The Comer brothers bought a complex with more than 200 rental apartments out of administration. Now the local authority says it was built in violation of its planning permission.
Tax warehousing was introduced to help businesses struggling with cash flow during Covid-19. But an unforeseen repercussion of the scheme means the Revenue Commissioners may get burnt. A lawyer looks at the implications of an examinership.
Family businesses employ twice as many people as FDI and the state sector combined, yet they are a disparate group. John McGrane, Director General of the Family Business Network, is grafting hard to make the sector's voice louder and more political.
High steel prices and demand for green standards have pushed developer Newpark Real Estate to switch to timber frames for its latest industrial buildings. Its financial backer Bain Capital supports the move.
The regulator of housing charities has decided to send inspectors with extensive investigative powers into the nationwide homelessness organisation after it reported financial difficulties.
Mallinckrodt PLC is the Dublin-based headquarters of the global drugmaker that is facing a second run at insolvency proceedings in Ireland and the US. The Irish company, used as a tax and IP base for the group, is described in court filings as the "nerve centre" of the operation.
A new joint venture between First IVF and Sinead O'Sullivan's Birch is offering 50% of the cost of fertility treatment back to patients if they do not become pregnant.
Britain prevented businessman John Magnier from exporting one of its "national treasures", but Irish artworks have no protection at all . "Absolutely, things are leaving the country," says a leading auctioneer.
The Paris-listed Paragon ID manufacturer of passports, transport cards and smart retail tags is going private. The buy-out offer was launched from a low-key office suite in Sandyford.
As Rupert Murdoch steps down, there are lots of unanswered questions about his company’s plans for its Irish operation. However, his imprint on the world of media, and the Irish media, is unquestionable.
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