The “golden visa” scheme is gone but the Irish Diaspora Loan Fund is raising again

Ramona Nicholas and her husband Canice wanted to build an international chain of 100 pharmacies. Instead, confidential documents reveal the true scale of the company’s financial woes, including a history of losses, debt, and creditor default. Can it now be saved?

For the past three years, many US tech multinationals have been paying their shareholders more money than they earn. The difference came from Ireland, thanks to tax incentives devised by the Trump administration. That cash is now running out.

For global recruitment giant Heidricks & Struggles, Ireland represented a corporate opportunity - and since entering here in 2018, it has grown both market share and its client base. Managing partner Stafford Bagot says the disruption is just starting.

Aidan Connolly is chief executive of the Dublin agtech company Cainthus and president of AgriTech Capital. He talks to Ian Kehoe about why the food industry's fast adoption of artificial intelligence will help it through the Covid-19 crisis.

Led by the television personality Ramona Nicholas and her husband Canice, the Cara Pharmacy Group expanded nationwide. Now insolvent, financier DunPort is calling in an examiner to help save the business. So, where did it all begin to go wrong?

Dairy food manufacturer Glenisk is expanding to double production. From a site with no electricity, Vincent Cleary has grown the family business to the forefront of Ireland’s organic industry – despite the disdain he says he has faced from official Ireland.

Out of Nama, property developer Paddy Kelly has made a rare public appearance. He talks vulture funds, anti-repossession activists and how the diaspora can help the recovery. He also reveals his involvement in restoring two castles in Co Roscommon.

Before he co-founded Merrion Stockbrokers, Rory Gillen reported to Eamon Rothwell and worked for Dermot Desmond at NCB. Now, as head of GillenMarkets, he manages €260m. In a candid interview, he talks about his career, bank stocks, gold and the need for more regulation.

The investment pact was to deliver 20 primary care centres for €95 million with the financial backing of London-based ESO Capital. The deal soured but who is at fault?

As the entertainment industry remains frozen by Covid-19 restrictions, Deutsche Entertainment enters the all-Ireland gig market with three experienced local partners.