A new book on the green-and-white side of Glasgow focuses on the 1980s, but there are striking parallels with what's happening today as the long-running fight for the soul of the club continues.
Healthcare investor Welltower's €5.9bn acquisition of the nursing homes portfolio, largely owned by JP McManus, Dermot Desmond, and John Magnier, marks the latest splurge by an American fund in the market.
The High Court has found it unnecessary for the Nobel-prize winning economist to testify as an expert witness for The Irish Times, which is defending its article on grounds of fair and reasonable publication on a matter of public interest.
Rapt Touch hoped to crack the multi-billion-euro touch-screen technology market but found things hard-going. Its biggest backer, Dermot Desmond, has now appointed a receiver to two firms behind it.
Dermot Desmond-backed Mountain Province pursued a dream to build one of the world's biggest diamond mines deep in the Canadian tundra. Once valued at €950m, Mountain Province is worth €52m and its bonds are trading at a discount to face value. Just what has happened? And what happens next?
Billionaire financier Dermot Desmond claims the publication of the Panama Papers wrongly linked him to rogue transactions and breached his privacy. A looming High Court battle will test Ireland’s embryonic privacy laws, as well as journalistic privilege.
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