A fisherman’s tale: A restaurateur fights back against coronavirus
March 18, 2020 5:52 pmAs coronavirus continues to sweep the nation, the effects can be seen on businesses and people’s spirits. Saint Patrick’s Day... View Article
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“I am going to have a bottle of wine while I can still afford it, and I may even have a second one. It’s been that sort of day”
March 18, 2020 5:34 amSix decades. That is how long Martin Keane must go back to remember the last time pubs shuttered on St... View Article
Brody Sweeney: “It is not about making money at the moment. It is about surviving”
March 18, 2020 5:09 amIt is a month since Brody Sweeney agreed to do this interview – and both his business and the world... View Article
A contrarian pharmacist: “I believe that I know when I’m being sold to and I don’t want people to sell drugs. We don’t sell drugs”
March 17, 2020 5:29 amAde Stack is 20 years in the pharmacy business and has built a nationwide chain of 18 pharmacies with more... View Article
“A disaster film you’ve seen over the years that has somehow become a reality”
March 17, 2020 5:17 amAlan Cox, the chief executive of Core, Ireland’s biggest marketing communications group, is at his desk when I ring. A... View Article
Defending Huawei: Minister-turned-lobbyist Dick Roche on Huawei, paranoia, cybersecurity and trade wars
March 16, 2020 5:00 amFor more than five years, Dick Roche, the former cabinet minister, has lobbied for Huawei, the controversial Chinese telecoms company... View Article
As US business drags Aryzta further into the depths, its weak share price makes it a target for corporate raiders
March 16, 2020 5:00 amWhen the Swiss Market Index (SMI) shed a quarter of its value in the past two weeks, alongside other European... View Article
“Corporate business is dead”: Coronavirus lockdown eats away at restaurants, hotels and retail
March 13, 2020 5:48 amSix days before Thursday’s announcement by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that schools, colleges and cultural institutions would close, the owner of... View Article
Grand designs: How Tyrone McKillen has made it big selling mansions in California
March 13, 2020 5:24 amIt required 1,200 tonnes of concrete and 200 tonnes of steel to create. Its architect Tadao Ando is a Pritzker... View Article
Dell, IBM, HP, Analog and NCR: How hardware tech giants route their money through Ireland
March 12, 2020 5:54 amApple is the well-documented poster child of Ireland’s immaterial tech trade, formally exporting over $150 billion worth of devices and... View Article
