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Ex parte freezing orders secured against Tempelogue-based liquidator David Kennedy

Brothers Cormac and Gavin Quinlan appointed Kennedy to liquidate two of their companies with assets of €800,000. In May, they removed him as liquidator. They have asked their new liquidators to get their money back.

Corporate spying side quest: Judge asks solicitors to account for “blatantly incorrect letter”

While self-avowed spy Keith O'Brien's case against a "campaign of surveillance, harassment and intimidation" continues, the judge expressed "severe concerns" over a "misleading" letter from Hayes solicitors on behalf of Deel.

RTÉ faces ongoing “challenges” with new plan to replace its creaking HR system

Minutes of a recent senior management meeting point to “ongoing issues” to replace the two-decade old IT system. Internal records also detail what went wrong with the previously failed project to replace the same software.

As Trump tariffs loom, Enterprise Ireland is pushing the diversification agenda again

The state agency’s incoming CEO Jenny Melia is pushing companies to centralise R&D at home and avoid reliance on a dominant export market. After Brexit, the diversification strategy now becomes a playbook for dealing with the US.

WineSpark is raising €1.5m to bring its wine subscription business to Britain

Eamon FitzGerald previously grew Naked Wines to sales to over £100m. In the pandemic he founded WineSpark in Ireland, and now he wants to expand into the UK.

A hedge in west Cork: How Carbery balances local milk processing with global nutrition

The farmer-owned dairy processor is one of Ireland’s most profitable, despite its relatively small scale. Its CEO and CFO explain why it has no plans for consolidation nor for an IPO.

Is the Labour Court wrong or are Irish EWCs operating at a disadvantage?

A row over whether the telecoms multinational Verizon should pay €12,000 in expenses to Jean-Philippe Charpentier, the chair of its European Works Council, has blown up into a dispute over an EU directive and collective redress in Ireland.

Eyecare software firm Ocuco investigating cyber-attack

The Irish private-equity backed company has informed US authorities that it was targeted by a hacking incident with more than 240,000 people believed to be affected.

Top Voices

Ian Kehoe: Examinership, Scarp, and restructuring in an uncertain world

Powerscourt Distillery may yet pull through, as might Fade Street Social and Captain Americas, but they’re now part of a growing cohort navigating the path between collapse and survival.

Byron Fry: Ireland’s Cern membership must turn scientific collaboration into economic growth

Cern membership should not be seen as a final milestone but rather as a launchpad to help deliver long-term economic advantage. Existing members have already shown the way.

Flight plan for growth: Part two – Quadrupling the number of trained commercial pilots in Ireland

Ireland could become a European hub for commercial pilot training — but only with bold policy action. A proposed €40 million state-backed loan fund would open aviation careers to hundreds, while revitalising regional airports.

“Elbows up”: How Ireland can harness Canada’s newfound enthusiasm

With a mutual interest in circumventing US tariffs, Ireland and Canada are getting closer, an Irish trade mission to Toronto found – but a Trump-triggered recession could yet scupper efforts to boost business between the two.

In a loud world, Tommie Gorman listened: Rewinding the week that was

Few journalists could hold the bigger picture and the human story in the same frame. Tommie Gorman could — and did. A year after his sad passing, it is worth remembering what he stood for in an increasingly contested world.

Paul Flynn: Kerry, chaos and the case for an upset

Bruised, short on rest, and outgunned on paper — but Kerry’s ability to thrive in unpredictability makes it the most dangerous kind of underdog.

The real threat to Ireland’s economy comes from the US, not the Middle East

With Ireland’s prosperity so tightly linked to US corporations and tax frameworks, looming changes in American fiscal policy pose a deeper, more immediate economic risk than global geopolitical tensions.

Anne Harris on Veronica Guerin: June 26, 1996, was the day the illusion cracked

Veronica Guerin’s killing, 29 years ago today, exposed more than a single act of brutality — it revealed how organised crime, institutional silence, and civic complacency were eroding Ireland’s moral core.