Ryan McCarthy will replace Seamus Hand as managing partner of KPMG next May. He explains why he went for the role, outlines areas of growth for the firm, and talks about the changing accountancy landscape.
Fermanagh brothers Patrick and Matthew McDonagh targeted elderly homeowners in multiple states doing bogus construction jobs, raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Brian Norton founded lending start-ups Future Finance and Supply Finance in Ireland. The latter has now been wound down after being bought up by Swedish fintech group Multitude.
The move by Israel to shut its Dublin embassy comes in reaction to what Israel's foreign minister described as the Irish government's "extreme anti-Israel policies". The pro-Palestinian movement here, however, still expects tougher domestic action on economic ties to Israel.
The Monaco-based entertainer Michael Flatley and his film production company Blackbird are trying to stop receivers selling his historic Cork mansion in Castlehyde.
Dublin is the seventh-biggest tech hub in Europe when ranked by capital invested in start-ups over the ten years to 2024, although the almost $7 billion deployed here is dwarfed by London’s $100 billion-plus.
Jason O’Donovan has worked with everyone from Applegreen PLC to an Italian fintech entrepreneur. He has set up a new boutique advisory firm. This is what he wants to do.
It was always fascinating to talk to David McMurty, who passed away in recent days, as he was a brilliant man who preferred to keep a low profile. Yet, he was the most prolific Irish inventor of recent times – perhaps ever.
The Central Bank is asking the High Court to confirm a recent fine on a Waystone unit for a number of breaches of regulations tied to safeguarding investors.
In December 2023, the leading homeless charity should have celebrated its 40th anniversary in style. Instead, it waited on a €15 million State bailout. Two reports lay bare a cavalcade of governance issues and financial mismanagement that put it in the red.
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