The deal presented as a routine private equity capital raise by the Tipperary agtech company late last year was anything but. There are big names – and big plans – involved.
Between 2015 and 2022, market rents increased by almost 75%, while in the same period, rents for sitting tenants increased by just 19%. And based on my analysis, Ireland is missing between 200,000 and 250,000 rental homes.
The lineout will be a key battle in the tactical war at the Aviva. Ireland will have a plan to restrict France's attacking ambitions.
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.
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