Patrick Kearney was on the wrong side of the Davy bond trade, and the Belfast developer is now suing the firm and 16 former employees who benefitted from it. He has just laid out his legal case in a new 25-page statement of claim. This is what it says.
Just before lockdowns pushed shoppers online, Jenny Timony had launched her FitPink brand of athleisure wear. She’s now raising funds to expand overseas, targeting a €3m valuation for her business – all from her hometown of Donegal.
What do you do when you make €91m from the sale of your business? For Colm Lyon, the answer was to launch a start-up, and back 15 other companies. He talks about the defining moments of his journey and his fears and hopes for Irish business.
Competition authorities have just cleared ABP’s final takeover of both Linden Foods in Northern Ireland and Slaney in the Republic, which employ over 2,000 people. The northern half of this portfolio cemented growing profits as the pandemic hit.
Perrigo is locked in a row with its insurers over policy cover for disgruntled investors suing in the wake of Mylan’s failed $26 billion hostile takeover bid in November 2015. Now the battle is being played out in Dublin.
Owned by the O’Brien and Lynch families, Cork Plastics and its sister company in the UK employ 370 people and generate revenues of €100m. Both have now been acquired by Austrian giant Wienerberger for a purchase price in the region of €200m.
From butter to forklifts, companies shipping Irish-made products around the world have faced a six-fold increase in the cost of container freight and multiple transport delays since the start of the pandemic. The crisis shows no sign of immediate resolution and their margins are taking the hit.
Behind the bluster and the bravado, English football was riddled with insecurities. As they approach their first major final in 55 years, what has changed?
When the truce in the War of Independence was declared one hundred years ago this weekend, sport was the arena where many expressed their relief, even if peace was short-lived.
James Fitzgerald is a former Irish journalist who is now a senior manager with the World Anti Doping Agency's communications team. He talks about WADA, Russia and policing doping in a pandemic.
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