Arts department yet to carry out five-year reviews of agencies as required since 2016 under governance rules

In 2018, recent graduate Niamh Tallon started a website to write about women’s sports. Little did she know that her hobby would turn into one of Ireland’s fastest-growing sports media brands. She talks about monetising her platform and where Her Sport is headed.

Having run the largest division of the world’s biggest telecoms giant, Ronan Dunne is transitioning to the next phase of his career with both Verizon and the Six Nations. He talks to the economist Stephen Kinsella about globalisation, labour’s moment in the sun, and resetting capitalism.

Led by Fyffes scion Chris McCann, XS Direct wrote €117m of premiums in 2020. However, it has struggled in recent years, resulting in a hefty 2020 loss and a recent redundancy programme. It has now ceasing renewals for both direct customers and brokers in Ireland.

The Dublin vehicle established by Cerberus to digest property-backed debt with a face value of £1.4 billion in Northern Ireland has come to the end of its life, revealing how much profit the US vulture fund has drawn from the deal.

Grant Thornton managing partner Michael McAteer believes the surge in dealmaking will continue, although he expects many smaller businesses to fold when the state supports end. He also talks about the impact of the pandemic upon society, businesses, and the workplace.

The new suit against tech entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit, filed two days before Christmas, is a spin-off from Daire Hickey’s minority shareholder oppression claim.

Multi-award winning Dublin architect practice O'Donnell + Tuomey recently scooped top honours with an RIAI Gold prize for the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. Co-founder John Tuomey speaks to The Currency about design, collaboration and how architecture can foster community.

18 year-old Greg Tarr’s ambition for Inferex takes a while to understand. He’s trying to build nothing less than the Microsoft Windows of the machine learning industry.

MIT lecturer and entrepreneur Jonathan Ruane takes an inside look at the world of extreme climbing and the business lessons we can all draw inspiration from.

The period just after Christmas is the busiest time of the year for recruiters, with people using the holiday period to revaluate their careers. But before you hand in your notice, there are a few things you should consider first.