Short odds: Comparing the short positions on Irish companies to stock market returns
May 27, 2020 5:16 amThere are easier ways to make money than shorting stocks. That’s because betting stocks will fall is inherently harder than... View Article
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The high cost of high fashion: The finance and financiers behind Greg Kavanagh’s new online fashion play
May 26, 2020 5:43 amJust weeks ago, a bitter dispute almost tore apart the €35 million property empire controlled by the developer Greg Kavanagh... View Article
No fishing expedition: The story of the Irish trawler, the Filipino fisherman and the High Court case against The Guardian
May 26, 2020 5:32 amIn 2015, The Guardian published a year-long investigation into employment practices in the Irish fishing industry, detailing how “trafficked migrant... View Article
Changing habits and an overvalued market: Why ill winds are blowing for the commercial property sector
May 26, 2020 5:16 amFormer European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi repeatedly raised the issue of commercial property valuations during his press conferences.... View Article
“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
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
