TWO sobering but illustrative events played out simultaneously yesterday. Each showed how powerless democratically elected, supposedly sovereign, governments can be in the face of unflinching international creditors or too-big-to-fail banks tottering towards collapse asking — demanding if you prefer — that they be rescued with public funds.

Kya deLongchamps takes a stroll through the intimate history of women and retail.

Carphone Warehouse Ireland has staged a remarkable turnaround in the past 12 months, turning a near €10m loss in 2013 into a €2.1m profit last year.

The Clerys department store marked its renovation by revealing detail on what it cost to get back in business after its last great destruction.

Founded in 2009 with the aim of creating a pillow that would be impervious to infection, Gabriel Scientific has seen its hermetically sealed pillow used in hospitals around Europe, but is not resting on its laurels and has ambitious growth plans, writes Trish Dromey

NEWLY elected president of Dublin Chamber of Commerce, PJ Timmins, kicked off his period in office by communicating to the Taoiseach last night the true concerns of local businesses.