Business
Ed Doherty's vision is woo them and wow them
When Ed Doherty was a boy, his mother just wanted him to get a steady job. She could hardly have guessed the job he would have: that her son would ...
July 03, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
43 years to fill empty houses
It will take 43 years to fill all the post-boom vacant homes in the Republic, according to a report. And this despite the fact that Ireland is main...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Visit to raise Irish access to U.S. market
Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, is in the U.S. this week for a seven-day day "direct investment and trad...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Panel focuses on expanded role for diaspora
[caption id="attachment_72148" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Robert Ballagh."][/caption] Irish politicians' attitude towards its emigran...
June 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Falvey's books are 'love letters' to Ireland
[caption id="attachment_72145" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Author Patricia Falvey, Belfast business consultant Denny Elliott and Trace...
June 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Wilson hails a big Belfast comeback
[caption id="attachment_72142" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Minister Sammy Wilson speaking at the conference."][/caption] The glory day...
June 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Knocking heads, and banks, together
The European Commission has called on the 17 countries in the eurozone, Ireland among them, to create a "banking union" that can centrally oversee ...
June 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
A Clinton first for Cork
Former president Bill Clinton is set to make his first ever visit to Cork later this month to deliver a keynote speech at a planned investment conf...
June 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Jobless figure steady, emigration continues
Ireland's unemployment rate is holding steady at 14.3 percent. But that's steadily high. the latest figures from the Irish government's Central Sta...
June 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
No budging on corporate tax: Kenny, Gilmore
[caption id="attachment_71832" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="President Francois Hollande."][/caption] It's the issue that is never quite...
May 23, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Smaller jets could spur renewed Shannon service
[caption id="attachment_71829" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Timmy Dooley. "][/caption] Aer Lingus could successfully operate all-year-r...
May 23, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Business
Aer Lingus posts loss, attracts investor
Aer Lingus has posted red figures for the first quarter of the year but the carrier has also attracted the interest of what could turn out to be a ...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff