As he transitions from managing director to chairman of Hastings Hotels, Howard Hastings reflects about steering the business through the pandemic, the future of hospitality and the lessons he learned from his father.
Having just raised a €1.2m seed round, Irish-Australian start-up Interplay is revealing its product this week. It has 15,000 people on its waiting list as it goes live.
The HSE has refused to pay €6.6 million in costs to the Mater Hospital Group under a national emergency Covid-19 deal in 2020, claiming the private equity owners of the group are engaged in profit extraction. The Mater group is arguing that it is too late to rewrite the bargain.
Rules brought in after the Celtic Tiger improved the quality of Irish housing dramatically. So, how does the quality of Irish homes now compare to European peers?
On the basis of his word alone, a property investor tried to convince Revenue he was entitled to €750,000 in loss relief arising from a string of major property deals. It didn't go well.
Irish banks and vulture funds' instincts for debt enforcement litigation are seemingly dormant, except for one fund which may be running out of time.
Wayflyer is not Ireland's first unicorn. But the e-commerce financier achieved the status faster than any other company. Here are five things we learned from their journey, plus a recap of some of our best content over the past week.
The FAI are embarked on a process of change but they continue to attract unwelcome headlines. Maybe that doesn't matter if they can get the fundamentals right.
The Ireland head coach is shaping a new era for his team. Backing his own instincts and his players' ingenuity, he is letting go of the past.
In 2014, the Irish Credit Bureau lost the contract to run the Central Bank credit register to an Italian company. This is the story of how the business went from having an €80m valuation to shutting down.
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