Inhospitable relations: the family feud at the centre of a hotel success story
January 6, 2021 5:50 amTo step inside the Ashling Hotel in Dublin is to enter the reassuringly familiar world of the modern city four-star... View Article
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Former Ticketmaster Europe boss Tommy Higgins on competition probes, ticket touting and Covid-19
January 6, 2021 5:45 amFrom the time he started Ticketshop in the 1980s until he left as a director of Ticketmaster’s Irish subsidiary in... View Article
The Times of his life: Frank Fitzgibbon on Delaney, O’Brien and being a troublemaker
January 5, 2021 6:00 amShortly after Martin O’Neill was appointed as the manager of the Ireland football team in November 2013, Frank Fitzgibbon, the... View Article
A “disinterested guardian” for his young children, Sean Dunne claims his ex-wife and adult son want him “neutralized”
January 5, 2021 5:00 amThe 2006 who’s who of Irish developers became a cropper in the financial crash of 2008, almost to a man.... View Article
BusConnects consultant Jarrett Walker on starting rows, polarised Irish politics and moving people around a city
January 4, 2021 5:05 amWith the small talk concluded, Jarrett Walker’s first question to me before we start the interview is whether The Currency... View Article
In the Isle of Man we trust: Inside Revenue’s six-year battle with tycoon over offshore trust
January 4, 2021 5:05 amOffshore arrangements facilitating tax avoidance have been around for some time. Some researchers trace the beginnings to New Jersey and... View Article
Rewinding 2020: 20 of the year’s most-read stories from the vaults of The Currency
December 24, 2020 5:15 amStatistics can often be deceiving and can be skewed by little things. For example, we sent a tweet in November... View Article
Oiling a deal: DCC swoops on Campus Oil as Stafford Group focuses its efforts on fast-growing Lifestyle Sports
December 23, 2020 1:43 pmIn October, LCC Group, a Northern Ireland-based fuel company, struck a deal with the Stafford family to buy their three... View Article
Covid impact: number of M&As notified to competition watchdog falls by one quarter
December 23, 2020 1:06 pmThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has received 38 notifications of mergers this year, down from 47 in 2019.... View Article
A racing uncertainty: online wagers sustain racing as major tracks edge into the mire
December 23, 2020 5:20 amTim Husbands is getting ready to open Leopardstown’s gates to nobody on Saturday. Foxrock’s much-celebrated four-day Christmas Festival, so popular... View Article
