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Margins, revenues, costs: How Collen went from domestic contractor to European construction player – in nine charts

January 12, 2022 4:32 am Published by Ian Kehoe

In 2017, Jack Collen joined the family business as an engineer. In isolation, it was not a remarkable event. After... View Article

January 12, 2022 4:13 am Published by Ian Kehoe

To the outside world, John Ryan’s future seemed mapped out ahead of him. He had completed his finance degree in... View Article

January 11, 2022 5:30 am Published by Ronan Lyons

What lessons should Ireland take from its early-2000s bubble and crash? Having gone through, by any reasonable metric, one of... View Article

January 11, 2022 5:02 am Published by Thomas Hubert

The deal was billed as a match made in heaven as well as in the frozen veg aisle. One month... View Article

January 10, 2022 6:16 pm Published by Tom Lyons

Irish founded employee engagement platform Wrkit has been sold to British peer company Benefex. The deal was announced to its... View Article

January 10, 2022 5:14 am Published by Sean Keyes

Why is Lloyd’s of London still going strong after 334 years? Lloyd’s is durable because it’s a marketplace, and marketplaces... View Article

January 10, 2022 3:29 am Published by Thomas Hubert

The recent controversy around the lack of lotto jackpot winners has raised a central question: Where is the National Lottery’s... View Article

January 8, 2022 4:07 am Published by Dion Fanning

When she was a little girl, Elizabeth Holmes designed a time machine. Given what the world knows now, it may... View Article

January 7, 2022 5:38 pm Published by Thomas Hubert

Ecocem uses slag, a residue of steel production, instead of clinker made by heating limestone at extreme temperatures. This reduces... View Article

January 7, 2022 5:20 pm Published by Francesca Comyn

Having previously had bailiffs turn up at the door of his Wexford jewellery shop, businessman Frank Hynes is facing a... View Article