Trade secrets and non-competes: Inside Zagg’s failed legal pursuit of an Irish employee

The iconic Dublin cafe faces closure once more, hit by Covid-19 restrictions and a rent dispute – just one of the many costs associated with its historic building on Ireland's most expensive street.

Pay cuts and slashed bonuses are the order of the day at Ireland's blue-chip law firms. But so is resilience. They survived the last recession. Now they are preparing to weather the uncertain times ahead.

As the online short-term letting company lays off a quarter of its workforce, we examine what is known of its Irish-headquartered $2.4 billion international operations.

From its ivy-covered Georgian headquarters on Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Square, Ardstone Capital runs a low-profile international property empire. However, its peace has been shattered by a legal dispute with a former investment manager who claims he was cut out of a profit share.

Filmed in South Africa before the virus reached Ireland, it shows Johnny Ronan joking about being quarantined in front of a Corona beer stand. Apologising, the developer said it was never intended for public view and he was unaware of the full impact of the virus at the time.

With no prize money handed out and betting shops closed, Covid-19 is taking its toll on racehorse owners, whose costs have remained high. A cascade of bloodstock sales trickling down all the way to breeders is now under threat.

In AerCap's Q1 earnings yesterday, the company announced it had cut capital expenditure to the bone. The market rewarded it with a 18 per cent bump in the share price. What does the reaction say about global aviation trends?

Thousands of locked-down local businesses will need finance to prime the pump when they re-open, and recent changes in regulations allow credit unions to lend more to them. These community lenders have cash to lend and may distribute Covid-19 government-sponsored credit.

Stephanie Meadow is one of the world’s top female golfers. But she is also something of an entrepreneur – negotiating her own deals, managing her own marketing, and acting as her own agent. What has she learned from business, and what can business learn from her?

Owning a gallery can be a financially unstable career. The more art you sell, the more successful you are. However, people only buy art when they have extra cash in their pockets to spend. Olivier Cornet is looking at ways to keep his gallery going during a downturn.