The Tommy Kelly interview: Part two – Deploying a fortune, fear of failure, and the Irish economy

After selling his e-commerce giant ESW two years ago, Tommy Kelly has arguably more liquid wealth than anyone else in the country. But what is the secret to his success? In the first of a two-part interview, he talks candidly about how he made it and what motivates him.

Michael FitzGerald’s sales management software company OnePageCRM has been profitable for the last eight years and has not raised any external funding in nine. However, FitzGerald says it is now considering raising up to €2 million to fuel the next stage of growth.

Vertiv, the US electrical technology group, acquired E&I Engineering for $1.8 billion in 2021. More than half of this value was for intangible assets, which the group can now amortise against taxable profits.

Ireland have mastered Death Zone rugby and there are many people who have helped create the conditions for this sporting triumph.

From coaching with the New York Red Bulls to being involved in grassroots football in Dublin, Jack Ryan has used his experience to create a platform that he believes can transform sports clubs and the volunteers who run them.

Like the two previous hosts of the Late Late Show, Ryan Tubridy could easily hold on his own on a bigger stage. He is different from them in that, after fourteen years in the hot-seat, he wants to pause and take stock.  

Diaries alleged in the 1980s to have been written by Adolf Hitler portrayed him as knowing little about the ongoing Holocaust. This was the main clue that the notebooks were fake.

Former cake shop owner Paul Coyle used vexatious litigation to try to frustrate, hinder, impede and delay the liquidation of his business. Hundreds of thousands of euros in taxpayers’ money were spent defending his meritless claims. But not any more, the High Court has ruled.

The Irish jewellery group Anthony Nicholas, owner of the Fields chain, was already on a path of property and debt reduction pre-pandemic and its latest accounts show the benefits of taking that road.

Co-founded by an Irish man and based in Shannon, Airborne Capital has $2 billion under management and is being sued by a low fares challenger in the Canadian market, after a long dispute over unmet payments and plane seizures.