Elis planned to buy Ballinrobe’s OCL Laundry Services but after nearly a year of scrutiny from the competition authority, the deal collapsed. Here’s how it unravelled.
Stephen Buckley, managing director of FX Buckley, reflects on four decades of consistency and carving out a reputation as one of Ireland’s premier steakhouses.
The Spar-owned retail franchisor is providing a timely exit for the owner of Abrakebabra, O’Briens Cafe, and Bagel Factory ahead of a major refinancing deadline.
Coffee pioneer Colin Harmon wrote the book on the coffee business. 16 years since founding 3fe, he’s back with a second edition.
Dermot Rigley outlines how a consortium of entrepreneurs, investors and NHL figures came together behind an ambitious plan to create Ireland’s first purpose-built ice hockey arena.
A company whose sole director is the entrepreneur Paddy McKillen Jr is buying back the well-known Workman’s Club in Dublin after previously losing control of it. The move comes as he fights a bankruptcy petition in relation to another deal.
“Delegate, don’t abdicate” has been Jack Kirwan’s mantra to turn Sprout & Co into a business on track to run 14 restaurants with 500 staff. Good hiring and a structured system are key to this phase of growth.
Businessman and Paddy McKillen associate Ronnie Delany sued the Al Thanis and the Maybourne Hotels group over an alleged "blackballing” in the wake of a wider falling out between the Qatari and McKillen camps.
Long after Prohibition, a few high-end cocktail bars show it’s still possible to retain their speakeasy forebears’ air of mystery and adventure, writes Marl Ellwood, The Wall Street Journal.
Our columnist sounds off on ways hotels can up their game on everything from room lighting to oversize towels, writes Dawn Gilbertson, The Wall Street Journal.
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