Billionaire businessman Richard Branson shared his insights into entrepreneurship, leadership, delegating and work-life balance in Dublin yesterday, writes Padraig Hoare from the Pendulum Summit.

WHEN it comes to racing games, Sony has a perfect track record. Gran Turismo took to the podium over 20 years ago and has remained there ever since, becoming a staple of Irish livings rooms all over the country.

The Department of An Taoiseach paid out over €120,000 to two firms to help run a two-day technology event in June. Leo Varadkar opened the Data Summit at the Convention Centre Dublin which hosted speakers included vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google, Vint Cerf, and Ireland’s data protection commissioner Helen Dixon.

The Department of An Taoiseach paid out over €120,000 to two firms to help run a two-day technology event in June.

The Dublin International Game Music Festival (iDIG) is set to headline PlayersXpo 2017 with two very special gigs in the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday 28 and the Sunday 29 October.

PlayersXpo has revealed the first line-up for the upcoming gaming event taking place in the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 of October.

Life is great when you play your cards right. If you don’t, a horde of lizardmen eat your face off. At least, that’s how things work in Hand of Fate.

Great news for Irish gamers: PlayersXpo is coming to the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of October!

The Scottish First Minister will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual Dublin Chamber dinner, the latest in a long line of high profile guests, writes Pádraig Hoare of the Irish Examiner.

The organisers of Gamercon have defended the queuing time to get into the gaming convention in Dublin at the weekend as to be expected with an event of its scale.

A closed Irish border is not acceptable for either trade or people, Chartered Accountants Ireland has said in its strongest statement yet on the implications of Brexit.

The Irish business mentality needs to change following Brexit or it could stall momentum in the economic recovery, according to American business coach and motivational speaker Keith Ferrazzi.

MSD is to create 200 new jobs in Carlow, Cork and Tipperary.

There will be a sense in Kilkenny that order has been restored after they claimed the largest share of this year’s GAA-GPA Opel hurling All Stars with seven accolades.

Net debt linked to the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) declined by almost €20m last year.

The contract to operate the Convention Centre Dublin is to be sold, it was announced yesterday.

Organisers of Career Zoo are expecting to set a new attendence record at this year's event.

Canadian-based construction companies are hoping to recruit 535 people in Ireland this week.

Jesse Jones says our response to the Celtic Tiger has made prosperity “feel like a dirty word now.”

The IFTAs will show off the strength of Irish film and TV production, says Pádraic Killeen

Dublin hotel rooms had the second highest growth in revenue per available room in a survey of 19 European cities last year, according to PwC.

Three movies are set to battle it out at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) after getting nine nominations each.

KILKENNY are celebrating one of their highest All Star tallies ever under Brian Cody after picking up eight of the GAA-GPA awards sponsored by Opel.

SHE can cook — and has the apron to prove it — but Ireland’s top amateur chef has no immediate plans to permanently pack in her day job.

THERE are fears within the Dublin camp Alan Brogan and Stephen Cluxton’s inclusion in the shortlist for the Opel GAA-GPA All Stars Footballer of the Year may split the vote.

Dublin duo Alan Brogan and Stephen Cluxton are in contention for the GAA-GPA footballer of the year award, while Kilkenny pair Michael Fennelly and Tommy Walsh and Tipperary's Pádraic Maher are vying for the hurling accolade.

FOR the second year running, the All-Ireland hurling champions have earned 14 All Star nominations with all but one of Kilkenny’s team that started this month’s final being selected.

Dublin: Eircom has delivered Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure to the Convention Centre Dublin, a platform based on Cisco, Microsoft and HP solutions.

TWO leading academics have urged graduates to remain positive in the face of the current economic crisis.

IRELAND is to host a world pharmaceutical congress in 2013, worth as much as €10 million to the national economy.

HOTELS have called for more government funding and a recognition of their product so that they can compete internationally and promote Ireland.

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) today called on Finance Minister Brian Lenihan to abolish the €10 departure tax in order to reverse the disastrous decline in visitor numbers to Ireland.