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Shane Curran lands €14.6m funding from US venture capital firms

Shane Curran lands €14.6m funding from US venture capital firms

Business

By Maurice Garvey FORMER Terenure College student Shane Curran has received major backing in Silicon Valley for his data privacy startup, Evervault. Curran, ...

Eye-opening experience at Liffey Valley Specsavers

Eye-opening experience at Liffey Valley Specsavers

Business

FRONTLINE workers represent an “overwhelming majority” of clientele attending Specsavers, Liffey Valley in recent weeks. According to Conor Dewey, Retail Director at ...

CRH and Kingspan to become biggest beneficiaries from stimulus package

CRH and Kingspan to become biggest beneficiaries from stimulus package

Business

By Maurice Garvey BUILDING materials giant CRH and Kingspan are poised to become among the biggest beneficiaries of American and EU government stimulus ...

Courier firm criticised for increase in rates

Courier firm criticised for increase in rates

Business

By Maurice Garvey DPD Ireland, the country’s largest courier company, has been criticised for increasing its domestic and international shipping rates. The company, ...

It’s possible to withstand the strangest of times

It’s possible to withstand the strangest of times

Business

By Maurice Garvey THE real estate sector adapted to the pandemic via a number of measures, with businesses like Doran Estates offering virtual ...

Local Faces: Breda Walsh

Local Faces: Breda Walsh

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy WHEN Breda Walsh was a child she hiked on sunny days from Drimnagh to Tallaght to climb the Hell Fire ...

Parents feel school has been exceptional during a tough time for local children

Parents feel school has been exceptional during a tough time for local children

Ballyfermot

A PRIMARY school have been praised for “going over and above” for it’s pupils during the lockdown. Martina Dooley, mother of two ...

Sprinter opens up about his experience of racism and describing the frustration he felt as a child

Sprinter opens up about his experience of racism and describing the frustration he felt as a child

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore TALLAGHT Athletic Club sprinter Joseph Ojewumi has opened up about his experience of racism in athletics, describing the frustration he ...

Money worries during Covid-19 and state support is a first time for many

Money worries during Covid-19 and state support is a first time for many

Tallaght

By Lee Moroney Covid-19 found over 1 million people reliant on state support. Some via the wage subsidy scheme (70-85% net wages) through ...

Poverty carries a huge cost for everyone in society warns St Vincent de Paul

Poverty carries a huge cost for everyone in society warns St Vincent de Paul

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty THE president of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has warned that poverty “carries a huge cost, not just for those ...