From low-intensity to high-intensity training: Covid-19 puts gym owners through their paces
October 19, 2020 5:00 amOwning and operating a gym in the Covid-19 era is like running a marathon, except you’ve stopped for two hours... View Article
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Things fall apart – Champagne Football and the calamitous reign of John Delaney
October 17, 2020 5:00 amIn June 2015, John Delaney made contact with a number of politicians. The FAI’s chief executive was in the news... View Article
Recruitment battle: Mason Alexander launches case against two former employees and their new start-up
October 16, 2020 1:33 pmIn January 2019, Mason Alexander, a young recruitment firm, trumpeted the appointment of a new managing director of its technology... View Article
Fiscally speaking: When Stephen Kinsella met Paschal Donohoe
October 16, 2020 5:24 amFate is fickle. Imagine you are Paschal Donohoe. It is February. You have succeeded in the main task a finance... View Article
“This is a very sad day but the right decision if we wanted to survive in these very difficult conditions”
October 16, 2020 4:38 amFifty years ago, Sean Barron set up a modest wholesale clothes business called Flairline. Barron was 33, and along with... View Article
“We need to keep businesses alive and give them a fighting chance of coming through this”
October 15, 2020 4:26 pmCovid-19 has not just devastated society and the economy, it has also shattered political conventions. It is two days since... View Article
The HSE was sued when a €7.5m emergency ventilator deal collapsed last March. Now it’s the IDA’s turn
October 15, 2020 5:15 amIt was sent to arbitration last June to be thrashed out behind closed doors; a contractual dispute over the supply... View Article
Debt and defamation: How Ireland is at the centre of an international asset chase over Amsterdam hotel deal
October 15, 2020 5:14 amFelix Grovit was notoriously conscious of his health and personal hygiene. He never liked shaking hands or touching money, and,... View Article
Booking a write-down: Eason pulls property sale as iconic building falls 40% in value
October 15, 2020 4:56 amA visitor to the top floor of Eason, the 201-year-old grand dame of Irish retail, could until recently see a... View Article
“Go negotiate with landlords”: How New Look’s examinership bid came unstuck
October 14, 2020 2:51 pmIn a nutshell, New Look jumped the gun. The retailer came to court claiming insolvency and seeking the appointment of... View Article
