She’s moved on from Ryanair's board and left Phelan Energy Group, but Louise Phelan is far from idle. As a mentor and investor, she loves working with female leaders and family businesses.
The Cavan multinational is railing against hefty duties, as high as 68 per cent, that the EU has slapped on China-made chemicals used in flame retardants.
The Grenfell inquiry heavily criticised the Irish building materials giant and it may be now be in the firing line of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
As trade routes between Ireland and the continent are redrawn to avoid Britain, France has never felt closer – and its modernising economy is attracting a growing volume of business to and from this island. Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.
The focus of the Grenfell Inquiry remained firmly on the Irish firm this week from fire safety standards to its orchestrated lobbying campaign in the wake of the fatal London blaze.
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