Laura Bonner welcomed celebrity guests and investors to the opening of The Muff Liquor Company's new distillery, and is now planning expansion into the US. Yet, as she explains, the company almost went under during the pandemic.
Thousands of homeowners in Donegal and the northwest have had their homes destroyed by defective building blocks. A year after the first test cases landed in the Commercial Court, filings show everything in this mass lawsuit is in contest, from rock testing protocols to third-party funding.
As recently as May, it all seemed to be going to plan for Content LIama, an e-commerce software company backed by high profile investors. But the summer months appear to have changed the company's course and its future is now being tested.
The Donegal fishing business Atlantic Dawn has survived the sudden death of its founder and increasing environmental scrutiny of large trawlers. Yet Karl McHugh, the second-generation leader of the group, warns that it is now under severe threat after Irish mackerel quotas were sacrificed in the trade deal between the EU and the UK.
Just before lockdowns pushed shoppers online, Jenny Timony had launched her FitPink brand of athleisure wear. She’s now raising funds to expand overseas, targeting a €3m valuation for her business – all from her hometown of Donegal.
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