To each, their own: landmark FBD case paves the way for, well, more court cases
March 19, 2021 5:15 amThe date March 15 was fitting, a year to the day since pubs and restaurants first shut up shop because... View Article
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A healthy success: having scaled in the UK and the US, SilverCloud is looking at expansion in Australia and Germany
March 18, 2021 5:40 amTwo days before our interview is scheduled to happen, an email drops in my inbox from Ken Cahill. For the... View Article
“A reputational risk to the state”: the IDA believes Ireland’s planning laws are hindering new investment
March 18, 2021 5:35 amMartin Shanahan did not guard his words. The chief executive of the IDA, the state’s inward investment agency, said that... View Article
A losing game: why Strategic Housing Developments are being attacked in the courts
March 18, 2021 5:10 amAn ice age esker, an Anglo Norman motte and a large-scale residential development of 177 apartments on Howth Head: throw... View Article
Six years ago, I owned part of a horse with Alex Zevenbergen. Yesterday, the gambling software firm he co-founded was sold for $43m
March 16, 2021 1:12 pmIn 2015 I got involved in an inexpensive horse who nevertheless managed to win two races in the space of... View Article
“Modern thinkers”: Irish gambling software firm founded by 4 former Paddy Power staffers sells for $43m
March 16, 2021 9:03 amDublin-based Banach Technology, a gambling software company founded by four former Paddy Power employees, has been sold for $43 million... View Article
A tale of two stockbrokers: Davy’s covert plan to seize control of Goodbody – and how it came unstuck
March 16, 2021 5:35 amOn the face of it, it was a convincing argument. In a series of behind-closed-doors meetings in Co Kerry, Brian... View Article
From a technology park outside Galway, an online learning firm is looking global. And it has just bought an Indian rival
March 16, 2021 5:05 amFrom its Parkmore base in Galway, albeit with staff working from home through the pandemic, Alison already provides upskilling to... View Article
Flexible, and rigid: what performance of Bennett Construction and Roadbridge says about the sector
March 15, 2021 5:40 amWhen Covid hit this time last year, everyone feared the worst. I wrote about the “dash for cash” – the subtext... View Article
Trade secrets: major Irish engineering firms at war over secret customer data
March 15, 2021 5:25 amOn May 25, 2020, three months after the pandemic struck in Ireland, Dublin businessman Joe Brennan co-founded a new company... View Article
