Wellman’s new owner is plotting a rebound for the recycling business

The fitness tech company’s closure of its Irish subsidiary ends a brief presence in Ireland. It last had just over a dozen staff three years ago but had once been tipped to be much bigger.

Albert Manifold was an industry outsider tapped to oversee a turnaround at BP after years of upheaval. Now his abrupt departure has the major oil company facing a fresh bout of turmoil, write Matthew Dalton, Adam Whittaker and Ben Dummett, The Wall Street Journal.

Multinational Macquarie Group, Canadian financial investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and even the men who began developing the offshore wind farm in 2002, stand to lose tens of millions from the failure.

In 2020, the French-owned Emera Group bought a majority stake in nursing home operator Virtue. Now the founders of the €150m business claim they are being oppressed by the private equity-backed investor.

The metropolis is the country’s call-center capital—for now. Artificial Intelligence is piling on offshoring losses, decimating careers that were once a sure path to the middle class., writes Konrad Putzier, The Wall Street Journal.

Decades of neglect have left many regional courts in disrepair, impacting access to justice and sparking fears of "legal deserts". As practitioners campaign to save them, the Courts Service is trying to balance preservation with consolidation of its estate.

The Dublin firm, which channels investor funds into residential property development, posted healthy returns in the first full year following the retirement of one of its co-founders.

Dublin City Council’s refusal to grant planning permission for the 463-bed tourist hostel in the city centre has now been overturned on appeal by a property vehicle owned by the waste magnate.

They face cuts to entry-level jobs. They’re also highly sought after for their AI skills write Allison Pohle and Roshan Fernandez, The Wall Street Journal.

Patrick Good, head of wealth planning at Quilter Cheviot Europe, says longer retirements, volatile markets and fast-growing wealth outside Dublin are forcing investors to rethink how they structure and pass on assets.