“Forgery and lies”: How a tycoon’s €70 million debt deal came unstuck
December 19, 2019 5:50 amIt was nearly over the line; a debt write-off of €70 million, the largest ever to be approved in a... View Article
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Ugandan intrigue: the €250m project, the Comer brothers and the 1,750 homeless families
December 18, 2019 5:55 amDaisy Hope Ejang grew up with her mother and seven siblings in a public bathroom, the same bathroom she was... View Article
The life and times of Michael Somers: From Middle Eastern war zones to economic battlegrounds
December 17, 2019 5:56 amIn this in-depth interview, Michael Somers discusses: His visits to war zones while secretary general of the Department of Defence... View Article
Breadth, not depth: why Kerry missed out on a transformative €25 billion merger
December 17, 2019 5:55 amYesterday we learned Kerry Group narrowly missed out on a giant merger with DuPont’s nutrition and biosciences business. The DuPont... View Article
A shopkeeper’s tale: “The recession made me a better businessman. Anyone who survived learned a lot”
December 16, 2019 5:50 amThomas Ennis has built a retail business in Dublin that employs over 250 people. Expelled from school at 15 he... View Article
Ian Kehoe meets Brian Hayes: ”The banks are imprisoned by what happened in the past”
December 16, 2019 5:50 amBrian Hayes has had a colourful career that has stretched from banking to politics. He is currently the chief executive... View Article
Shareholder windfall: Eishtec shows us the money two months after sale
December 13, 2019 6:00 amWhen Irish call centre company Eishtec was acquired by a business process management (BPM) subsidiary of Infosys in October of... View Article
Diminishing returns? Mapping the High Court caseload for the largest ten law firms
December 13, 2019 6:00 amThere is an argument to be made that litigation is counter-cyclical to the economy. When the country tanks, as when... View Article
Pubs, property and Press Up: Unlocking the real business model of the ubiquitous hospitality group
December 12, 2019 5:55 amLong before Press Up, their Dublin-consuming restaurant company, Paddy McKillen Jr and Matt Ryan were business partners. As young lads... View Article
Striving for sustainable tourism: “Destination Ireland can’t be all things to all people”
December 12, 2019 5:50 amThis is the third time I visit Kylemore Abbey near Letterfrack, Co Galway, but the first in the depth of... View Article
