You really have to wonder about what spurs on business people and associated creative types (that is, chefs who wish to make a true mark) to develop a new restaurant/gastropub without coming anywhere close to crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s.

Marty Mannering is restoring old memories as well as old bikes with his company, he tells Richard Fitzpatrick

It should be a ‘sum’mer to remember for maths lovers, with a mathlete summer camp taking place before students head back to school.

THE IRISH economy has been going through a difficult transition, but the stories behind the 1,000 jobs announced for Cork over the past 10 days shows that we are on the right road.

Highlights include John Creedon's retracing of Michael Collins's final day.

In a city awash with pilgrims, and more places of prayer than you could shake a stick at, it was hardly surprising to find so many Irish in Rome this weekend.

Sean O’Sullivan, Dragon’s Den

The Irish whizz kid who, at just 12, became the world’s youngest app developer has unveiled a new game that’s set to be another smash hit.

A range of fun and inspiring cookbooks from Irish and UK publishers this year makes Christmas gift shopping a doddle. Roz Crowley picks the best

WITHOUT question Farmers Markets are one of the best places to trial a food product.

Kya deLongchamps offers some useful money-saving suggestions for drying clothes that don’t involve that watt devouring monster — the clothes dryer.

The €650m cost for the long-delayed national children’s hospital could be halved if the facility was built at the Coombe instead of the Mater, it has been claimed.

THE IT industry is alive and well in Ireland and will continue to grow.

CHEF JAMIE Oliver, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, concrete sewer pipes, and fresh horse manure — what binds them? Wood-fired pizza ovens.

NOT quite London’s Palladium, but Dublin’s brand new National Convention Centre came pretty close last night as it hosted an Irish-style Royal Variety Performance to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.

DRAGON’S DEN-type interviews are being set up between companies and investors in Cork and Kerry by the South-West Regional Authority (SWRA).

A COFFEE shop franchise is leading the way in customer nutritional awareness by displaying the calorie content of its hot beverages and snacks on its menus.

A recent survey indicated Ireland has a high proportion of people willing to take the entrepreneurial plunge by launching their own business, writes John Daly

AN enterprising mother who creates natural beauty products got a Dragon’s Den-style boost just when she needed it.

IT is not quite the deck on the Starship Enterprise, but the future is on display in Dublin for the next week, from the virtual home to mirrors that help monitor your health.

A YOUNG entrepreneur who walked away from the Dragon’s Den with a massive investment in her hen party website has already doubled her workforce.