The head of global agribusiness Alltech finds himself hosting the first virtual edition of his company’s popular annual industry conference. He discusses how food production can navigate “the next normal”, and why his $3 billion firm remains private even as it enters new areas of digital technology and medicine.
Mark O’Reilly’s company Fitvision provides corporate and physical wellness classes to about 10,000 people each week. The classes may have moved online as a result of Covid-19, but the former footballer believes that wellness has never been more crucial for staff.
Using a string of complex corporate transactions, an Irish subsidiary of the software giant Workday managed to pull off quite the feat: it made a $5bn gain, before making it disappear.
Gregor Greber, co-founder of Swiss investment firm Veraison, speaks exclusively to The Currency as he joins forces with disgruntled shareholders to remove all Irish directors from Aryzta’s board.
Twenty-year old Shane Curran plans to disrupt how the world manages data privacy. After giving his pitch over dinner in Chapter One, one of the world’s canniest investors believed him - and has just led a $16m funding round for Curran's young company.
Chris Kelly controls one of the country’s largest pub groups, with a string of venues in the city centre and throughout the suburbs. All are locked down and Kelly has now issued proceedings against his insurer FBD.
Loyola Group owns a string of high-profile venues including the Lep Inn and the Old Spot. It is suing FBD over disputed insurance cover.
The Government is supporting ferry companies to keep sailing despite the absence of passengers. Hauliers forced to run empty lorries on some return journeys are now asking for the same treatment while the pandemic disrupts supply chains.
In a rare interview, wealth managers Ray Tilson and Matt Minch discuss their highs and lows – from founding Tilman Asset Management 25 years ago to selling it to Brewin Dolphin. They have hit peaks, weathered storms, but remained friends.
The bakery chain is exiting Ireland amid international turbulence in its Belgian-owned parent group, but its failure is also a sign of difficulties mounting in Ireland's wider restaurant industry.
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