Barry J Whyte
Chief Feature Writer @whytebarry Barry J Whyte is the Chief Feature Writer at the Business PostCoinbase’s Irish staff in line for $45m of share options
Cryptocurrency exchange will go public on Nasdaq next week after the US firm’s Irish arm granted 105,510 share options to staff in recent years
LA firm increases Kingspan stake despite negative Grenfell publicity
Capital Group’s holding now stands at 5.32 per cent, worth more than €707 million at the current share price
Kingspan chief ‘drove’ lobbying against combustible cladding ban after Grenfell tragedy
Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died hears company did its ‘best to ensure that science was secretly perverted for financial gain’
ICG executives benefit from €3.5m in share-based payments
Last week, executives at Irish Ferries’ parent company sold shares vested to them in a 2018 incentive scheme
Pornhub, Ireland and the spectre of image-based abuse
The porn giant MindGeek has routed €1.5 billion of profit through its Dublin subsidiary since 2015. But now it’s the target of a huge US and Canadian crackdown on illegal content hosted by its flagship site Pornhub. Could a similar investigation happen here?
Central Bank contacts Gardaí over Davy probe
The move is likely to heap even more pressure on the beleaguered stockbroking firm
Five Guys’ auditors say pandemic has resulted in ‘material uncertainty’ for chain
Grant Thornton says fast food outlet’s accounts show loss of €505,645 in the year to March 2020, with accumulated losses at €2 million
Glanbia executives enjoy €7.5m share award windfall
Awards come as investment firms bet against the company’s shares in a series of risky short trades
Nephin Whiskey founder in legal move as boardroom row rages on
Mark Quick left Nephin in February after being in dispute with co-founders Paul and Jude Davis over the direction the company was taking
A case apart: Paul Tweed interviewed
From humble beginnings, Belfast native Paul Tweed has built up one of the most lucrative defamation law practices in the world. Now he’s setting his sights on social media giants like Twitter and Facebook
The Sunday Interview: John Quinn, global brand ambassador for Tullamore Dew and head of the Irish Whiskey Association
John Quinn aims for a future where Irish whiskey will be as much a universal byword for quality as French wine
AerCap ready to take advantage of ‘structural shift’ in aviation
The world’s biggest aircraft leasing company believes carriers is more likely to lease planes as they slim down after the pandemic
Setanta boosts stake in Ires Reit with €8m share purchase
Investment firm controls about 9 per cent of stock in Ires Reit, the state’s biggest landlord
‘People did things that they probably wouldn’t, shouldn’t and couldn’t have done’
Former Davy employees describe a ferociously greedy company culture, as the stockbroker scrambles to assuage the doubts of its corporate clients
Pressure on new Davy chief over firm’s misleading of Central Bank
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty calls for a wider inquiry into the embattled stockbroker, while the company could lose €100 million in value as a firesale is launched in the wake of the scandal
Is the sport of kings heading for a fall?
Disturbing photos of top trainer Gordon Elliott posing on a dead horse have shone an unsympathetic spotlight on a sport that has a number of skeletons in its closet
Healthy €300k bounce in Hairy Baby revenue during lockdown
The novelty T-shirt company benefited from the flight to online shopping at the height of the pandemic
Spanish hedge fund spends £7m to boost stake in Tullow Oil
Tullow’s shares have nearly doubled in value since start of year as it seeks to reduce its $2.4 billion debt
CityLink bids for GoBus on behalf of transport giant
CityLink parent company ComfortDelGro operates in Britain, Australia, Singapore and elsewhere as well as Ireland
Complaint against Boohoo in US over ‘forced labour’ allegations
The US Customs and Border Protection agency is considering a complaint made by a charity against the fast-fashion company