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Full coverage: Covid

A simple question with a complicated answer: Why might someone vote for anti-migrant politicians?  

What are their economic incentives? What are the institutional questions they pose? Why are independents absorbing the votes of the angry?

Stephen Kinsella
2nd May, 2024 - 6 min read

Facing multiple headwinds, SMEs need to maintain momentum without betting the farm

It often feels like entrepreneurship is a constant cycle of building, preparing to build, and then building again. The momentum created by the current wave of rapid change will carry many businesses to greater heights. It will crush others.

Stuart Fitzgerald
26th Jan, 2024 - 4 min read

“We know that private equity is arriving into sport and perhaps that is going to have a wider impact”

John Feehan is the former CEO of the Six Nations, while Derek McGrath ran the European Rugby Cup. Now, they have launched a new business, Sport2Sport, which aims to help sports organisations, event owners and brands deal with Covid-19.

Ian Kehoe
9th Nov, 2020 - 18 min read

“Every single night, regardless if it was lashing rain, I travelled around Ireland taking pictures of people in their homes at twilight”

Photojournalist Ruth Medjber on touring with Hozier, why artists should never be too proud to take a job, the sexism she encountered in her career and why she always thinks in the language of Instagram.

Alison Cowzer
2nd Nov, 2020 - 23 min read

From low-intensity to high-intensity training: Covid-19 puts gym owners through their paces

As the pandemic rages on, fitness businesses are facing danger once more. Some of the major players in the sport and leisure market discuss what they've done to cope with challenges presented by Covid-19 and their plans for the future.

Cait Caden
19th Oct, 2020 - 12 min read

“We have found oil and this new oil are the brands, the copyrights, and the patents on the corporate balance sheets – intangible assets”

Danny McCoy is the chief executive of Ibec. In this interview, he talks about the impact of Brexit, tax reform and Covid-19 on Irish business and the future outlook of the Irish economy.

Ian Kehoe
12th Oct, 2020 - 28 min read

“We have a fundamental opportunity in Ireland to do something. Whether we can be a world leader or not, I don’t know”

Aidan Connolly is chief executive of the Dublin agtech company Cainthus and president of AgriTech Capital. He talks to Ian Kehoe about why the food industry's fast adoption of artificial intelligence will help it through the Covid-19 crisis.

Ian Kehoe
7th Sep, 2020 - 14 min read

Undone by Covid restrictions, a large-scale Waterford pub and nightclub group is fighting for its survival

Avello, which runs some of Waterford’s best-known bars and nightclubs, has sought court protection from its creditors. An examiner has now been mandated to restructure the company’s debts and source new investment.

Tom Lyons
7th Aug, 2020 - 3 min read
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