Lukasz Salamandra claimed his Athboy company owned millions in real estate assets. In fact, it owned nothing. The convicted fraudster is now prohibited from serving as a company director for 15 years.
The well-known luxury food hall and restaurant no longer holds the tender for the Pavilion Cafe in the People's Park in Dún Laoghaire. All its focus is now on its original Exchequer Street location.
Exchequer returns showed swings of hundreds of millions of euros between 2020 and 2021 following a dispute on emergency stamp duty rules. The exact details of the settlement reached between AbbVie and the tax authority, however, remain secret.
With Allied Imports, Robbie Scanlan has built the biggest souvenir and gift company in Ireland. Now, backed by private equity funding, he is looking for new brands to licence as he seeks to increase turnover to €30m.
Leinster's growth was once watched over by a protective IRFU but they saw the need for independent thinking and since then, the development has been spectacular.
Leo Varadkar was seen as a once in a generation politician by many who voted for when he was elected Fine Gael leader in 2017. Five years later, after a bruising general election and a series of crises, Fine Gael no longer knows what it stands for.
Liverpool will play Real Madrid in a European Cup final for a record third time in Paris. The two clubs who have won the European Cup 19 times between them but the future of football lies elsewhere.
The Currency has identified over 30 companies or business names connected with the directors of B Logistics over the past 20 years. They have one thing in common: All have failed.
The energy storage business has been growing in tandem with intermittent renewable supply. It can also offer a quick fix to insufficient network capacity – as long as it doesn’t replace necessary upgrades.
In September 2019, Frank Conway, one of the owners of the River House Hotel and the Mezz Bar and nightclub in Temple Bar, repossessed the business. At the time it was being operated by his son Nick Conway. The dispute has wound up in court.
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