Andrew O’Shaughnessy raised €30m to fund grow at Poppulo just years after pivoting the business into an international communications software firm. Here, he explains what the company did well, what it did badly and how to go expand overseas.
As chair of the bank that seized Sean Quinn’s empire, Alan Dukes saw threats and intimidation first-hand. He recalls how the Quinn empire was lost, and speaks out at the lack of action on the attacks on QIH executives.
Competition in the toy industry has never been more intense - global toy store giant FAO Schwarz has just arrived in Dublin and an increasing number of consumers are migrating online. As Christmas approaches, just what is the state of play across the industry?
She might not like to admit it, but Bríd Horan is a corporate trailblazer – becoming Ireland’s first female actuary and rising to the top of the ESB. Now, she is campaigning for gender balance in the boardroom.
In her first month as President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde is having to fight off a coup. Other European central bankers want her to give them a greater say in how monetary policy is set. There are three reasons why Lagarde needs to win.
Irish entrepreneurs have attracted attention – and capital – in the rush to revolutionise agriculture with technology. Here are some of those who are converting ideas into solid investment, and why their backers decided to take the plunge.
Celtic Wind Crops has appointed IBI to raise €3.5 million. It sees its future in CBD, a natural remedy made from cannabis to treat common ailments. The Currency reveals how the business plans to tap into a growing market.
One of Ireland’s most bitter corporate battles has shed a light on the financial affairs of secretive tycoons. But after already spawning more than a dozen judgments, what is the battle for Blackrock Clinic actually about?
Harcourt Developments has just sold its Las Vegas site for $14m, drawing a line under its failed scheme to build eight residential towers there. The scheme collapsed in litigation in 2008. It was to cost €1.3 billion, yet was just one of many giant schemes in Las Vegas at the time.
Altada has survived insolvency and a shareholder battle. Just. There has been a great cost to the three founders, who have been wiped out in the examinership. Now, however, the Cork based tech start-up has a new champion.
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