The ride-hailing giant’s Ireland general manager Kieran Harte speaks to The Currency about the country’s taxi shortage and its pitch to government for easing the licensing regime.
Constant hiring by technology firms has just turned into a wave of job cuts. Stephen Kinsella and Thomas Hubert discuss what this means for Ireland – and what the country should do about it.
Rising construction costs brought homebuilder Blacklough to the precipice. But renegotiated contracts and the pipeline of projects under the government's Housing for All scheme could help pull it back from the edge.
Windhoist had four big contracts all due for completion in a matter of months, but with no cash and no financing available it is has run out of road.
Last July SMBC Aviation wrote off $1.6 billion as 34 of its jets were marooned in Russia with little hope of recovery. It is now following a well-beaten path to the Irish High Court to pursue its claims against its insurers.
The country is somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 rental homes short of where it needs to be. A prudent Housing Minister would be thinking about the upper end of that range, as each year sees additional unmet need.
At a briefing hosted by The Currency and Cantor Fitzgerald, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe looked forward to his new ministerial portfolio, his next term at the helm of the Eurogroup, and how Ireland can navigate this tough year.
In an unusual move the US and Japan have backed Australia's acquisition of Digicel Pacific through Telstra, to the tune of $100 million.
Multinational SSE Renewables is accused of breaching a key part of its pact to take over Green Wind Energy, the owner of a large wind farm in Co Offaly. The vendors say they are facing significant losses if the Scottish-based energy firm doesn't change course.
Having been made redundant, the former chief executive and chief business officer of Joe Media are claiming to be owed significant sums of money, and have retained a top law firm to help them recover what they claim they are owed.
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