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Full coverage: Publishing

The Business Post is “very close” to a new big hire. Is it an Economist veteran?

The Business Post Group has declined to confirm whether it is in talks with Mark Beard, a former senior executive with The Economist.

Tom Lyons
19th Feb, 2026 - 2 min read

Children’s author reimagines six figure royalties claim against Irish publishing house

Fiona Holmes, creator of the Wonderland literacy series of children's books, is suing educational publisher CJ Fallon claiming lost royalties, lost opportunity, and damage to her business reputation. The breach of contract claims are contested.

Francesca Comyn
23rd Oct, 2025 - 4 min read

Stop the press: Leading Irish independent publisher calls in the liquidators

The company behind Liberties Press, the publisher behind memoirs by Michael D Higgins and Garret Fitzgerald as well as a host of award-winning Irish fiction, has appointed a liquidator.

Alice Chambers
9th Dec, 2024 - 2 min read

TikTok’s owner is plotting a publishing arm. Where does Dublin fit in?

Chinese tech giant ByteDance set up 8th Note Press last year to publish e-books for Gen Z and Millennial readers. It has been looking for staff in Dublin.

Jonathan Keane
27th Jun, 2024 - 3 min read

International publisher HarperCollins is pulling its Irish operation

The Murdoch-owned book publisher arrived to Ireland with wild enthusiasm for the local book industry. Just three years later it is shutting its Irish office.

Rosanna Cooney
27th Jun, 2023 - 2 min read

“It’s about the protection of jobs”: The company behind entertainment.ie is seeking a fast-track rescue plan

Entertainment industry investor Mike Ormonde has moved to appoint a process advisor to the parent company of Packed House, which runs several advertising websites. He explains why.

Rosanna Cooney
14th Nov, 2022 - 2 min read

Lonely Planet, Bennett Construction, Decawave and the Caulfield McCarthy Group have published their results. This is what we have learned

Decawave was bought for $400m two years ago. New financial data reveal how it has performed since and what it is planning next. Meanwhile, accounts for Lonely Planet, Bennett Construction, and the Caulfield McCarthy Group show how different sectors of the economy are dealing with the pandemic.

I. Kehoe and T. Hubert
14th Jan, 2022 - 6 min read

“Maybe in ten years’ time, there will be just one printer” – defiant Webprint is investing to be the one

The Cork-based printer Webprint is taking over INM's Citywest newspaper press. Having come back from the brink, its founder Donagh O’Doherty believes scale and access to Dublin will ensure Webprint's longevity in a declining industry.

Tom Lyons
31st Mar, 2021 - 5 min read

Guide price: How Lonely Planet’s intellectual property move saved its Dublin office from Covid-19 cull

With tourism at a standstill, the global travel publisher is closing down offices around the world. Yet there are no plans so far to axe its relatively new Irish office, where the company's international intellectual property rights are held – and taxed.

Thomas Hubert
30th Apr, 2020 - 4 min read
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