“Some 1,000 public houses are affected by this dispute”
May 25, 2020 11:37 amThe Commercial Court has admitted four cases against the Irish insurer FBD to its list and expedited a full hearing... View Article
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Bridging the Covid-19 tax gap: How to increase the tax base without breaking the economy
May 25, 2020 5:08 amBrian Cowen’s last budget as finance minister was delivered to a grateful public on 7 December 2007. Despite the swirls... View Article
With 1,000 pubs waiting in the wings, FBD could be left with a bar tab of between €300m and €400m
May 25, 2020 4:41 amFBD has a problem. In fact, the Irish insurance company has multiple problems, ranging from an increasingly tetchy relationship with... View Article
“Not the time for venture capital”: Teamwork rules out raising VC money as tech valuations fall
May 22, 2020 1:58 pmIt is one of Ireland’s fastest growing indigenous technology businesses, generating revenues of around $30 million last year. After winning... View Article
Lyons on agriculture, climate and the fiscal response to Covid-19: “Listen to the experts”
May 22, 2020 5:55 amSurprisingly for an interview with the head of a global agricultural inputs company, my telephone discussion with Mark Lyons begins... View Article
“We can see some employees in companies are struggling, and are more stressed, more anxious”
May 22, 2020 5:21 amAlmost six years ago former footballer Mark O’Reilly was putting Paul Marchant, chief executive of Primark, through his fitness paces... View Article
Intellectually profitable: How an Irish subsidiary with no revenue and no staff made – and then made disappear – a $5bn profit
May 22, 2020 4:10 amBased in Bermuda, Alison Dyer-Fagundo is a 42-year-old executive with Estera Services, a global provider of corporate, trust, fund and... View Article
Aryzta activist targeting McGann’s chairmanship: “It’s not about the people, it’s all about the business”
May 21, 2020 3:03 pmThe Swiss investment manager leading the group formed by Aryzta’s two largest shareholders has told The Currency that they intend... View Article
Dinner & data: How Irish 20 year old Shane Curran pulled off a $16m raise
May 21, 2020 1:44 pmIt started just five months ago in Chapter One, the Michelin starred Dublin restaurant founded by chef Ross Lewis. Ari... View Article
Publicans v FBD: Owner of Sinnotts, Capitol, Copan, and the Black Lion latest to launch legal action
May 21, 2020 1:06 pmIf FDB’s hierarchy thought that some of the country’s leading publicans would simply accept the decision not to pay out... View Article
