“There’s huge euphoria when a deal closes and that never gets old”
November 20, 2024 5:46 amIt was an intense day in January 2020. Gar Smyth, a partner in boutique business law firm Wallace Corporate Counsel,... View Article
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With legal challenge in the rearview, Bluedrop Medical gears up for a major US expansion
November 19, 2024 5:43 amGalway medtech start-up Bluedrop Medical has fended off legal action taken by one of its American competitors and is now... View Article
“Some people have very short memories”: Ged Nash on wealth, data centres, and Labour’s economic plan
November 19, 2024 5:33 amSupport for Labour in the polls is low. Yet it may well end up in government, with Fianna Fáil and... View Article
Airbnb Ireland in the red as other countries claim slice of taxable profit
November 18, 2024 5:24 pmLast year was a very good one for the short-term rental platform Airbnb. At the global level, its revenue grew... View Article
Quintas-managed EIIS Innovation Fund is raising €8m to invest in Irish SMEs
November 18, 2024 4:29 pmThe EIIS (Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme) Innovation Fund is raising €8 million to invest in between five and six... View Article
“It’s fabulous to work on the business, as opposed to being in the business”
November 18, 2024 5:00 amOn March 18 this year, Louise Phelan tried something for the first time: She went on holidays by herself. “That... View Article
Landlord exodus was reversed in 2022 as more people invested in rental residential property
November 18, 2024 4:59 amNew tax statistics show an increase in the number of small landlord taxpayers in 2022 after a drop during the... View Article
Inspired by the spirits: The rediscovered Swedish painter with a curious connection to Cork
November 16, 2024 5:18 amSome years ago, I came across the name Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) for the first time. I initially took a... View Article
Another draft of history: Shane Kenny on John Bruton, and the division lines in Irish politics
November 16, 2024 3:08 amShane Kenny is waiting when I arrive at the Beacon Studios for this weekend’s podcast. He is a man who... View Article
Bray-based engineering firm Randridge aims to avoid insolvency
November 15, 2024 5:08 pmRandridge International Limited, an engineering and contracting company in Bray, Co Wicklow, has entered Scarp rescue proceedings, company filings show.... View Article
