Investors led by France’s sovereign wealth fund are taking control of the debt-ridden French care multinational. Their input into an ongoing restructuring plan remains to be seen, as does its impact on Orpea’s 1,500 Irish residents.
The private bank says it has increased its assets under management by 5X since entering Ireland a decade ago. With growth set to continue, it is increasing headcount and moving to a prestigious new office, says managing director Keith Ryan.
Brian McGovern had chalked up one “success” and one “failure” as a founder and went back to pen and paper to figure out his next move with his brother and business partner. The result is The Baby Academy, which has just registered its one-millionth user.
Unfortunately, we are at the peak of the construction cycle. While almost 30,000 homes were completed last year, just 22,300 were started – down from 25,400 in 2021. Meanwhile, the number of properties granted planning permission has fallen.
The creditors of Boxer Logistics, including Revenue officials pursuing wage subsidy payments, are suspended to efforts by the company’s liquidators to track down its former owners through the courts after they left the country.
An electronics recycling firm with €20m in EU and private funding is locked in a patent battle with the University of Limerick. Peregrine has received letters allegedly implying it has infringed intellectual property. Now it's fighting back.
Finbourne, led by Irish former bankers Thomas McHugh and Dermot Shortt, has just secured £30m of debt funding to support its expansion. What next for the fast-growing financial technology business?
Alan Esslemont is at the helm of TG4’s ambition to build status for the Irish language and halt Ireland’s transition to a monolingual state. A Scottish national, he is a determined figure and his big idea is already coming to fruition.
The fear in the newspaper industry is that the retail model will eventually break down, and they will run out of retailers even before they run out of print readers.
If a state of high dudgeon can be reached in the current circumstances, how will the political parties cope when high-grade manure drops from the sky without warning as inevitably it will?
© 2025 Currency Media Limited
