Broad and shallow: an analysis of Global Shares’ cap table
March 23, 2022 5:34 amLast week Global Shares, the Clonakilty-based fintech, was sold for $730 million (€644 million) to the bank JP Morgan. Given... View Article
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The rail theory of everything – part one: A way to save billions, cut emissions, and fix housing for good
March 23, 2022 4:42 amFor a government, housing is the problem from hell. Just getting the right diagnosis is hard. Any realistic solution takes... View Article
Wage supports, dividends and property woes: Unpicking Mike Ashley’s Irish retail operation
March 22, 2022 10:42 amLast Wednesday, as Ireland prepared itself for two days of public holidays, Mike Ashley’s top Irish executives signed off on... View Article
Stuck in the middle: Why 56% of renters have been abandoned by developers (and the state)
March 22, 2022 5:59 amA housing system has two components: the market component and the non-market component. A healthy housing system needs its market... View Article
With the Corporate Governance Institute, serial ed-tech entrepreneur Anthony Quigley is back for another go
March 22, 2022 3:14 amAnthony Quigley is not a technologist – even though he’s founded, managed, started and sold multiple educational technology companies. He’s... View Article
The fertile business of making babies and freezing time
March 21, 2022 5:11 amIt was clearly going to be a huge industry. Phillip McGlade was confident of that when he started planning six... View Article
The $2.7 billion industry Irish investors are sleeping on
March 21, 2022 5:09 amIt started with a breast pump and a handbag. Sarah Ouellette had one and wanted the other. At €450, the breast... View Article
Russia, corporate raids, Irish lawyers: Rewinding the week that was
March 20, 2022 5:15 amIn March 1995, a company called Eurotoaz set up in Dublin using a registered address at Clanwilliam Terrace in the... View Article
A party in search of a big idea: Gary Murphy and Fintan Drury discuss the future of Fianna Fáil
March 19, 2022 4:51 amIn his piece on Fianna Fáil for The Currency, Gary Murphy writes that “Fianna Fáil’s historical success was based on... View Article
The law firm that took on Gazprom, the flight from Kyiv and the family on the frontline fighting for Ukraine
March 19, 2022 3:35 amAt the beginning of March, a member of The Currency got in touch by email to introduce Yulia and her... View Article
