Cost increases will see 1,000 small business close this year

[ad_1] The cumulative impact of a series of cost increases, as well as the looming deadline to pay off warehoused tax debt, could lead to 1,000 business insolvencies this year,…

End of an era: Cork’s Baldy Barber announces sale of family business 

[ad_1] The owner of one of Cork’s most famous barber shops has confirmed the business is up for sale. Mick Moriarty, whose father established the Baldy Barber in Cork’s city…

Ben Dunne’s IRA kidnap, arrest in Florida, and ‘thanks, big fella’: Episodes in a life lived large 

[ad_1] Would Ben Dunne’s life have taken a different trajectory if he hadn’t been kidnapped? Would we now be living in a different Ireland, totally oblivious to a culture of corruption…