The “golden visa” scheme is gone but the Irish Diaspora Loan Fund is raising again

Since the crisis began, the Revenue Commissioners have halted audit work, allowed firms to warehouse debt and rolled out the state’s wage subsidy scheme. In an exclusive interview, its chairman Niall Cody talks about Covid-19, multinational tax structures and the Revenue’s battle against tax avoidance.

Ireland's second-largest hotel chain Tifco is embroiled in a High Court dispute with Mullingar developers Jim and Stephen Bennett over a 2014 deal on the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk.

Cancer researcher Dr Declan Soden is on a mission to improve outcomes for cancer patients. His company Mirai Medical has already make a number of breakthroughs and is now raising €2.5m to help take the company to the next level.

Faced with bankruptcy, architect Jerry Ryan sought to “salt away” money in a share transfer arrangement with millionaire businessman Barry English. Now the trustee is making a claim on behalf of his creditors.

Six months on from a previous interview, Anne Harris returns to Brown Thomas to meet the store’s fashion director in a different world. Between a crash course in digital marketing and cancelled catwalk shows, Shelly Corkery remains resolutely optimistic for her industry.

An Irish subsidiary of professional software multinational Cadence recently disclosed new balance sheet data in routine filings associated with a merger. They showed its assets had just jumped by $4.7 billion.

Having exhausted their initial timelines, many vulture funds were increasingly eager to exit the Irish market through secondary sales, possible flotations and repossessions. Covid-19 has dented their plans and they may now prepare for the long haul.

Controlled by Niall McGarry, Maximum Media has seen its Irish and UK units collapse into insolvency proceedings. Now, a London listed publisher looks set to rescue the business.

Conor Sheahan has been an accountant, a financier, a CFO, a turnaround specialist, a CEO, an investor, a debt restructurer, and a class-action negotiator. The only shame is that David Gray turned down his offer to finance White Ladder. This is his story.

Covid-19 has smashed transport companies, and social distancing will make many of them non-viable. Governments have rushed to the aid of a small number of favoured companies. Could the end result be a re-nationalisation of the transport industry?