Designing Alfrank 3.0: “The last 40 years must count for something”

Online payments company Stripe was reported to be actively looking at additional office space in Dublin prior to Covid-19. Its co-founder Patrick Collison says that the crisis will change behaviour – both for companies and for workers.

Jim O'Callaghan entered politics later in life than some and has become a key figure in Fianna Fáil, despite being surprisingly left out of Cabinet for this government. He talks to Sam Smyth about his leadership aspirations, golfgate and why he wouldn't be opposed to going into government with Sinn Féin.

Backed by the Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund Isif, the Irish Infrastructure Fund has spent heavily buying up Irish assets. However, Isif has now raised concerns following a sexual harassment controversy at AMP Capital, the fund’s infrastructure manager.

Rapt Touch hoped to crack the multi-billion-euro touch-screen technology market but found things hard-going. Its biggest backer, Dermot Desmond, has now appointed a receiver to two firms behind it.

When Covid-19 hit Ireland, Arderin Distillers swapped gin production for hand gel. The Tipperary business alleges it relied on Revenue assurances, subsequently withdrawn, that it would not be liable for alcohol duty on a health product.

Lawyers are split on whether the former attorney general should resign for attending the Oireachtas golf dinner. In a scandal that has scalped a minister and an EU commissioner, will Woulfe be the last man standing?

It had once planned to become a nationwide player in Irish healthcare. But after retrenching during the economic bust, and dipping a toe in Dubai, Charter Medical is now back expanding as it moves to acquire a private hospital in the midlands.

The period cut-stone building occupied by the bookseller in Galway’s central shopping district remained closed for 11 weeks during the Covid-19 lockdown. Its landlord, a French investment firm with a growing presence in Ireland, is now taking Eason to court just six months after completing a buy-and-leaseback deal.

Flutter's first-half earnings, released today, show the company benefited on net from the shutdown – despite the pause in sports betting. The reason? An unexpected strong hand at online poker.

Hotelier Liam Griffin has built a business that has survived many crises before this pandemic. In this interview, he talks about coming through the 2008 financial crash, branching into the UK and sacrificing his love of sport to pursue a career in hospitality.