AI, the medical profession and the prestige revolution

The Data Protection Commission has recently handed down over €1bn in fines against Meta-owned companies for privacy breaches under GDPR. The latest against messaging service WhatsApp is a drop in the ocean by comparison at €5.5 million. Yet it too is now subject to legal challenge.

Simon Coveney has just returned from the US, where he met 14 tech multinationals. In an in-depth interview, the enterprise minister argues against the negative narrative enveloping the tech sector and also reveals the issues that US executives raised.

Michael Halford has trained horses for the Aga Khan and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. However, his operating company is now in liquidation and documents reveal how much debt it has left behind – and to whom it is owed.

Buymie’s CEO Devan Hughes told stakeholders his board considered the deal to be in the best interest of staff and trade creditors. Investors have injected an estimated €18m into the business.

People with Parkinson's disease can face speech difficulties and long waiting lists to be seen by specialists. Teleatherapy, a Medtech app founded by Clare Meskill, has just raised €700,000 to build out at-home care for patients and clinicians.

Investors who lost money in the Belfry Funds decades ago are in many cases still waiting to find out if they are due compensation. Some are facing more delay after AIB admitted that it is struggling to locate some of their documents.

By focusing on the heavy equipment niche, the Claregalway battery technology start-up has convinced investors to back its plans for a fully-fledged factory. The sums at stake had remained secret – until now.

Musgrave has withdrawn its petition for a creditor-led examinership of the Lanney family's SuperValu business in Ardee, Co Louth, and both sides have agreed to the appointment of a receiver.

Beyondbmi, a weight management platform led by Harriet Treacy and Peter Lumley, has just raised funds from a host of well-known investors. However, less than two years ago, they were on the cusp of calling it quits. Treacy explains how a pivot changed everything.

Business disputes end up in court less frequently, but this does not mean lawyers are less busy. From Central Bank or Data Protection investigations to mediation and arbitration, alternatives to formal litigation have grown into a major part of law firms' work.