The value of venture capital (VC) investments in Ireland has fallen 80pc in the first three months of the year and the number of deals is also down sharply.
The Earl of Tyrone has raised a multi-million euro investment for a new whiskey distillery and visitor centre to be built at the historic Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford.
Supermac’s boss Pat McDonagh says he will have to push up prices following the biggest-ever hike in the national minimum wage, but does not begrudge staff the increase.