The woman in charge of developing Dublin’s start-up ‘ecosystem’ is confident the Government will introduce tax breaks for people looking to invest in early stage companies which would unlock a huge warchest of crucial funding.

Government policy is preventing startups from achieving their full potential and hurting Dublin’s entrepreneurial landscape, according to the capital’s startup chief.

She created Carrie Bradshaw; now she’s writing about the Sex and the City generation hitting their middle years. Will Pavia meets — and is terrified by — Candace Bushnell.

One of the country’s leading entrepreneurs has been given the task of making Dublin the best place in Europe to start and grow a tech and innovation business.

SOCIETY of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) volunteers will make around 150,000 calls to struggling homes all over Ireland between now and Christmas.

One of Ireland’s leading poverty charities is pleading for urgent donations after numbers seeking its help almost doubled in recent years.

THE Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) spent €75 million last year on people experiencing poverty and exclusion.

THE country might be going through unprecedented economic hardship but loneliness remains the biggest issue for the elderly.

Thousands of children will be hungry and cold if the Government rolls out cost-cutting plans signed off by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it was claimed tonight.

THE Irish public have shown their great generosity and kindness once again.

THE St Vincent de Paul yesterday said it expects a dramatic increase in people coming to them for help at Christmas time, with the charity already seeing a surge in calls to its offices.

THE Society of St Vincent de Paul has seen a 50% rise in the number of calls to its Dublin help services so far this year, with struggling, middle-class families or the “new poor” emerging as the biggest concern.

THE country’s leading charities are warning they are close to breaking point trying to provide for thousands of vulnerable people in the lead up to Christmas, as demands for food, clothing and help to heat homes surge.

MORE than 800 members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) attended a crisis meeting in Dublin at the weekend to plan ahead for tougher times.

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell is writing a pair of novels, that take readers back to character Carrie Bradshaw’s formative years in high school.

POLITICAL courage and leadership is urgently needed to tackle society’s deep-rooted economic problems, a leading charity claimed yesterday.

A Co Wicklow woman today made history by becoming the first female national president of one of the country’s largest social justice groups.

RUTHLESS moneylenders are ripping off the most vulnerable people in Irish society with expensive doorstep loans, Ireland’s leading charity warned yesterday.

IRELAND’S largest charitable organisation launched a stinging attack on the Government’s social policies last night as it celebrated its 160th anniversary serving the people of Cork.