A losing game: why Strategic Housing Developments are being attacked in the courts
March 18, 2021 5:10 amAn ice age esker, an Anglo Norman motte and a large-scale residential development of 177 apartments on Howth Head: throw... View Article
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Six years ago, I owned part of a horse with Alex Zevenbergen. Yesterday, the gambling software firm he co-founded was sold for $43m
March 16, 2021 1:12 pmIn 2015 I got involved in an inexpensive horse who nevertheless managed to win two races in the space of... View Article
“Modern thinkers”: Irish gambling software firm founded by 4 former Paddy Power staffers sells for $43m
March 16, 2021 9:03 amDublin-based Banach Technology, a gambling software company founded by four former Paddy Power employees, has been sold for $43 million... View Article
A tale of two stockbrokers: Davy’s covert plan to seize control of Goodbody – and how it came unstuck
March 16, 2021 5:35 amOn the face of it, it was a convincing argument. In a series of behind-closed-doors meetings in Co Kerry, Brian... View Article
From a technology park outside Galway, an online learning firm is looking global. And it has just bought an Indian rival
March 16, 2021 5:05 amFrom its Parkmore base in Galway, albeit with staff working from home through the pandemic, Alison already provides upskilling to... View Article
Flexible, and rigid: what performance of Bennett Construction and Roadbridge says about the sector
March 15, 2021 5:40 amWhen Covid hit this time last year, everyone feared the worst. I wrote about the “dash for cash” – the subtext... View Article
Trade secrets: major Irish engineering firms at war over secret customer data
March 15, 2021 5:25 amOn May 25, 2020, three months after the pandemic struck in Ireland, Dublin businessman Joe Brennan co-founded a new company... View Article
Stripe plans 1,000 Irish jobs as valuation hits $95bn; NTMA backs new funding round
March 14, 2021 9:34 pmStripe, the online payments company founded by Collison brothers Patrick and John, has announced its plans to hire 1,000 staff... View Article
Blaming only bishops, priests and nuns for the wrongs of the past is a convenient way of absolving society
March 13, 2021 5:30 amBy now the noise over another report into abuses, cover-ups and hurt by the Church and State in institutions has... View Article
Safe in the harbour – why Irish rugby’s innate conservatism is a dangerous game
March 13, 2021 5:25 amThis week Andy Farrell explained the IRFU’s philosophy on handing out central contracts. “Just because somebody pops up and plays... View Article
