Top Stories

Under the skin: Cosmetics multinational faces fraud and oppression claims

Dermaceutic Laboratoire makes high-end beauty products for international markets. But a multi-million-euro shareholder oppression battle of "war" and "retaliation" has broken out at its Irish company over intellectual property rights.

Flutter CEO to step down as U.S. sports-betting business falters; Profit outlook cut

The parent company of FanDuel says CEO Peter Jackson is being replaced by Dan Taylor, the company’s president, write Katherine Hamilton and Freddy Sebastian, The Wall Street Journal.

Multi-billion-dollar US-listed group acquires leading Irish care provider

Universal Healthcare Services, through its UK subsidiary, has taken control of Orchard, a well-regarded operator of services for children in care and people with disabilities in Ireland.

The investing heavyweights that backed Situational Awareness before it blew up

Hedge fund behind aggressive AI bets tapped into roster of big-name investors; some warned the founder about the risks of heavy borrowing, write Kate Clark, Juliet Chung and Peter Rudegeair, The Wall Street Journal.

How the thorny issue of investor courts still looms over the EU’s trade deal push

The EU has advanced a significant trade deal with Mexico with broad support but a cohort of MEPs are raising red flags over investor courts they call undemocratic.

Curium, backed by Irish-led private equity firm CapVest, seeks to buy peer for $8bn

CapVest now has $20 billion in assets under management. In seeking to merge Curium and Lantheus it wants to create a radiopharma powerhouse.

How ICE is weaponizing social media against its critics

Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements, write Hannah Critchfield and Shane Shifflett, The Wall Street Journal.

Fresh planning bid to renew Amazon-committed wind farm

The Meenbog wind farm has been mired in problems since a bogslide in 2020 at the project site. After protracted planning and legal disputes, major wind operator Enerco has applied again to get to the finish line.

Top Voices

Ian Kehoe: The economics of hospitality have fundamentally changed

Following my column on the restored nine per cent Vat rate, hospitality operators from across the country explained what life now looks like on the ground. Their stories suggest the tax break is no longer about cheaper meals but about keeping viable businesses alive.

John Looby: King Canute and the UK’s new king from the North

Sitting shin-deep like Canute, Andy Burnham has spent his first weeks in power ranting impotently at the tide.

Nama made billions. Did it miss something bigger? Rewinding the week that was

This weekend, Nama is finally being shuttered, 17 years after it was incorporated. Its advocates point to its final financial surplus, while critics look at its role in the housing crisis. How should it be judged?

An Irish Odyssey: Kieran Cunningham on how Mayo changed its ending

Every generation had its own explanation for why Mayo couldn't ever quite get over the line at Croke Park. Andy Moran's team ignored them all and wrote an ending few believed was possible.

“We asked Glen Hansard to come to a gig. Instead, he said: ‘I’d love to give you a song.’”

Before the Oscar, before Once and before international recognition, there was a struggling band, a tiny Dublin café and an unexpected act of kindness that stayed with Tom Lyons for a quarter of a century.

Can Kelly+Partners crack Europe? It starts in Wexford 

Over lunch in Dublin, Stefan Asple explains why his family's accountancy firm chose an Australian partnership model with Brett Kelly over a private equity buyout.

Tara Shine: Are you ready for the EU’s new carbon import tax? 

High-emission products imported this year are creating liabilities under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. While the measure levels the playing field for European manufacturers, businesses need to assess its cost in their supply chains.

Glen Hansard: an ailing State’s high priest of song

Despite global fame, an Oscar, and approval from Dylan, Hansard, who has died aged 56, remained at ground zero of political, world-shaking art.