Eamonn Carey, a top investor and serial entrepreneur, has weighed in on Enterprise Ireland's approach to investing in high potential start-ups.
Spar tycoon John Clohisey joined forces with developer Philip Byrne to acquire Clonskeagh Motors and build an apartment complex on the site. But the €3 million sale hit the ropes when the owners of the Honda car dealership decided to stay in business.
Waterwipes is the number one baby wipe sold on Amazon in the US and Europe, but the Louth-based company behind the brand has found itself in a bit of a mess as decisions go against it in Europe and Britain.
Peter Foley's at-home testing company is scaling at warp speed and became a unicorn last year. But just how did it reach such a hefty valuation so quickly, and what do we know about its underlying financial performance?
Today's sale of shares in Finance Ireland to UK investors valued the business at €255 million. The deal emphasised the strength of the non-banks relative to legacy banks.
The Irish state has a significant exposure to Swrve, an Irish software company that has raised $140m from a host of backers. However, losses continue to mount, and the company is now forecasting to run a cash deficit for the next 12 months.
As managing partner of Mazars, Tom O’Brien leads a growing firm in an industry in flux. In this interview, he talks about being a liquidator during the crash, his ambitions for Mazars and the outlook for the Irish economy.
A six-year battle between Kerry Co-op milk suppliers and Revenue has come to an end in the High Court. The right to subscribe to “patronage shares”, although a receipt of regular trade, will not inflate the farmers’ income tax bills.
Through a series of mergers and demergers in the last decade, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer became Irish. To defend itself against a Vat claim, it had to reveal the details of the scheme.
Dublin logistics software company Principal Systems Ltd is suing for more than €1 million after the companies it took over lost a major customer. Claims of negligence, breach of warranty and misrepresentation are denied.
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