“I am definitely going to feel a bit emotional when I swim the last mile. But I will also feel unbelievably happy”
May 31, 2021 6:00 amFor the last 31 days, Guy O’Leary has been swimming a mile a day in the cold waters of Dublin... View Article
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Against the tide: Three years later, shareholders are still battling over the collapse of OpenHydro
May 31, 2021 6:00 amInvesting in renewable energy requires patience and the capacity to absorb losses. It is not for the fainthearted. If the... View Article
Barney Curley, the holy gambler who went to war with bookmakers
May 29, 2021 6:00 amNot too many of those who took bets in the Bellewstown ring of 1975 are still around. Ray Farrell was... View Article
“You can’t talk about building more houses all the time in the middle of the housing crisis and say no to absolutely everything”
May 29, 2021 5:30 amLast week, there was another indication of how the new normal might be like the old normal. Fingal Council voted... View Article
Europe’s last dictator: the pig farmer, the dissident and the hijacking of a Ryanair plane
May 29, 2021 5:00 amWhen Alexander Lukashenko rose from obscurity to take power in Belarus 27 years ago, he received some advice from Boris... View Article
The Mater Private is battling the HSE. BAM is suing over the National Children’s Hospital. Both have just released new financial statements
May 28, 2021 2:43 pmThe accounts of the Mater Private are interesting for a variety of reasons. For a start, it employs 1,500 people... View Article
Why activist investors, private equity and giant asset managers are in a scrap over UDG Healthcare
May 28, 2021 6:00 amSmelling blood, the activist investor Elliott Investment Management took a 3.1 per cent stake in UDG Healthcare this week. Elliott... View Article
“Totally frustrated”: Why fast-track planning schemes have turned into an “oxymoron”
May 28, 2021 5:30 amEvery year, Tom Phillips puts up a slide of Dublin’s docklands for his students in UCD’s School of Architecture, Planning... View Article
Who is Anthony J Fitzpatrick, the liquidator of Dolphin IG?
May 27, 2021 5:45 amBased in Limerick, the liquidator behind one of the firms in the collapsed Dolphin Trust group has a chequered professional... View Article
Home truths: Darragh O’Brien on scaling up, battling local authorities and what institutional investors can’t do
May 27, 2021 5:30 amOffered the housing portfolio in 2020, any politician would have needed to think long and hard before accepting. The housing... View Article
