Pulling together a “fragmented picture”: New EU rules mandate State to publish data centres’ resource use

In a new series, The Currency investigates the structures and tactics used by technology multinationals in Ireland. We are mapping their footprints, following the money trail and unlocking the trends. We begin by tracing Google’s network of 24 companies here – from revenues to dividends.

250 insurers have left the Irish market in the last six years – 117 in the last two. Liberty's announcement fits into the narrative of a contracting market. Small businesses are among the hardest hit.

Some 16 months after being installed by the High Court, inspectors are preparing to move to Phase Two of the investigation into an alleged significant data breach at the media publisher.

The ban on The Currency's writers has been “lifted” but The Irish Times remains silenced. Michael McDowell, the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, says it raises questions about the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

As managing partner of Mason Hayes & Curran, Declan Black heads a law firm with 90 partners and 500 staff. He talks about his rise to the top, the future of the profession and when to tell a client if they need to fight or settle.

An Irish businessman challenged an assessment by the Revenue Commissioners on a hefty pension distribution, claiming that he was living in Malta and had no home available to him in Ireland.

The establishment of the Court of Appeal liberated Ireland's highest court from the burden of workaday appeals. The result has been quietly transformative.

James Whelton found fame founding CoderDojo. But just what did the wunderkind do next? In this candid interview, he talks about ADHD, taking Ritalin and how he can measure his life in burnouts.

Chopped CEO Brian Lee has a background in carpentry but describes himself as also being a “Wheeler-Deeler” of his age. He is now the co-founder and CEO of healthy fast-food chain Chopped. His aim is to have Chopped on the same street as every McDonalds.

He has brokered some of Ireland's biggest deals, steered Goodbody through the financial crisis and faced scrutiny by the highest authorities. Roy Barrett now chairs the beleaguered Football Association of Ireland – is he up to the task?