Hearing the case in the commercial court, Mr Justice Sanfey told Keith O'Brien, the payroll manager accused of leaking trade secrets to Rippling's rival, Deel, that he was in “a very serious situation”.
In an affidavit opened in the High Court in Dublin, Rippling has alleged that Keith O'Brien disclosed "trade secrets" to rival HR firm Deel.
The alleged spy "locked himself in a bathroom" when confronted before later "fleeing" Rippling's Temple Bar office. Rival Deel, a $12 billion firm, denies “all legal wrongdoing".
Sustainability-focused VCs gathered in Wicklow to look for investment opportunities in Irish companies. Event mastermind Faye Walsh Drouillard says funds are looking to Ireland for new opportunities and she wants to put the country on the map.
Amid a dearth of funding for climate-focused start-ups, Change by Degrees raised €700,000 in seed capital in the past year. Co-founder Tara Shine explains how.
Founded by Philip Brophy and former soccer player Robbie Creevy, PushMe is expanding into Britain. It is going after the digital coaching business and has already won blue-chip customers.
Award-winning Northern Irish journalist Jane Ferguson is launching the media start-up Noosphere in the US, offering journalists a new way to reach their audience.
What if a single company could be formed, raise funds and distribute shares to its staff across Europe? The EU Inc project, backed by the likes of Stripe's Patrick Collison and Skype's Niklas Zennstrom, is getting traction in Brussels.
Australia's outright ban on social media for those under-16 is due to take effect this year as other regulators armed with new powers foist more obligations on the world's biggest tech firms.
The reversal of a decision to shut down the NDRC is the most visible aspect of a shift towards indigenous start-ups and scale-ups in the Programme for Government, despite a lack of other concrete details.
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