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Investing in community pays off for award-winning accountancy firm

Ashbourne-based FAH Chartered Accountants puts time and effort into corporate and social responsibility in the Co Meath town

Prepsheets find recipe for success with costing tool for food firms

Software system works out how much each ingredient in a dish costs and identifies the allergen information

Altada liquidator alleges private investors urged company to ‘burn’ creditors owed €10m

The directors of the Cork-based tech firm were allegedly told to set up a new phoenix-type entity called ‘Altada 2’ and ‘shake-off’ unsecured creditors owed millions

Fever pitch: fans can’t get enough of Bohs, Ireland’s oldest club

The League of Ireland’s oldest club, Bohemians FC have become, arguably, its hottest brand, with fans clamouring to join and a very active presence on social issues off the pitch. But can a club be ‘too cool’, especially when they’ve not won the league in 14 years? Donal MacNamee finds out

Investing in community pays off for award-winning accountancy firm

Ashbourne-based FAH Chartered Accountants puts time and effort into corporate and social responsibility in the Co Meath town

Prepsheets find recipe for success with costing tool for food firms

Software system works out how much each ingredient in a dish costs and identifies the allergen information

Marion McKeone: This year’s St Patrick’s US visit was all about the North

The 2023 St Patrick’s visit to the White House and Capitol Hill centred on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement – and the barriers to forward movement on the Windsor framework

What next for Silicon Valley Bank and its customers?

Around 100 Irish firms had a banking relationship with the start-up-friendly bank that went bust last week – some of which had debt facilities and loans that came to tens of millions of euro

Packed schedule keeps Tánaiste on his toes, and on point

Micheál Martin spent last week in New York talking up his predecessors’ achievements and promoting the €1bn Shared Island initiative, playing down suggestions that he sees the project as a legacy of his own

Altada liquidator alleges private investors urged company to ‘burn’ creditors owed €10m

The directors of the Cork-based tech firm were allegedly told to set up a new phoenix-type entity called ‘Altada 2’ and ‘shake-off’ unsecured creditors owed millions

Post Script: Declan Kelly’s hiring spree, Ryan Tubridy’s curious app, Denis O’Brien’s maths class

A new column from the Business Post takes a look at the scenes behind the stories

Project Clover: How Ireland finds itself in an awkward position on TikTok

The Chinese-owned company is in damage-control mode, with Ireland at the centre of its efforts to assuage fears of misuse of users’ data

The Everywhere pair: how the Daniels captured Hollywood with their kung-fu sci-fi comedy-drama

Filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who created the Oscar-sweeping Everything Everywhere All At Once, are proof – in today’s creatively stalled Hollywood – that there is still room in cinema for something truly new

From running a hotel in Zanzibar to checking out business connectivity in Ireland

Isabel Lugo and Karen De Brún’s firm manages the network infrastructure that enables businesses to connect all their devices

The Big Interview

‘We offer customers a crystal ball into what’s happening’ – Barry Conlon, co-founder of supply chain firm Overhaul

Overhaul, the supply chain software company that Barry Conlon co-founded, is bringing more science to a business that was traditionally more often seen as an inexact art

Large companies able to power ahead with Hanley Energy’s end-to-end solutions

The Co Meath-based business has scaled up from a two-person company in 2009 to a global team of 650, and aims to reach €180 million in revenue this year

A Wexford bakery bets on the doughnuts to bring in the dollars

The Wexford-based business has focused solely on making doughnuts since the pandemic – a risky move that has paid off for the fourth-generation bakery

Change of direction on offshore wind farms raises investors’ fears

Energy industry experts warn that the government’s sudden policy shift will make it much harder for Ireland to meet its 2030 targets

Existential crisis: What next for the Irish stock exchange?

A number of companies have de-listed from the Irish stock exchange in recent years, for a variety of reasons – and now many fear that if Ireland can’t get IPOs of new firms, the exchange will become untenable

Biden prepares for battle with GOP over tax hikes for billionaires

A collapsed bank and contested budget will add up to a challenging week on a few fronts for Joe Biden

Marion McKeone: Ireland’s high profile at Oscars provides perfect backdrop to showcase talent

With this year’s 14 nominations surpassing all previous records, LA is awash with Irish actors, writers and directors partying and networking in equal measure. Meanwhile, plans are being finalised for St Patrick’s Day events in Washington DC and New York

Ireland’s €134bn ‘phantom exports’ could disappear at the stroke of a pen

Contract manufacturing, which results in one country reaping the tax benefits on goods produced elsewhere, has ramped up in Ireland in recent years, leading experts and economists to once again question Ireland’s true economic position

Lewis Hamilton: ‘He operates at a level above Formula 1’

The seven-time F1 world champion’s future in the cockpit may be uncertain – but regardless of the number of titles he has racked up when he retires, he’ll still have traction on the public stage