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“Getting to that stage”: Version 1 CEO on US expansion, investing in AI and a looming exit

Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group acquired the Irish digital transformation business in 2022. New CEO Roop Singh talks about the prospect of a sale and building out its business in the US.
Michael Cogley
27th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

$257m, 17 years: Tullow Oil’s long-running dispute with a French manufacturer will move ahead

The oil explorer claims Vallourec’s tubing, installed at an oil field in Ghana via a contract in 2008, was faulty, which the supplier denies. Nearly 20 years on, the case will move ahead in a London court.
Jonathan Keane
27th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

The €100m plan: Karl Fitzpatrick on scaling Chevron College

Four years ago, Chevron College was a 56-person training provider with a founder determined to triple the business. Today, Karl Fitzpatrick has delivered on that promise — and now he wants to build a €100m education group spanning Ireland and the UK.

Ian Kehoe
27th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

With projects winding down, German engineering firm Exyte’s revenues in Ireland have halved

At one time, Exyte, which works on data centres and pharma plants, was raking in more than €1bn in Ireland. As long-term projects conclude, the company is on the hunt for new business.
Jonathan Keane
27th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Backlogs, reputation, and judicial reviews: ACP boss says planning is back on track

“I think an awful lot of the criticism is based upon knowledge of our organisation three years ago,” says An Coimisiún Pleanála’s new CEO. In his first major interview, Peter Mullan explains how he is turning the ship around.
Alice Chambers
27th Nov, 2025 - 25 min read

Investor dispute brings insect farming start-up before the High Court

One investor backed Hexafly after a rescue process two years ago. Now, another one is taking legal action against the agtech company.
Thomas Hubert
26th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

Dark horses win “hugely competitive” offshore wind round with market-beating bid

ESB and Orsted, which have both faced challenges offshore in recent times, have secured state support for a large wind farm off Ireland's south coast in an auction that acted as a test for the industry's attractiveness.
Alice Chambers
26th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

Inside Sonder’s collapse: A US bankruptcy drags down a stable Irish business

The US luxury short-term letting firm collapsed suddenly this month after a deal with the Marriott hotel chain went sour, pulling its Irish business down with it.
Jonathan Keane
26th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

“I think we lag in adoption. I don’t think we lag in ambition”

Ian Kehoe
25th Nov, 2025

Irish business leaders are increasingly convinced that AI agents — autonomous systems capable of analysing information, making decisions and taking action — will reshape the workplace more profoundly than the internet did. Yet despite that conviction, adoption remains stubbornly slow. In this episode of The Tech Agenda, Ian Kehoe explores the findings of PwC Ireland’s new survey on AI agents, speaking with Robert Byrne, Technology Data & AI Partner at PwC Ireland, and Laoise Mullane, Director and AI Adoption Lead in PwC’s Workforce Advisory practice. Together, they unpack the contradiction at the heart of Agentic AI among Irish businesses: soaring ambition on one side, cautious adoption on the other. Byrne explains how Irish organisations are starting with back-office productivity gains but have yet to take the bigger leap toward rethinking process and operating model transformation. Mullane highlights the workforce dimension — the trust gaps, the mindset barriers and the cultural unease that arise when technology begins to act rather than simply assist. The Tech Agenda with Ian Kehoe podcast series is sponsored by PwC.

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The Irish economy is in for a soft landing – unless risks materialise

The slowdown is not yet pointing to a recession. But why run both a security and political risk when there is no need to run either?
Dan O'Brien
28th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

Willie O’Reilly: Irish-made TV faces the hypocrisy of viewers

The majority of television watched in Ireland is imported, mostly from the UK. Public clamour for indigenous programming doesn’t match the private choices made in Irish homes.
Willie O'Reilly
27th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Return to stability or the nightmare before Christmas: UK to wean off debt but growth question remains

The chancellor’s budget manages to create £22bn (€25.1bn) in desperately needed fiscal headroom as tax rises look to reduce the public finances' reliance on debt in the long term. But the question of growth still looms large.
Michael Cogley
26th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Ronan McGovern: Why build data centres in Ireland at all?

The high-risk stall in data-centre development raises deeper questions about how the national grid procures electricity, how green it is, and when it is available for use.
Ronan McGovern
26th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

Get in early and pass special laws: Lessons from France on how to get a metro built

France is broke but can double the size of the Paris metro, while cash-rich Ireland faces another judicial review in Dublin. Are there any lessons to be learned?
Thomas Hubert
25th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Peter Kinsella: The return of the UK’s doom loop?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to ditch her plans to increase income taxes but, should November's budget do little to kickstart Britain's stagnant economy, it may force a rethink.
Peter Kinsella
25th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

Candidate sentiment survey: Part two — the shifting balance of power between employees and employers

Part two of the candidate sentiment survey examines hybrid working, employee expectations and the balance of power between employees and employers
Paul McArdle
24th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

A bold gamble on Merrion Street: Rewinding the week that was

The job of a party leader is to galvanise the troops. The job of a finance minister is to put them on rations. Simon Harris will now have to marry these competing demands.

Ian Kehoe
23rd Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

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