Designing Alfrank 3.0: “The last 40 years must count for something”

Replacing call centres with home workers and a suite of customer management services and technologies is proving to be a scalable business for the Cork-based company.

Tim Grover is world-renowned for his work with elite athletes and CEOs. Shari Wenk is a sports agent and entrepreneur. Together, they have written two international best-selling books. In a joint interview, they talk about resilience and high performance.

Having stepped back his IT services giant Ergo, John Purdy has built up a portfolio of directorships and investments. He talks about the chapters in his career, the link between personal debt and business risk, and what he looks for in an investment.

As Head of Corporate Partnerships with UNICEF Ireland, it is Owen Buckley’s job to inspire companies to support emergency responses and longer-term humanitarian projects. He talks about how companies can obtain value by making a difference.

Founded by Cork brothers Dave and Ger O'Meara, Spirable was taken over in 2021 by sports tech giant Genius Sports in a deal pegged at $55m. But three years on, the vendors claim they are still owed millions in earn-out payments.

New data shows what type of companies are availing of Scarp, how they are financing rescue plans, and whether owners retain control after the restructuring process.

France is grappling with the cost-of-living crisis and facing into the Olympics but its president is forcing the electorate to make deep ideological choices. Nobody knows how this story ends.

He was once playing football in his bare feet in a Kurdish refugee camp, before making a new life in Ireland. A new documentary sees Zak Moradi, an intercounty hurler with Leitrim, return to his homeland and explore what being a refugee means.

The good performance of the German team so far has echoes of the 2006 World Cup. There are good football reasons for this, but it has yet to translate into a wider positive national feeling.

Award-winning chocolatier Gráinne Mullins is not letting rising costs slow her down. Buoyed by community support, she plans to crowdfund her way to an even brighter future and her own chocolate factory.