QuinnBet was founded three years ago by the family of Sean Quinn, the industrialist who once ranked as Ireland’s richest man. Turnover and profits are growing in the online venture and it now has a UK gambling licence, according to its chief executive.
John McCarthy is a veteran meat trader and property investor whose firm Emerald Meats won a €2.5 million damages payout against the government over beef import quotas. Having built up a multi-million business empire since the 1980s, the 63-year-old is now facing eviction from his Ballsbridge home.
Kerry-born designer Don O’Neill may have enjoyed the “Meghan effect” but it wasn’t enough to save his job in light of Covid-19. From his brownstone in New York, he talks about burn out, the vagaries of fashion and why he won't start from scratch again.
Bellingcat describes itself as an intelligence agency for the people. Its founder Eliot Higgins has delved into the darkest stories of our times from chemical warfare in Syria to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. But in the age of disinformation, the truth is even harder to find.
The modern game is about adapting to the opposition, to the laws, to the ref, to the weather, to injuries, to who's in form, and, above all, to have belief in, and a collective understanding of, what sort of team you want to be.
The pubs that challenged FBD's stance on Covid-related business interruption cover were vindicated by the High Court. Now there is the tricky business of assessing losses, particularly around two big sticking points: partial pub closures and legal costs.
The family-owned Gowan Group distributes cars, invests in property and the stock market and has a massive kitchen and domestic appliances business. It has just posted results and provided commentary on Covid-19.
Michael Cosgrave is one of Ireland’s most successful developers. Kevin Flynn leads one of the country’s most successful contracting businesses. Michael O’Shea runs a local construction company in Cork. All are concerned about the impact of the lockdown on the sector.
Bauer Media is making a bold bet that it can make much more from Irish radio than Communicorp has so far been able to. To justify the price it has paid, it's going to have to triple the company's profits.
As businessman Denis O’Brien exits the Irish media sector he hits out at Sinn Féin, the HSE, and social media trolls. He also says Dublin is a “Zanussi washing machine” for multinational profits.
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