“If you’re a businessperson right now, you may be questioning middle management and what are they doing”
June 8, 2020 4:38 amGavin Duffy is probably best known as a fellow dragon on the Irish version of the show Dragon’s Den. He... View Article
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Insolvent Debenhams faces legal action by vulture fund landlord
June 5, 2020 12:46 pmAs Debenham workers continue to stage regular protests over the permanent closure of the chain’s Irish stores, the retailer faces... View Article
A new front in the war over business interruption insurance – Press Up’s Devlin Hotel sues RSA
June 5, 2020 11:55 amThe row over business interruption insurance claims over Covid-19 has escalated. The Press Up group’s Devlin Hotel is taking a case... View Article
The Kilkenny Group’s shops may be shuttered but Marian O’Gorman is determined to drive online growth – and expand in the face of a crisis
June 5, 2020 5:50 amMarian O’Gorman has led the Kilkenny Group, the iconic family-owned retailer, for over 20 years. She has built the Kilkenny... View Article
The battle of Victoria: The story of the Israeli financier, the once bankrupt builder, and the high-end Irish property firm
June 5, 2020 5:22 amOne maintains such a low profile that even his nationality is hard to pin down – born in Estonia, educated... View Article
Stress fracture: Beacon Hospital exits private hospital alliance in wake of state takeover deal
June 4, 2020 4:59 pmIt was responsible for signing a deal that saw Ireland’s privately owned hospitals temporarily taken over by the state as... View Article
Vernon Catering exits examinership with Cox family rescue
June 4, 2020 11:04 amVernon Catering, a well-known Dublin-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler, has been rescued from examinership by the Cox family, which has... View Article
We all want to work from home now. Could Covid-19 cripple the Irish office market?
June 4, 2020 5:02 amCommercial landlords must have shivered when they heard Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, tell his employees last month that they could... View Article
Amazon’s Irish empire: You may not be able to shop on Amazon in Ireland, but it sold €2.5bn of data storage from here last year
June 4, 2020 4:53 amIn the past few weeks, a string of companies owned by Amazon have filed accounts in Ireland. As they closed... View Article
A virtual hackathon: “We had people from Auckland and Singapore joining, which would not be possible if it was a physical event”
June 4, 2020 4:52 amHackathons are like a university ‘freshers fair’ for entrepreneurs to come together and discuss and pitch their ideas. Usually, a... View Article
