In financial terms, Auckland is estimated to have lost NZ$145m (€87m) hosting the 2021 America’s Cup because of Covid. But Auckland native and former Munster rugby star Doug Howlett says the number does not tell the real story and argues the financial and cultural benefits would be immense if Cork is named as the next host city.
The co-founders of Siteserv, Brian Harvey and Niall McFadden, agreed on a deal to obtain 15% of the business following its forced sale. Neither its banker IBRC nor its advisors knew about the arrangement.
Averil Power's path to CEO of the Irish Cancer Society wasn't a direct one, but when her life in politics fell apart in 2011, she was advised not to undersell herself.
German political power is splintering as the country prepares for a post Angela Merkel world and, two weeks ahead of the federal election, the situation is volatile.
The company’s technology has been used in campaigns for Barbie, Audi and the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End movie. But facing mounting losses and the exit of a key client, Emuse is collapsing into liquidation.
Dublin company M-Birr built a huge mobile money business in Ethiopia and secured a string of major shareholders. However, it has now collapsed and is currently up for sale. This is the story of what went wrong for the Irish company.
You might think shutting down sites for much of 2020 would have impacted general contractors’ financials. Thanks to its flexible business model, Walls barely missed a step.
Riding the data centre boom, the border business E&I Engineering has just been acquired by US tech multinational Vertiv. How did it achieve unicorn status, and who are the shareholders behind Cyprus holding companies set to reap the benefits?
Some of the world’s biggest investors believe 21-year-old Shane Curran can disrupt how the world manages data privacy. Economist Stephen Kinsella has just launched a new and radically different computer science course. Here, they discuss everything from education to entrepreneurship.
Business customers have been told in recent weeks to download AIB’s authenticator app in order to comply with strong customer authentication rules making online shopping more secure. But it is not working for all of them.
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