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Full coverage: Covid19

Bonds, insurance, creditors: How Covid infected one of the country’s oldest tour operators

Joe Walsh Tours was one of Ireland’s oldest travel agents and tour operators. However, board minutes, legal filings and correspondence with the regulator reveal just what went wrong, and who is owed what. They also shed light on the company’s battle to survive a pandemic.

Ian Kehoe
7th May, 2021 - 7 min read

Deutsche Bank is set to square off with UK retail magnate Ashley in the Irish courts

Yet another case over rents has been lodged with the High Court. The latest battle involves the German financial giant Deutsche Bank and one of Britain’s richest men.

Ian Kehoe
27th Apr, 2021 - 2 min read

Face mask showdown: “Oil men are not known for their diplomacy but are known for their eternal friendship”

When a PPE deal with a Dutch oil trader misfired, a Dublin clothing supplier found itself €250,000 out of pocket. A new High Court judgment charts the cross-border scramble to try and get the money back.

Francesca Comyn
16th Apr, 2021 - 4 min read

Through a long-run lens: Covid-19, capital and property

When it comes to Ireland’s built environment, the pandemic and associated economic shock may bring about a fundamental shift in how we use space. Our preferences may change for how and where we live and what we want to use our streets, shops and office blocks for.

Ronan Lyons
16th Apr, 2021 - 6 min read

Vaccine rollout investigation: “I’m just waltzing in and saying ‘I have a lovely office job, but I’ll take a vaccine’.”

Beyond the high-profile cases of queue jumping, what happens next in the vaccine plan and does Ireland have the IT systems required as supply ramps up? In a major investigation, we examine Ireland's vaccine rollout.

Jane Mc Namara
3rd Apr, 2021 - 19 min read

The Beacon on the hill: How Michael Cullen regained pole position in the hospital entangled in the vaccine controversy

The Beacon Hospital's chief executive remains at the centre of the controversy surrounding the allocation of vaccines to his children's school. This is just the latest twist in the rollercoaster history linking Michael Cullen and the private healthcare provider.

Tom Lyons
3rd Apr, 2021 - 6 min read

One retail chain, multiple landlords: Foot Locker’s High Court case sets tone for wave of rent disputes

As dozens of commercial tenants and landlords face off in the courts over missed rents during Covid-19 restrictions, one interim judgement has laid the ground rules on relevant evidence from multi-store retailers.

Thomas Hubert
30th Mar, 2021 - 5 min read

In the two years before Covid-19, Coppers paid €68.7m to its owners

Before they knew their night-club would remain closed for over a year, Cathal and Paula Jackson extracted the mountains of cash it had accumulated in preparation for its sale. Then they decided to hold on to the business and are now steering it through a year-long closure.

Thomas Hubert
12th Mar, 2021 - 2 min read

“Food nationalism” and “a leg up from Brexit”: is Irish food gaining from Covid-19 and border friction?

The dual impact of the pandemic and Brexit has unleashed devastation across the domestic economy. One exception appears to be food manufacturing, where Irish brands could capitalise on changes in shopping habits into the future.

Thomas Hubert
11th Mar, 2021 - 5 min read

Quarantine and travel fines are needed. The problem is that we don’t know when they will end

The irresponsible behaviour of a small number of international travellers has reseeded Ireland with Covid-19 after each lockdown, making stricter border controls unavoidable. But the new quarantine legislation now opens the renewal of the measure to rolling political decisions instead of scientific criteria.

Thomas Hubert
9th Mar, 2021 - 4 min read
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