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
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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
Reversing time: Aryzta’s $850m North American sale has a taste of 2008
March 12, 2021 7:01 pmJust before Christmas, having ousted his predecessor Gary McGann in a September boardroom coup engineered by disgruntled activist investors, Aryzta’s... View Article
Director, adviser, broker, co-investor: McLaughlin’s many Malin mandates
March 12, 2021 4:18 pmIn March 2015, a new Irish company made its stock market debut in Dublin. Malin Corporation was set up to... View Article
In the two years before Covid-19, Coppers paid €68.7m to its owners
March 12, 2021 12:04 pmIn their directors’ report attached to the latest accounts for Breanagh Catering Ltd to the end of January 2020, company... View Article
The inside story of how a team of Dublin accountants and lawyers helped save a global airline from collapse
March 12, 2021 5:05 amTwenty-four hours ago, after five months of bargaining, deal-making and intricate financial engineering, Kieran Wallace and his team at KPMG... View Article
“The knockout punch”: why ICON is risking it all on a giant acquisition
March 12, 2021 5:00 amHaving made more than 4,000 per cent since 2001, ICON’s shareholders haven’t had much to complain about. The one thing... View Article
