Petrel epilogue: How cunning American lenders walked away with at least £1m
April 14, 2022 4:24 pmThe announcement by Dublin oil exploration company Petrel Resources this Thursday that it had unfrozen shares representing over 20 per... View Article
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Dublin Port is raising prices again, defending itself from developers’ diggers and at risk from sea level rises
April 14, 2022 5:02 amOn a squally day in Dublin bay, gardaí park up on the Great South Wall, placing their car and authority... View Article
The funeral director: Susan Guinan on how Covid has transformed the death care industry forever
April 14, 2022 4:35 amAfter two decades in the funeral industry, Susan Guinan has spent half her life helping people to say their final... View Article
The apostate: renowned city planner Alain Bertaud on where his profession went wrong
April 13, 2022 5:25 amHousing is Ireland’s biggest problem. But Ireland is not alone in this. All over the rich world, people are struggling... View Article
Bidders, redundancies, and reconfiguration: The battle to salvage an Irish magnesium manufacturing plant
April 13, 2022 4:39 amWhat is it they say about the best-laid plans? On Wednesday, April 6, just seven days ago, accountant Neil Hughes... View Article
Property and profits: As Pret A Manger targets Ireland, who are the Irish tycoons behind its expansion here?
April 13, 2022 4:28 amPret A Manger’s announcement this week that will open 20 outlets in Ireland north and south in the next decade... View Article
The Kinahan gang: A €1 billion enterprise and a $5 million bounty
April 12, 2022 4:08 pmThe fatal shooting of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel in 2016 escalated a murderous gangland feud in Dublin and... View Article
Commissions of inquiry have “mushroomed and morphed” into tribunals. What comes next?
April 12, 2022 5:40 amIn July 2021, the commission investigating the sale of building services group Siteserv to the businessman Denis O’Brien by the... View Article
“The biggest change has been the evolution of private equity”: Liam Booth on memorable deals, the retreat of PLCs, and his plans for the future
April 12, 2022 5:35 amLiam Booth has lived and breathed deals since the mid-1980s when he first signed up at a fledgling NCB, shortly... View Article
“We wore out so much shoe leather trying to raise funds that we thought we’d have to do this ourselves”
April 11, 2022 5:22 amI exit Belfast’s central Donegall Square via Wellington Place and quickly find myself in front of Merchant Square, the gleaming... View Article
