“It can be a lonely place when you are an emerging entrepreneur. You are trying to do everything”
September 2, 2021 5:44 amPete Smyth is on the far side of a huge wooden table in Hilton House, the home of his investment... View Article
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Masters of survival: The inside story of how Ireland’s biggest construction firm weathered Covid-19
September 2, 2021 5:15 amA funny thing about Sisk, the largest construction company in Ireland, is its longevity. It was founded in 1859 and... View Article
In a corporate shake-up, Bauer Media reveals the winners and losers among Communicorp’s radio stations
September 1, 2021 7:00 pmBauer Media, the new German-based owner of the group of radio stations formerly known as Communicorp, is undertaking a radical... View Article
From shops to services: Eamonn Quinn on online disruption, the future of retail and his investment strategy
September 1, 2021 5:58 amTwenty years ago, when Eamonn Quinn walked through the crossroads in Sutton, the north Dublin suburb that housed the head... View Article
Having quickly become Ireland’s largest nursing home provider, a Parisian care giant is bulking up its Irish board and targeting new sectors
September 1, 2021 5:32 amFrench care giant Orpea has appointed a new board and executive team in Ireland as it gears up to expand... View Article
What €1.1bn debt purchase from KBC means for CarVal – and for the vulture funds’ new customers
August 31, 2021 5:24 amLiving in the computer records of corporate secretarial firm Intertrust on the bank of the Grand Canal in south Dublin,... View Article
“Things can work equally well where you’re not in the centre of things”: Building a legal brand from Cork
August 31, 2021 5:15 amBefore he became a lawyer, Richard Martin made a splash in London in the 1980s working for an American investment... View Article
Chip off the old block: “If you can’t adapt to customer changes, you’re probably not going to be around too long”
August 30, 2021 5:16 amDominic Macari believes he is a ‘Dub’ more than an Italian at this stage. This didn’t stop him from celebrating... View Article
Mission Impossible: Cold Move’s collapse and the limits of examinership
August 30, 2021 5:05 amCold Move was the country’s largest food and retail import and export facility at Dublin Port before it collapsed into... View Article
Why Barcelona will struggle for relevance in football’s new world order
August 28, 2021 6:00 amIn November 2020, as Barcelona tried to survive a financial crisis accelerated by the pandemic, the club’s players agreed to... View Article
