The Covid-19 crisis will see hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs and many already have. For the newly - or soon-to-be - unemployed, this experience may prompt them to set up their own business. While it is probably wisest to wait until the emergency passes before doing so, what businesses could be worth...
Peter Trill, a Scottish health and biotech investor who sold Iomet Pharma to Merck for £276m (€317m) in 2016, has emerged as a backer of Dublin-based business Reagent Genie.
Like thousands of people that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, Roberto Gonzalez took his first tentative steps towards normality last week.
As a sometimes overly pragmatic mum-of-four I often think of what Barack Obama said was his mother's refrain, when he would complain about her making him study: "This is no picnic for me either, Buster!"
It suited us to call it three more weeks. Leo made his announcement that we'd be in this state of lockdown until May 5, when he'd be back to us with a further update, and we all chose to think of it as three more weeks.
A Cork businessman who owns an international distribution firm based in China has told of how his company has rebounded since coronavirus restrictions were eased in the country.
Joe Biden is mulling a raft of left-wing policies as he changes his election pitch to win over key Bernie Sanders backers suspicious of his centrist record.
