Boomtime in Bucharest, sour times in Dublin: Irish investors fallout over alleged diverted funds
May 1, 2020 4:27 amThe year was 2005, the high point of a golden age for Irish overseas property investors. Three businessmen formed a... View Article
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“Trade with New Zealand is out of step with the closeness of our overall relationship”
May 1, 2020 2:34 amAs I sat down with New Zealand’s Ambassador to Ireland Brad Burgess before the Covid-19 lockdown, he was preparing to... View Article
On the frontline: Celtic Linen’s twin-track Covid-19 challenge
May 1, 2020 1:54 amAs a business, Celtic Linen is no stranger to battling hardship. The Covid-19 pandemic is just providing a fresh range... View Article
“There is a growing tension between corporate Ireland and the healthcare system, and we need to fix that”
April 30, 2020 5:46 amIn another age, yesterday’s Dalata AGM should have been a moment of congratulations. After all, total revenues in the business... View Article
“Business can be painful. You walk a tightrope, and it only takes one bullet. But I love it”
April 30, 2020 3:56 amThree interviews spanning fifteen years, each one rooted in its own time and its own place. Combined, they tell not... View Article
Guide price: How Lonely Planet’s intellectual property move saved its Dublin office from Covid-19 cull
April 30, 2020 3:29 amAs billions of would-be tourists remain at home, cancelling or postponing travel plans, they are not buying guidebooks – nor... View Article
How AR firm Daqri’s flagship Dublin office was lost in its collapse and sale
April 30, 2020 12:17 amWhen augmented reality company Daqri opened its European headquarters in Dublin’s Silicon Docks in 2015, it heralded the city as... View Article
“There is going to be the big five of the cloud in every market. I think we absolutely will be one of them”
April 29, 2020 4:40 amOut the window of Ekco’s first office in Malahide, McGovern’s, a well known North Dublin restaurant, can be seen across... View Article
“This will not be a short process. We will be lucky to be back to the level of 2019 activity by the end of 2021”
April 29, 2020 3:20 amThe interview was nearing to a close. Throughout it, Patrick Honohan has been both thoughtful and thought-provoking, combining both real... View Article
Now or never: As Government talks centre on climate action, the oil price crash makes it more expensive
April 29, 2020 2:49 amIn the past two months, Covid-19 has forced the machinery of the state to turn all its power towards saving... View Article
