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East Coast Bakehouse to be sold to Danish manufacturer

Bisca is a market leader in the Danish bakery sector. It will take over a factory in Drogheda with the capacity to produce 10,000 tonnes of biscuits per year.

High Court President finds “significant and serious errors” in Central Bank regulatory probe 

In a nearly 200-page redacted judgment, High Court President David Barniville found it "unfathomable" a fund director was deprived of fair procedures including an oral hearing in the face of career-destroying allegations disputing his “credibility, truthfulness and honesty”.

From father to son: How Laydex was built, sold, and plans to grow

Laydex, a family-owned building solutions company, has just been acquired by a Swedish multinational. Its MD, Peter Woods, talks about the company’s origins, surviving numerous challenges, and how it plans to grow by acquisition and organically.

€3.1m spent on deportation flights for 367 non-nationals in 2025

Documents sent to the Public Accounts Committee by justice and homeless services officials also point to a growing trend in families entering homelessness after leaving the international protection system.

A private equity billionaire mounts his biggest takeover yet: the Pentagon

Stephen Feinberg is trying to win congressional approval of the largest defense budget ever while browbeating contractors to speed production, write Drew FitzGerald, Lara Seligman, and Marcus Weisgerber, The Wall Street Journal.

LIV Golf facing imminent closure as Saudi backers weigh pulling funding

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund is on the verge of pulling funding for the upstart league that lured star golfers away from the PGA Tour and divided the sport, writes Andrew Beaton, The Wall Street Journal.

Room service – Part 2: How new hotels populate Dublin, and why the market continues to absorb them

Thousands of new hotel rooms have entered the capital in recent years, yet occupancy rates have remained high.

O’Callaghan hotel succession row plays as a four-star Shakesperean tragedy

Noel O'Callaghan claims he gave his sons a €400m hotel group, only to be frozen out of the business when he questioned their management decisions. The claims are hotly contested in a row over salaries, bloodstock, a penthouse, and trust.

Top Voices

Dan O’Brien: When an out-of-touch Government meets a public at boiling point

Something seems to have changed in the past ten days. If it brings more scrutiny to how successive governments have continued to unthinkingly throw taxpayers’ money at problems, it will be for the best.

Room service – part 3: A thousand welcomes meets market forces

Ireland’s international reputation for hospitality will be closely watched as more institutional capital enters the hotel market – perhaps no more so than when the Ryder Cup arrives in Adare next year.

The illusion of a new market entrant: PTSB’s new owner is already very familiar with Ireland

Over 15 years on from its €4bn bailout, PTSB is set to leave State control. Its new owner Bawag, Austria's fourth-largest bank, will already be well versed with the Irish market.

John Looby: The challenge of managing a pension pot  

Can long-term investing look beyond the 60/40 allocation between stocks and bonds and the four per cent rule governing drawdowns on retirement?

The State has, in effect, been held to ransom – and in choosing to pay, it has set a dangerous precedent

This is a case of the State using the country’s balance sheet to insulate domestic businesses from international shocks — using international money. This model, as we know, is unsustainable.

How to navigate a transformed executive recruitment market

Senior executives tend to sell their experience to employers and blame ageism when it doesn’t work out. It’s time to turn this approach on its head, according to Loren Greiff, who switched from recruiting to advising candidates.

The stubborn bet that built a €375m company: Rewinding the week that was

When Fergal Broder refused to shut down LotusWorks in its darkest days, it looked like defiance. Decades later, that decision has culminated in a major deal – one that highlights the growing global demand for Irish engineering firms.

The push notifications – ceasefire on, ceasefire off, strait open, strait closed – carry on in their tug of war

I was in New York City for much of this past week, where the news cycle follows you into the subway and into the back of the yellow cab and generally is much harder to avoid than in other parts of the world.