From a “new superpower” in the Irish tech market to the High Court
January 26, 2023 1:45 pmWhen Viatel announced it was acquiring ActionPoint, It was billed as a transformative deal that would create a “new superpower... View Article
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A legal drama: Equity hurdles, “vexatious” claims, and balance sheet insolvency
January 26, 2023 5:30 amLast May, Lens Media, the company behind plans to build world-class film and television studios in west Dublin, was temporarily... View Article
Despite securing heavy-hitting investors, an award-winning poultry robotics start-up has gone into liquidation
January 26, 2023 5:16 amThe self-propelled Gallus robot drives slowly among oblivious young chickens, its multiple sensors transmitting a constant stream of data about... View Article
Former Decobake boss Paul Coyle loses again in the courts
January 26, 2023 4:16 amPaul Coyle, the founder of cake decorations company Decobake, has been refused leave to appeal his long-running losing battle to... View Article
Doubling up: The Dublin start-up growing a €160 million loan book
January 25, 2023 7:59 pmThe Covid-19 pandemic brought unprecedented levels of government support for businesses and enabled companies to get through lockdown after lockdown.... View Article
Inscribe raised $25m in just six weeks. CEO Ronan Burke explains how it happened – and what happens next
January 25, 2023 1:30 pmIt is not easy keeping up with Inscribe, the Irish-founded, US-headquartered fraud detection start-up. A year after it was launched... View Article
Diminishing returns: “Somebody has to take on this vision for the future of Ireland”
January 25, 2023 5:36 amTowards the end of our interview, Gar Holohan, mentions that he was diagnosed with ADHD six months ago. He says... View Article
“We tried everything that we could”: The rise and fall of an Irish MedTech start-up
January 25, 2023 5:05 amBack in 2018, hopes were high for Kite Medical, an early-stage medical technology company that was developing a “non-invasive, child-friendly... View Article
The company behind Michael Halford’s horse training operation is calling in a liquidator. What went wrong?
January 24, 2023 7:59 pmOver the past 48 hours, creditors of a company called Copper Beech Racing received an invitation. Unfortunately, it was not... View Article
Eleven years later, EY has settled a €50m action taken by the former Anglo Irish Bank
January 24, 2023 2:55 pmThe former auditor of Anglo Irish Bank, the accountancy firm EY, has settled a €50 million legal action being brought... View Article
