Full coverage: Technology

In 1920s America, a psychiatrist and educator had designed a way of identifying group dynamics and harmful behaviour patterns among schoolchildren. One century later, a former Irish teacher has harnessed modern technology to make it work.

Thriftify has opened the online shopping market to charity shops. Two years after joining its founding team, Emily Beere discusses tripling sales every month during Covid-19 lockdowns, raising venture capital, and moving to London to conquer the UK.

The company’s technology has been used in campaigns for Barbie, Audi and the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End movie. But facing mounting losses and the exit of a key client, Emuse is collapsing into liquidation.

Riding the data centre boom, the border business E&I Engineering has just been acquired by US tech multinational Vertiv. How did it achieve unicorn status, and who are the shareholders behind Cyprus holding companies set to reap the benefits?

Irish software company Swrve has raised close to $140m from Isif, Atlantic Bridge and others. However, after burning through most of its funds without making a profit, the firm has now raised more $8m in debt and restructured around $10m in loan notes.

The US software multinational has just revealed how a simple intra-group balance sheet reorganisation with no gain in value allowed it to generate a $1.4bn tax benefit in Ireland.

Tech entrepreneur Barry Napier had a side business in pubs and restaurants. When that failed, his bankers went after his most precious asset – his shares in Cubic Telecom.

The online education company is facing angry creditors for a second time. The High Court has given an examiner time to turn it around.

Amwell, a publicly listed US telehealth company, is buying Irish digital healthcare firm SilverCloud for an estimated $250m. The deal will help the business achieve its mission of helping millions of people.

Fabien Peyaud is the co-founder and chief executive of Herdwatch, a Co Tipperary-based agritech firm now marking ten years in business. He discusses falling in love with Ireland, learning on the job at a US multinational and betting on a cloud-based app before farmers even had smartphones.