Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

# insights and opinion

All time
'Our biggest challenge is being a national company while based in Sligo'
Lorraine Gribbons
How scoffing at students could hurt your business in the long run
Ruairi Kavanagh
'Don't invest in something you know nothing about - you'll avoid lots of mistakes'
Poll: Do you think the planned €850m Cork-Limerick motorway is a good idea?
If a supermarket can sell bananas through storytelling, so can you - here's how
Jack Murray
'Our biggest challenge is being a national company while based in Sligo'
Lorraine Gribbons
'Partying plays a role in business and life - you make loads of connections'
'Partying plays a role in business and life - you make loads of connections'
Poll: Do you think the National Broadband Plan will be delivered by 2022?
How to manage a to-do list... so that you actually get stuff done
Ciara Conlon
How to stop bad writing from blowing your chances with investors
Fergal McGovern
'Being forced to close was like a bereavement. The business was all I knew'
Peter Flanagan
'My mother raised 13 children running a Kildare drapery shop - she's my business hero'
'I lost my marriage, my car and my home, but I kept going. Failure wasn't an option'
Lorraine Mulligan
'My mother raised 13 children running a Kildare drapery shop - she's my business hero'
Poll: Should older people pay higher taxes to support young workers?
5 ways to stop your mind from wandering during the workday
Rasmus Hougaard
Why Ireland has a gender pension gap problem - and how we can start to fix it
Stephen Gillick
'I lost my marriage, my car and my home, but I kept going. Failure wasn't an option'
Lorraine Mulligan
'Losing half a million euro changed my life - for the better'
Poll: Do you think the State should back cheap mortgages for first-home buyers?
How to make a sales meeting more intriguing for your customers - in 5 steps
Donal Daly
'Moving here from the US, I found Irish businesses are terrified of the next downtown'
Cori Calvert
'The notion you can work seven days straight is simply rubbish'
Poll: Should the government give tax breaks to property developers?
'Setting up a craft brewery in 1996 didn't seem like a major risk. Looking back, it definitely was'
Poll: Do you feel like Ireland has recovered from the recession?
Why we shouldn't worry that a flood of Brexit finance jobs hasn't washed up in Ireland
Ed Brophy
'I was effectively homeless as a teenager – that sort of thing leaves its mark on a young person'
Mark Elliott
'I was bleeding heavily while blacking out. I thought I was dying'
Richard Weldon
'I talk all the time - a treat for me is to not speak to anybody for a day'
'On the face of it, the decision to set up my own firm was close to insanity'
Philip Lee
5 inspiring stories of Irish business founders who came back from the brink