For teenage daredevil Kai Jones, the ski’s the limit
- Other Sports
- January 4, 2021, 06:00
Kai Jones, who at 14 is already a professional adventure skier with the videos to prove it, likes to reminisce about the old days. Like, when he was a(...)

Aer Lingus gets go-ahead for transatlantic joint venture
- Transport & Tourism
- December 22, 2020, 11:08
Aer Lingus has been given approval to join the transatlantic joint venture operated by its parent, IAG, and American Airlines in a move that could res(...)

Explorer, writer Tim Severin (80) dies at his home in West Cork
- Irish News
- December 19, 2020, 14:44
The explorer, writer and film maker, Tim Severin, best known for the Brendan Voyage where he sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland to prove that the 6th(...)

Cybersecurity breach takes in hundreds of thousands of organisations
- Technology
- December 14, 2020, 10:57
The US has issued an emergency warning after it emerged that nation-state hackers had managed for several months to weaponise software used by almost (...)