Employing 230 people in Cork, software firm 8 West Consulting remains low profile. Co-CEO Eamonn Franklin talks strategy, finance and rescue missions.
Photojournalist Ruth Medjber on touring with Hozier, why artists should never be too proud to take a job, the sexism she encountered in her career and why she always thinks in the language of Instagram.
Three years after raising €3.2m from a BDO fund, shareholders are in disagreement. An expert report questioning how the firm accessed Covid supports is rejected by its board.
Disputes over retail property rents continue to escalate before the courts as Level 5 restrictions bite, this time opposing Boots and Paddy McKillen’s shopping centre vehicle.
Board minutes, memos and legal filings reveal the internal rancour enveloping Swrve, an Irish software firm that raised $125m from Isif, Atlantic Bridge and others. A bitter dispute has now erupted over a deal to save the firm.
The offshoot of US private equity giant Cerberus has launched a High Court debt action against the brothers behind the upmarket Irish footwear brand.
Rather than fight, the Criminal Assets Bureau's new chief says that most of its targets simply “walk away”. Ireland's top financial cop sets out his agenda.
Four years ago, Graeme Beere sold the Irish franchise for Gourmet Burger Kitchen. Now, the Irish entrepreneur behind Abrakebabra and the Bagel Factory is in talks to buy back the business. What is the strategy behind the move?
The global online recruitment firm has been beefing up its corporate structures in Ireland. While US multinationals have rushed intangible assets here to minimise tax exposure at home, Indeed’s Tokyo-listed parent has been operating differently.
Amid mounting losses and falling market share, the company is now looking at a variety of options for its loss-making Irish subsidiary, including a formal restructuring through the appointment of an examiner.
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