The former CEO of Mainstream Renewable Capital Jim McGinnis was brought in to raise $300 million in equity funding. Two years later he had left the company and was being sued over an unpaid six-figure loan from his employer, a sum he claims is due to him in bonus payments.
Based on a detailed analysis of earnings, debt, reinvestment, industry and operational risk, this is The Currency's valuation of 50 of the most valuable privately-owned companies in Ireland.
When Giselle Makinde left Brazil, she knew she would find work anywhere as a trained chef. However, she didn’t expect to own an Irish business turning surplus ingredients into high-end ice cream.
Continuing from last week: an analysis of 50 of the most valuable private companies in Ireland, based on their business and industry fundamentals. Who comes out on top of the list?
Eight years after he sold Betdaq to Ladbrokes, the financier is again circling the betting exchange he founded in 2000.
It's naive to assume Irish women's rugby has hit rock bottom with losses to Spain and Scotland. The way the IRFU are handling it, things can always get worse.
In this podcast, Colm Tóibín talks to Dion Fanning about anxiety and the pandemic, the precision of a novelist and why Michael D Higgins couldn't attend a partition commemoration.
Conor McGregor is eyeing up his third pub but this time it looks like Dún Laoghaire, not Dublin 12. The world’s highest-paid athlete continues to build his business interests.
Continuing from yesterday: an analysis of 50 of the most valuable private companies in Ireland, based on their business and industry fundamentals.
Lobby groups have campaigned for a universal basic income for years. Now, it looks like a pilot programme will be announced in this year’s Budget. Arts workers are the obvious choice to trial it over the next three years, but some elements of the anticipated pilot still need to be ironed out.
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