The Beacon Hospital's chief executive remains at the centre of the controversy surrounding the allocation of vaccines to his children's school. This is just the latest twist in the rollercoaster history linking Michael Cullen and the private healthcare provider.
Exergyn is developing a potentially game-changing technology. However, with a potential sale to a US corporation being discussed, there is tension between some investors in the company and some voting shareholders who control it.
After recently raising $500 million and buying another firm for $1 billion, US company Diligent is driving into Europe. And Galway is central to the expansion strategy. Former baseball star Liam Healy talks expansion, strategy and corporate scandals.
With Davy's €12 billion of client assets up for grabs, wealth managers' valuations are up for discussion. Brewin Dolphin's latest accounts show exactly what it got when it paid €44 million for Investec's wealth management business in late 2019.
From a youthful stint in the South Pacific to corporate America, via one of the biggest trading floors in the City of London, Helen Doody tells how she’s been changed by a career in finance.
Suzanne Moloney decided to hang up her apron as a professional baker in 2018 to focus on her medtech start-up HidraMed Solutions, which creates wound dressings for a rare skin condition. Having landed a number of major deals, it is now raising €1.5m to fuel international growth.
The Cork-based printer Webprint is taking over INM's Citywest newspaper press. Having come back from the brink, its founder Donagh O’Doherty believes scale and access to Dublin will ensure Webprint's longevity in a declining industry.
Alan Connell has worked on deals for the Glazer family and Robbie Williams. Recently appointed managing partner of Eversheds Sutherland in Ireland, he talks about tax regimes, the economic outlook and the influx of international law firms.
Deirdre McGettrick thought her past life working in banking would eventually lead her to a CFO or CEO role, but she never expected to create her own business. Her love of interior design made her re-think this career path and she now runs the UK’s largest home furnishing and comparison website, Ufurnish.com.
Asendia, a joint venture with La Poste in France and Swiss Post, already held a significant stake in eShopWorld. Tommy Kelly founded the Irish ecommerce firm in 2010, and following the deal, he will become one of the richest people in the country.
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