The day Irish retail pulled down the shutters
March 24, 2020 4:56 amThe recent trading updates of Associated British Foods (ABF), Penneys’ parent company, offer a timeline of the Covid-19 crisis. The... View Article
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First it was the publicans. Now, Irish restaurants are gearing up for battle with big insurance
March 23, 2020 5:01 amThe battle began last week when, claiming to be cut adrift by insurance companies over claims for business interruption, publicans... View Article
Code name Nantes: What really happened in €489 million Nama sale of Quinlan Private loans
March 23, 2020 5:00 amFor years, Nama used the Comptroller & Auditor General as a safety blanket, a method of showing the world that... View Article
Green lanes and costly containers: Keeping supply chains immune from Covid-19
March 23, 2020 5:00 amAs The Currency’s team joined thousands across the country in working remotely to prevent the spread of Covid-19, I went... View Article
As cases increase, Ireland’s biggest hotel is to be turned into field hospital by HSE to fight the coronavirus
March 20, 2020 6:31 pmThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is preparing to turn Ireland’s biggest hotel into a field hospital for patients infected with... View Article
“You pay insurance to have options during difficult times. No time could be more difficult”: Irish pubs prepare for battle with insurance giants
March 20, 2020 6:12 amUntil recently John Clendennen was busy planning for the future. He was engrossed with a team of engineers, architects, interior... View Article
A pre-emptive strike: The €100 million battle over Ireland’s oldest bowling alley
March 20, 2020 5:06 amSince it opened in 1963, the Stillorgan Bowl, or Leisureplex, has played host to generations of children’s birthday parties in... View Article
Michael Somers: “We need to get money into people’s hands, not dolly up the balance sheets of institutions”
March 20, 2020 4:26 amBack in the early 1990s, long before the Celtic Tiger appeared on the horizon, Michael Somers spent much of his... View Article
Banking on the state: How the Irish economic and tax response to the crisis compares globally
March 20, 2020 2:50 amOn October 8, Paschal Donohoe’s budget forecast that in 2020, the State would spend some €71.4 billion – a 7... View Article
Convicted: How a Shrewsbury Road-based banker received a suspended sentence and €14m fine in German court
March 19, 2020 5:30 amIt was a stark question for any judge to ask in a criminal trial. Judge Roland Zickler, the presiding judge... View Article
