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John Ryan and Dave Gleeson, two Kildare-based businessmen, were shocked at the cost of hearing aids and decided to do something about it.

The all-new Suzuki Baleno made its world premiere at the 66th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show this week. Developed using the company’s compact-car expertise, the new Baleno has an elegant and strong design, a spacious interior and luggage space along with a host of new technologies.

The Ford Transit, consistently Ireland’s best-selling van, has just celebrated its 50th birthday. Since it was first launched in 1965, the Transit has sold more than seven million units worldwide.

Mayo had a housing turnover rate of 1.6 per cent, below the national turnover rate, according to new research published by GeoDirectory. Despite a low national turnover rate of 2.2 per cent, Irish residential construction levels are still too low to match demand. This point is further reinforced by cross referencing the Property Price Register (PPR), the CSO Census of Population and the GeoDirectory Database.

Bank of Ireland is calling on all local start-ups to enter the Bank of Ireland Startup Awards 2015 — as the closing date for entries has been extended to Thursday, September 17 This is the second year that the Bank is sponsoring the awards which are open to start-up companies across Ireland. 

This has been the week that saw McDonald’s announce the launch of an ‘artisan’ burger to be called the MacMór, which aims to use Ballymaloe Relish, Charleville Cheddar, Dawn Meats beef, and Dew Valley bacon. The idea of McDonald’s selling anything ‘artisan’ came as a surprise to many in the food world, and it seems now that the company will have to change the description to something a little less aspirational.

Galway’s financial services sector got a boost this morning (Thursday) with the announcement by Deloitte that it is establishing a Galway office, with the creation of 30 positions.

Volvo Cars tells us three quarters of the orders for Volvo’s new XC90 are for the top-of-the-range Inscription model.

Skoda has been named Britain's most dependable brand in a new JD Power study.

In the first six months of 2015, commercial vehicle sales have risen by 56 per cent compared to the similar period in 2014. And another great sales performance in June has seen Ford extend its leadership of Ireland’s resurgent commercial vehicle market for the year to date.