The president’s reach for government stakes in private companies has business leaders scrambling, write Maggie Severns, Gavin Bade, Josh Dawsey and Meridith McGraw, The Wall Street Journal.
For the past 30 years, McEvoy has placed the right talent in Ireland's best businesses. He speaks to the importance of cultural fit, AI, and recalls when a little-known U2 opened for his college band.
One Health Record, which is set to replace hundreds of legacy systems, is the largest technology project in the history of the State. Does the health service have the capacity to control its cost?
Two of Ireland's best-known entrepreneurs, Barry English and Tommy Kelly, are embroiled in a complex dispute with the operating company they hired to run their private jet.
Founded in 1981, Chemical Solutions Group has just bought Resource Chemicals. The deal will push the company's revenues towards €130m, but CEO Kevin Quinn explains why this is only the start.
Stanley Black & Decker says fewer buyers want the Connecticut plant’s single-sided tape measures, preferring double-sided ones made abroad, writes John Keilman, The Wall Street Journal.
World-class equine yards and riders are backing Irish start-up TrojanTrack. As it seeks to close a seed round, its founder biomedical engineer Stephen O’Dwyer explains how it is targeting a global market.
Hopes that Intrade might make a fortune for its founders and investors were hit by a hostile regulatory climate in the US. That did not deter its CEO John Delaney, who dreamed big after leaving his small Laois village.
3 a.m. tests and culture clashes: The automaker brought together Silicon Valley techies and industry misfits in a quest to beat China at EVs, writes Sharon Terlep, The Wall Street Journal.
Despite a successful, on budget project launch in 2023, eyeballs on the sport-and-recreation platform are way below target. Lack of promotion and a delayed app launch have compounded concerns. The project remains a "high risk" to the agency as post-launch spending continues.
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