Over 154 years of trading, Eason built up a valuable property portfolio in Ireland's biggest towns and cities. Now the shareholders have decided to cash in. Without its free lodgings, what does the future hold for the bookseller?
Unpaid landlords say the high street chain is sitting on a big cash pile of €15.6 million and may be using the insolvency process to write down its long-term rent debts. The outcome of today's High Court petition could set down a marker for failing businesses in the Covid era.
Karl Deeter, who has raised €1m in funding for his online mortgage and insurance solution fintech, talks to Sean Keyes about the future of mortgage applications and the doomed future of incumbent banks.
Adam Keane launched his business Altra last year to improve communication between nursing home staff and the residents' families. Now, he decided to create a new tool that would help family members connect with their relatives in nursing homes during the pandemic.
Days after the pandemic reached Ireland, Jim Barry started hatching plans to help his €250m Barry Group and its 1,500 customers navigate the crisis. He believes a deep recession is coming, but that good businesses will adapt and survive.
The case relates to a 2017 High Court finding that the solicitor had given undertakings on the same mortgage deeds to rival lenders EBS and Permanent TSB. Kean says the issue will be resolved shortly.
Marvin was profitable but its Danish parent Hungry has opted to focus on its native market after getting fresh cash from investors.
Inflazome, an Irish drugs start-up founded just four years ago, was sold this week for an upfront payment of €380 million to Roche. Chief executive Matt Cooper explains how he and co-founder Luke O’Neill pulled off one of the deals of the year.
A Court of Appeal ruling that it would be "intrinsically unfair" to expect accountancy giant PwC to bear all the risk of its €30 million legal battle with the collapsed Quinn Insurance is up for challenge.
As the battle with publicans over disputed Covid cover escalates, court documents detail inside exchanges between senior personnel at the embattled Irish insurer.
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