A Co Limerick manufacturer of protective face masks has reported a pre-tax profit of over €10.4m in the year to March 2022, down over 50pc on the previous year.
Take-up of private health insurance, which has risen this year despite the cost-of-living crisis, will continue to climb in 2023 and beyond unless the Government manages to bring down hospital waiting lists and tackle hospital overcrowding, according to a leading health insurance analyst.
Jeweller Paul Sheeran is having an especially busy run up to Christmas. He has just opened a Montblanc store off Dublin’s Grafton Street, and is working with several luxury watch brands to open a cluster of high end watch boutiques off nearby Chatham Street.
