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

An interim examiner has been appointed to magnesium manufacturer Premier Periclase. The company which has 94 staff owes Bord Gais around €2.5 million and says it is weeks away from insolvency due to "unexpected and extraordinary" price increases in the energy market.

Acquired by the Rennicks family in 1999, Prodieco employs 230 people and works with a host of pharmaceutical giants. In a major deal, the company has now been acquired by Agilitas.

In one fell swoop, the board and management of Glanbia Co-op want to regain full control of Ireland’s largest agribusiness, sell down its PLC shareholding and prepare for expansion into new areas. Its farmer members are voting this Friday.

BiaVest, the food investment vehicle co-founded by Hilliard Lombard and David McKernan, has just taken a majority stake in Nomadic Dairy, bringing its portfolio to four companies. Lombard, a former Valeo and Aryzta executive, talks about scaling, strategy and the future of food.

For eight years, Deloitte incentivised older partners to leave the firm and make way for younger talent. Revenue has gone all the way to the High Court to challenge tax deductions on the retirement scheme.

Keanes Jewellers is more than a family business – it is a Cork institution. And its heritage is significant for Patrick Keane, a third-generation scion of the business. He talks about the future of retail and the importance of securing the right brands.

From the global politics of climate change to the reality of Europe’s geography, Eddie O’Connor is convinced that his new business enabling long-distance electricity transport will play a crucial part in the transition to renewable energy. But he is scathing about Ireland’s ability to support such innovation.

The unsteady financial structure of National Broadband Ireland is set to undergo scrutiny in the Dáil as it continues to collect subsidies from a maximum €2.97 billion pot of taxpayers’ money.

Devin Sean Martin and Tom Lyons were also among the winners at the prestigious awards, chaired by former Penneys’ executive director Breege O’Donoghue.

It was meant to be a world-class golf links on a remote Atlantic island off Co Mayo. More than twenty years on, Bartragh Island is under new ownership but legal disputes about the investment rumble on.