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.
Former rugby international Peter Clohessy has been given a six-month window to save the family home from being sold by bankruptcy officials.
Glanbia built an empire by transforming the by-products of cheese into high-tech sports and dieting foods, then saw the whole edifice wobble. As the pandemic decimates its profits, the humble cheddar is back to prop up the group.
At the height of the crash ten years ago, Ian Kehoe took four of the country’s most prominent liquidators to lunch. A decade later, they agreed to come together once again to talk about the current crisis and to offer their outlook on the sectors worst impacted.
After blocking an examinership of the business last December, the majority shareholder in Broderick’s is carrying out a review that could lead to the sale of some or all of it.
Having transitioned from greeting cards to digital credit cards, growth has surged at Kealan Lennon’s CleverCards. And this is just the start, with Lennon now aiming to close two funding rounds this year.
Mairead Mackle left a career in podiatry over 25 years ago to set up a business that focused on providing home care and housing services. She discusses the expansion of Homecare Independent Living, the impact of the pandemic and her commitment to empowering women in the workplace.
Having piloted CityJet through examinership, founder Pat Byrne believes the airline's model will benefit in a post-Covid recovery – but he is a scathing critic of the state's handling of Covid-19.
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