Amid a dearth of funding for climate-focused start-ups, Change by Degrees raised €700,000 in seed capital in the past year. Co-founder Tara Shine explains how.
Padraig Hourigan is selling his 25% stake in Independent College as part of a deal that sees the business merge with The Dublin Academy of Education. The transaction creates an education provider with revenues of more than €20 million.
Born from the ashes of Sean Quinn's business empire, the family's online gambling business QuinnBet has proved a winner. But a fight is brewing with the group's trustee over multi-million euro dividends and the rights of the next generation.
A receiver appointed following an alleged default on a €1 million loan tried to bulk-sell two redbrick houses in Phibsborough at auction. However, the solicitor-owned firm behind the properties would not facilitate access for viewings, it is claimed.
A patent dispute between Teva Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers Squibb, over a blood thinning drug, is playing out in the Irish courts.
Founded by Philip Brophy and former soccer player Robbie Creevy, PushMe is expanding into Britain. It is going after the digital coaching business and has already won blue-chip customers.
In the second part of our series, The Currency looks at the opaque nature of GAA county board finances and the key expense lines where boards could potentially take a big tax hit.
Three county boards are being audited and officials at Croke Park are close to finalising a deal with the tax authority over nationwide voluntary assessment of expenses. But how deep could the tax dive go?
Martin Dillon has led an extraordinary career in journalism. He first exposed the reality of the disappeared. He talks to Dion Fanning about Sinn Féin, bringing John Hume and Gerry Adams together, and his new book.
New data shows over half of all approved licences during this period were for items going to sectors that the State’s own guidance documents warn present a higher risk of misuse or diversion for military purposes.
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