“When you shake Sean Quinn’s hand, you can feel how strong it is. This is a hand that’s done work”
December 3, 2022 4:35 amOn March 7, 2007, Tom Lyons, then a radio journalist, drove from Dublin to the Slieve Russell Hotel in Cavan... View Article
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Weekly wrap: Cerberus and Section 110, a play for pets, Tiffany’s resurgence, and legal battles for LinkedIn and Aviareto
December 2, 2022 4:49 pmThe pet care division of the US food multinational Mars spent €40 million acquiring Irish veterinary practices last year, new... View Article
Codename X3T: The tech start-up spun out by NBI’s shareholders and staff
December 2, 2022 1:06 pmNational Broadband Ireland’s chairman David McCourt, along with his co-investors in the company that won the state’s National Broadband Plan... View Article
Hiring, firing and taxpaying: One year at Meta and Google in Ireland
December 2, 2022 5:24 amMeta and Google are two of the software-based multinationals with the largest workforces in Ireland. They are both dependent on... View Article
Why the Central Bank will pay the banks about two billion next year (and the next year, and the next…)
December 2, 2022 4:52 amThis is a story about central bank balance sheets, monetary policy, and other obscure matters. Here is the punchline: this... View Article
On closer inspection: a Christmas tree trail that leads to Spain, Google and back to the High Court
December 1, 2022 7:58 pmArguably, Craig Hands is one evasive man. Ask the small-time investors who unwittingly buried €1.4 million into his Christmas tree... View Article
Insightful, thoughtful, sustainable: Give the gift of The Currency this Christmas
December 1, 2022 1:00 pmAre you looking to buy someone a thoughtful gift this Christmas? Maybe we can help. Since we launched in September... View Article
“As long as it takes”: How Corten Capital courted one of Ireland’s fastest-growing tech stars
December 1, 2022 5:29 amThe Saint-Germain coffee shop in the picturesque village of Malahide in north Dublin is quiet at 8.45am on a bracing... View Article
Uber wants to seize on Ireland’s “outlier” taxi problem
December 1, 2022 3:43 amThere’s a taxi shortage in Ireland. Just ask anyone trying to get home on a Friday or Saturday night. This... View Article
Multinationals ebb and flow. Does Ireland want to become the South Korea or the Nigeria of the next technologies?
November 30, 2022 5:41 amWith layoffs announced by multinationals including Meta, Twitter and Amazon, as well as Irish unicorns such as Flipdish, Intercom, Stripe... View Article
