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From investigations to interviews to business features, here are 30 of the most-read stories of the year.
The vigour of the Irish whiskey market means there are now three auction sites to cope with all the buying and selling, where the most coveted bottles go for five-figure sums.
Czech investor Jan Barta has bought $49 million of Dole PLC shares from his personal funds. He intends to communicate with the board "regarding means to enhance shareholder value".
A deal to acquire Theya Lingerie has cratered at the final hour. The award-winning lingerie company has now run the road with Scarp and its process advisors have resigned.
In dismissing the Russian-born fighter's attempt to injunct the MMA fighter for defamation on Twitter, the court ruled "no reasonable member of society would attach any significance to these tweets".
The businesses behind the chain of Talbot hotels and the Barry Group have posted their financial results. Profits are up but as worries over the Covid-19 pandemic take a back seat, new risks of a “turbulent macroeconomic climate” are on the directors’ minds.
Following a scandal in its French home market, Orpea is battling creditors with deadlines falling in the coming months. New company information reveals how its Irish arm is facing the crisis.
In the fallout of the Davy bond scandal, Belfast developer Patrick Kearney, the man suing the broker and its former executives, has been portrayed in court as a man leveraging the scenario to make "more money".
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