Thu, 15 Oct, 2020
Mon, 18 May, 2020
Stripe, the €19.8bn-valued online payments company founded by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison, is set to expand into eight European countries, primarily on the eastern side of the continent.
Tue, 10 Sep, 2019
It's a family affair for the final Late Late Show of the season as the billionaire Collison brothers, Healy-Raes and Laura Brennan's family join Ryan Tubridy tomorrow night.
Thu, 30 May, 2019
STOP and easily developed land for house builders and entrepreneurial types, in Limerick’s suburb of Monaleen, Castletroy, is guided at €300,000 an acre in advance of its planned private treaty sale next month.
Thu, 04 Oct, 2018
Brothers Patrick and John Collinson, aged 28 and 26 respectively, are two of the world’s youngest billionaires. Their online payment company, Stripe, is valued at €7.8bn, says Ashlee Vance.
Sat, 12 Aug, 2017
Patrick and John Collison, the billionaire brothers from Limerick behind mobile payments firm Stripe, were still in their teens when they sold their auction website Auctomatic for €4.5m in 2008.
Mon, 12 Jun, 2017
From Northern Irish fashion designer J.W. Anderson making serious waves with his gender-bending designs as creative director for the luxury Spanish fashion label Loewe to 22-year-old Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan making the coveted cover of Time magazine, there’s no denying that the year just gone was another incredibly triumphant one for Ireland’s next generation of game-changers.
Sat, 07 Jan, 2017
Nama has denied that some potential investors were discouraged from participating in the controversial £1.3bn (€1.6bn) sale of its Northern Ireland loan book, known as Project Eagle, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.
Tue, 25 Oct, 2016
Trustev founder Pat Phelan and distiller Illann Power have launched a new €25m investment fund to help Irish companies scale globally.
Fri, 06 May, 2016
Actress Saoirse Ronan and Web Summit co-founder Daire Hickey have been named on Forbes’ “30 under 30” list of high-achieving twenty-somethings.
Wed, 06 Jan, 2016
Fri, 20 Nov, 2015
The second day of the Web Summit may not have had an announcement to rival that of the first when Irish entrepreneur Oisín Hanrahan’s start-up, Handy landed a $50m investment but it had plenty to keep tech heads and investors busy nonetheless.
Thu, 05 Nov, 2015
The billion-dollar US firm, Stripe, founded by Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison, is building towards a massive expansion.
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An online payments start-up founded by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison is continuing its rapid Silicon Valley ascent with another round of funding that values the company at $5 billion (€4.52bn).
Wed, 29 Jul, 2015
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Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison are among the 24 finalists announced as part of the 18th annual EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
Tue, 19 May, 2015
The Irish digital economy is predicted to be worth €21bn, and employ 150,000 by 2020. This thriving sector needs to be nurtured.
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Technology titan Dell considers Limerick critical to its success, despite cutting almost 2,000 jobs there six years ago, according to the head of its Irish operations.
Thu, 06 Nov, 2014
Payments company Stripe, from Limerick-born brothers Patrick and John Collison, has been announced as the international payments partner for RTÉ's global Gaelic games streaming service GAAGo.
Wed, 05 Nov, 2014
In addition to the tens of thousands of attendees, thousands of start-ups, and hundreds of investors, this year’s Web Summit will bring more than €100m in revenue to the Dublin economy over the next three days.
Tue, 04 Nov, 2014
As 20,000 people descend on the RDS this week, our reporters are bringing you live updates from the opening day of the Web Summit.
For the next three days, Dublin is the online capital of the world, as hundreds of tech experts take to the podium for this year’s Web Summit.
A global credit card payment service founded by two millionaire brothers from Limerick has partnered with social media giant Twitter to allow users to buy directly from the micro-blogging site.
Tue, 09 Sep, 2014
The rich just got richer, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, which indicates that the total wealth of the country’s richest 250 people increased by just under €3bn last year.
Mon, 19 May, 2014
Two Limerick brothers are set to join the world’s mega-wealthy after having their company valued at $1.75bn (€1.3bn).
Fri, 24 Jan, 2014
Five Irish people - including golfer Rory McIlroy and One Direction's Niall Horan - have made the prestigious Forbes '30 under 30' list.
Wed, 08 Jan, 2014
A global credit card payment service founded by two young Irish millionaire brothers is to be made available to Irish firms from today.
Tue, 03 Sep, 2013
Millionaire Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison’s developer-friendly payments company has officially launched in the UK after clearing “large hurdles”.
Fri, 16 Aug, 2013
A resurgence in manufacturing has generated almost half of today’s 31 new entrants in the Sunday Times Irish Rich List.
Sun, 21 Apr, 2013
The Sunday Times Irish Rich List 2013 will be published this weekend, with some young entrants making the list this year.
Fri, 19 Apr, 2013
Two Limerick brothers who became millionaires while still at school have seen their newest venture, Stripe, valued at €75 million.
Sat, 11 Feb, 2012
The latest cutting edge technologies will be up for discussion at a major internet and cloud computing conference taking place in Dublin today.
Thu, 02 Jun, 2011
TWINS Hayley and Nicola Moore were forced to do a double take when they collected their Leaving Certificate results yesterday.
Thu, 13 Aug, 2009
TWO Limerick teenagers became the country’s latest millionaires yesterday after selling their internet company in a deal valued at €3 million.
Thu, 27 Mar, 2008
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