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

An Irish building firm has been accused in court of digitally manipulating photos of a construction job to "hoodwink" an investor, claims it has denied. The case spans from Monaco to Cyrpus to Waterford.

Five United Irish Racecourses (UIR) tracks did not sign up to Horse Racing Ireland's new €47m-a-year media rights deal. Given their survival largely hinges on media rights money, why are they going solo?

In the last few months yields have reached a three-decade high. While the sale segment finds some semblance of balance, the rental segment continues to struggle.

In the face of overwhelming opposition, it helps to have a motto and a show of defiance. That was a key theme of from teh story of Michael Dwyer, the founder of Pigsback.com.

After selling Pigsback.com for a reported €25m in 2019, Michael Dwyer has written From the Arena, a book based on his journals of 20 years in business. In this extract, he describes how, in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, his business adopted the defiant motto of the Spartans.

In this mini-series, I’m exploring the key themes of six books with their authors to better understand our emerging economy, particularly innovation and the intersection of business and geopolitics. Think of it as a podcast meets book club. This is how it works.

Aaron Stark says that it’s a book about watches, but it’s really a book about innovation, long-term thinking, and industrial policy. This is the book that you never knew you needed to read.

Bogged down by high fees and intra-group loans, an ambitious divestment scheme will see troubled Solar 21 trying to stave off a fire sale of its assets. But first it needs thousands of ordinary Irish investors to accept steep losses on their loan notes.

Thrust into a managing director role as a teenager, Jacqueline O'Donovan has bucked every trend in the waste sector. After selling her family's multi-million pound company to a Swedish giant, she's got an open road and many plans.

Data shows how the Iref regime has evolved over time. It shows how big the Iref system has become, what it’s being used for and where, how much income is being made from Irefs, and what the government is making from the schemes.