A neverending saga: Day 2,129 and the IBRC Commission has not yet interviewed some key witnesses
April 8, 2021 6:00 amIt has now reached day 2,129. It has cost an estimated €70 million and counting. It has produced eight interim... View Article
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Sentenial’s €110m payday: bankers, developers and business titans profit from sale of Irish fintech firm
April 7, 2021 4:30 pmExactly 15 years ago this month, I spoke with Sean Fitzgerald, a physics and chemistry graduate who had given up... View Article
New investors back Hexafly in fresh funding round
April 7, 2021 11:55 amThe Co Meath-based insect farming start-up Hexafly is closing a fresh round of funding of up to €1 million to... View Article
The engine behind click-and-collect: “Maybe their bricks-and-mortar presence is their shopfront”
April 7, 2021 5:45 amOn St Patrick’s week last year, Ireland’s pubs closed down. Along with their business, that of Suzanne Rigby and Mark... View Article
Irish business dynasties are investing in a discreet start-up with a simple ambition: revolutionise how we watch TV
April 7, 2021 5:15 amLast year, some of the Dublin-based Tidey business family was facing legal action by bankruptcy officials questioning the ownership of... View Article
“We, as a business, try not to go near the banks because they’re so old fashioned”
April 6, 2021 4:45 amSadie Chowen and I first met in 2018 when she was a finalist in the IMAGE Magazine Business Woman of... View Article
A matter of (intercompany) interest: the state’s battle with Mater Private over Covid contract
April 6, 2021 4:30 amLast June, accountants from the HSE were busy sanctioning payments to Ireland’s network of private hospitals. However, when it came... View Article
“He ran her down the town” – the inside story of ACC, 150 Irish investors and the dire Dutch property fund
April 5, 2021 5:45 amOn January 21, 2016, a husband and wife made their way to a hotel in the west of Ireland. The... View Article
Munster are Irish rugby’s origin story but they are in danger of betraying all that made them great
April 3, 2021 5:30 amThree league finals in 10 years, seven European Cup semi finals in 12 years, but no silverware since 2011. The... View Article
Vaccine rollout investigation: “I’m just waltzing in and saying ‘I have a lovely office job, but I’ll take a vaccine’.”
April 3, 2021 5:30 amJaqueline Glisson had a vaccine clinic scheduled for a Wednesday in late February. At it, the GP was planning to... View Article
