Dermot Desmond
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Meta tried to silence her. Now she’s suing

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook policy executive, is suing Meta over its attempts to stop her from talking about her book, ‘Careless People’, write Keach Hagey and Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal.

Shake-up at Keywords Studios: 128 San Francisco jobs to go, CFO departing

The EQT-owned video games services giant is cutting 128 jobs at the California base and the company’s London-based CFO is leaving the firm in August.

Wellman International is suing its former owner Indorama Ventures for €82.6m

Cavan-based Wellman made the ex parte application earlier this month, alleging the “unlawful transfer and/or divestment of valuable assets”. Indorama said it has yet to be served with proceedings, and has appointed Dentons to advise it.

Canadian investors have acquired the Tynagh mining site in a reverse takeover

A deal to acquire the company behind the site in Co Galway fell apart last year. A new deal by Canadian backers will see it listed in Toronto and fresh capital pumped into reviving operations.

LVMH fires back at Hermès heir over his missing fortune

The luxury group says it was unaware of any misappropriation of Hermès shares when it secretly built a stake in its rival, writes Nick Kostov, The Wall Street Journal.

Ireland’s first year of FDI screening mostly vetted deals from the US and UK

The EU’s new foreign-investor screening rules have largely been centred on managing Chinese investment in Europe’s critical sectors but China is a smaller player in the Irish context.

The Holy Grail: Can property conveyancing move online – and under eight weeks?

The promise of eConveyancing first appeared in a Government bill 20 years ago. The jury is out on efforts involving estate agents, solicitors, banks, and many others to shorten often archaic home transfers.

Silvercrest manages $38bn of assets. It is appointing a veteran family advisor to lead its Irish office

The head of family advisory in Goodbody is leaving to work with Silvercrest. He has huge experience after working for family offices including Irelandia.

Top Voices

Full throttle: From Aer Lingus to Ryanair, airlines’ busy season spreads to the boardroom

Questions over Aer Lingus’s profitability and a hostile takeover bid for EasyJet are signs of a hot summer for an aviation industry exposed to successive geopolitical shocks.

Peter Kinsella: Goodbye Keir, hello Andy, but the UK’s challenges remain the same

As he prepares to replace Keir Starmer as British prime minister, Andy Burnham has many of the right ideas – and a very narrow economic and political path to implement them.

Intel’s stock has soared, but it needs an engineering comeback

The chip maker can get its mojo back, but it must overcome technical challenges that have dogged it in the past, writes Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal.

The greatest show on Earth: AI is now an asset class of its own

The series of IPOs inaugurated by SpaceX sits at the top of a mountain of capital expenditure. What happens when the laws of economics catch up with the rhetoric?

Candidate sentiment survey: Part two – roles and the job market

More than 1,300 candidates, from junior management to C-suite level, completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part two of the findings, we delve into what candidates feel about their roles and the job market today.

Is the Irish food industry “eating its seed potatoes”? – Rewinding the week that was

The industry that spawned Kerrygold and Kerry Group projects a cutting-edge image, from R&D to marketing. Yet it has fallen one-third short of a modest innovation spending target.

Paul Flynn: Nobody knows what’s coming next – and that’s the beauty of it

For years we complained about predictability. We knew who the contenders were and by the semi-finals onwards we were usually left with the same names. Nobody can say that now.

Inside Intercom: 10 lessons from a front-row seat to an Irish tech success story

As a journalist, colleague and long-time observer, I saw how Eoghan McCabe and his co-founders built one of Ireland's most influential technology companies, culminating in its recent $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce.