Angel investing is growing every year in Ireland. Pádraig Hoare speaks to John Phelan, head of Halo Business Angel Network, which last week announced a record investment in a company spun out of Cork IT.

Business Reporter Pádraig Hoare talks to four people whose lives have been irreparably harmed by the mortgage scandal.

The annual awards of the IGNITE business start-up programme that supports third level graduates take place on Thursday at University College Cork. Pádraig Hoare spoke to director of the programme, Eamon Curtin.

Cork native Oonagh Buckley tells Pádraig Hoare is keen to use this week's National Ploughing Championships to let people know the Workplace Relations Commission wants to help.

As Limerick CivicTrust launches its annual series of lectures, chief executive David O’Brien tells Pádraig Hoare about its work forging business and community partnerships.

The difficulties for small housebuilders to secure finance outside of Dublin could “derail” the Government’s housing strategy, the Cork branch of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has said, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Pádraig Hoare speaks to Thea Murphy, managing director of Silver Pail Dairy in Cork, the biggest independent ice-cream maker in Ireland, and which has entered the lucrative liqueur market

Having worked with Musgraves, KBC, Port of Cork, the HSE, the Montenotte Hotel and Reardens Group, architectural firm PLM has rebranded as Meitheal. Pádraig Hoare speaks with managing partner Patrick O Toole

TV presenter Emma Buckley teamed up with her brother Robert in 2014 to disrupt the way Irish people manage their healthy eating habits. Pádraig Hoare talks to Mr Buckley about combining IT and healthy eating.

Town planning firm Coakley O’Neill argues that simplifying the planning process to build more homes is not the same as fast-tracking prjects. Pádraig Hoare talks to the firm’s Aiden O’Neill

When Pat Lucey and Colum Horgan faced the axe from Motorola — along with 300 of their fellow employees — in 2007, they turned the situation around to start their own company, Mr Lucey tells Pádraig Hoare

Pádraig Hoare meets the boss of Standard Life Ireland which hopes to become the firm’s European base post Brexit and is seeking fairness and equality from Government in the treatment of all types of savers

Limerick, long a manufacturing hub, is now on the cusp of becoming a powerhouse in the biopharma field. Ivor Downey tells Pádraig Hoare about US giant Regeneron’s swiftly-expanding mission in Raheen

Cork-founded law firm Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) was recently named Law Firm of the Year at the Irish Law Awards. Pádraig Hoare talks with managing partner Richard Martin.

It is a story that began with a young man doing bar and restaurant work, as he put himself through college, and has culminated in being recognised by his hotel chain peers as the best hotel general manager in western Europe. Here he tells Pádraig Hoare that running a good hotel is all about teamwork.

One of Cork’s most prestigious annual events, it@cork’s Tech Summit, takes place at City Hall on Thursday. Reporter Pádraig Hoare speaks to newly elected it@cork chairCaroline O’Driscoll about the event

There really is no silver bullet when it comes to fending off cyber attacks, the CEO of Ward Solutions tells Pádraig Hoare. It‘s more about investing in processes and training

Former dual Dublin GAA star Conal Keaney has set similar high standards in business as he had on the field, as he tells Pádraig Hoare

The chief financial officer of the Californian custom product company Zazzle tells reporter Pádraig Hoare why he made Cork his new home last year.

Pádraig Hoare sets the scene for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.