Thomas Byrne, the Minister of State for Sport, and Elena Pecos, the head of Decathlon Ireland, recently swapped notes on the business of sport – from the French retailer's move into Clery's to funding for national facilities.
In Marseille on Friday night, Ireland found another level. The post-Sexton era is looking promising.
French electric-hybrid VoltAero is gearing up to start making groundbreaking new planes. Its co-founders, all veterans of Airbus, warn that Ireland cannot take its lead in aircraft leasing for granted.
Revenue and profits surged in 2022 at the Irish low-carbon cement manufacturer backed by Dermot Desmond and Bill Gates.
Overnight violence is sadly reminiscent of my previous home city. When it comes to policing unashamed bigotry, there are good and bad things we can learn from the French capital’s riotous history.
The Paris-listed Paragon ID manufacturer of passports, transport cards and smart retail tags is going private. The buy-out offer was launched from a low-key office suite in Sandyford.
A Paris court is holding the fourth successive trial of the inheritance tax dispute involving two generations of the billionaire Wildenstein family. Their bloodstock interests were located in Irish companies – until very recently.
When a fast-growing French renewable energy developer and one of Ireland’s most recognisable farmers partnered for a large-scale solar farm, local objections escalated quickly.
Following on from a UK pay measure, a new French labour law aims to improve safety on Channel crossings but Irish Ferries believes it is about “safeguarding the interests of certain ferry operators who are in receipt of state subsidies”.
Paris-listed Paragon ID aims to compete with China in the race to add chips to everything from passports to retail product tags. Its Irish majority shareholder is now taking it private.
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