Jonathan Keane

The EU’s free trade agreement with South American countries is 25 years in the making. There’s a final effort in play to get it over the line but Ireland’s position is in flux.

The EU justice commissioner said he plans to raise the issue of product safety and standards on platforms like Shein and Temu with the Chinese authorities.

A year-long strike by video game voiceover performers in Hollywood, including at Keywords-owned Blindlight, has come to an end in a deal with Sag-Aftra.

Ireland has completed three out of four stages in designating an authority for tackling terrorist content online. The European Commission wants it to get a move on with the final stage.

A dispute among investors, including the Irish State, has reignited in the US as Acero Capital challenges the terms of a lifeline deal for the struggling mobile marketing tech firm from 2020.

The digital ticketing firm, headed up by Pat Kirby, has inked a deal with Rugby Australia to handle up to 200,000 tickets for Lions matches down under.

Ireland has yet to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, due to a Supreme Court legal challenge, but Simon Harris is marching on with a bill to sign off on the agreement.

MagrowTec designs technology to spray crops more effectively. Recent filings show one of its main shareholders committing up to €20m in financing for the company.

Ivan Neculiti was recently sanctioned by the EU, accused of operating servers used by Russia for cyber-attacks. The Moldovan has an Irish company among his string of businesses.

The Canadian company successfully pushed back on two broad data requests by Canada’s tax agency. The application of GDPR to the data held by its Irish base factored into the argument.