“Ultimately, number one, it’s about creating a unified brand, one Waystone”

FBD has postponed its AGM, at which a €35 million dividend was to be confirmed. It is also under increasing pressure over its hard-line stance on business interruption cover. Just what is going on within the Irish owned insurer?

From an alleged vendetta to "little Hitler syndrome", the stakes get higher as the lawyers move in. Trainers make claims of heavy-handed tactics during anti-doping inspections and the Turf Club's security chief files for defamation.

Having battled creditors for years, Digicel is close to securing a deal which will cut its debts to a sustainable level. O’Brien’s control of the company looks much more secure. And it only cost him $50 million.

The collapse of the tourism market has impacted business and revenues at CarTrawler. Now, the company’s debt is being traded on the grey market among private equity players.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of the state’s finances, tendering to build and run the capital’s first underground rail system is ramping up.

Dermot Desmond-backed Mountain Province pursued a dream to build one of the world's biggest diamond mines deep in the Canadian tundra. Once valued at €950m, Mountain Province is worth €52m and its bonds are trading at a discount to face value. Just what has happened? And what happens next?

A new EU directive to promote audiovisual production across Europe could boost demand for Irish screen works and allow Ireland to levy €40 million for the industry – but built-in requirements to regulate online harmful content risk capturing the attention of media authorities here instead.

Mitchell's & Butler's, the UK pub group backed by John Magnier and JP McManus, has shut down its entire business as a result of Covid-19 with 99 per cent of staff are on furlough. The problem is interest on debts secured against its pub portfolio.

He started an anti-doping fight in Irish horse racing and ended up standing in the crosshairs. Six years on, Chris Gordon of the Turf Club has triumphed after a hard-won legal battle. In the first of a three-part series, The Currency looks at how a bruising rift engulfed the top echelons of the sport.

Liam Booth, the managing director of Investec Corporate Finance, has been at the coalface of Irish business for 35 years. He says business has come to a shuddering halt, but that the crisis also presents merger, acquisition and partnership opportunities for well run, liquid businesses.