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Will joining the big banks pay off for Revolut?

The fintech start-up stands to gain from the exit of KBC and Ulster Bank, but has a long way to go to become a trusted global financial services player

The Blockbuster buster: Netflix’s Reed Hastings is moving on from movies

Reed Hastings had a vision of streamed video overtaking the movie rental market years ago and, having changed the face of entertainment, he is now stepping down from his chief executive role

Marion McKeone: Republicans seeking revenge for Trump have Hunter Biden firmly in their sights

Apart from its obsession with the US president’s son, the real objective of the ‘Biden Family Investigation’ appears to be to flood Joe Biden’s administration with a deluge of harmful allegations, distract the president and sink any bid for a second term

Will joining the big banks pay off for Revolut?

The fintech start-up stands to gain from the exit of KBC and Ulster Bank, but has a long way to go to become a trusted global financial services player

Marion McKeone: Republicans seeking revenge for Trump have Hunter Biden firmly in their sights

Apart from its obsession with the US president’s son, the real objective of the ‘Biden Family Investigation’ appears to be to flood Joe Biden’s administration with a deluge of harmful allegations, distract the president and sink any bid for a second term

The Blockbuster buster: Netflix’s Reed Hastings is moving on from movies

Reed Hastings had a vision of streamed video overtaking the movie rental market years ago and, having changed the face of entertainment, he is now stepping down from his chief executive role

The Big Interview

Bernard and James Brogan on how Dublin GAA’s winning mentality inspired their business

The need to work together as a team was the inspiration for PepTalk, the employee wellness platform that Dublin footballing cousins James and Bernard Brogan founded with Michelle Fogarty

Revealed: Developers’ success in 90% of fire safety cases

The Business Post discovered that among fire safety conditions removed by An Bord Pleanála on appeal were car park sprinklers, certain smoke vents and occupancy limits

Commercial Property

Tech lay-offs and rising interest rates create chilly environment for Irish property investors

Significant write-downs in the value of Irish commercial property seem inevitable this year as markets adjust to the changed macro-economic environment

Up down under: How rugby coach Eddie Jones hopes to make a comeback with Australia

Sacked as England coach in December, Eddie Jones was facing the end of his elite rugby dream – but his reappointment as head coach of Australia puts him in pole position if the two teams face each other in the World Cup knock-out rounds

Analysis: Car-crash viewing as Elon Musk drives Tesla and Twitter into tricky territory

A lawsuit taken by investors in his car company is just one of several issues coming back to bite the billionaire entrepreneur as shares continue to plummet at the social media company he bought for $44 billion

Why George Santos, the Republicans’ latest clown, is likely to survive a season of pie-throwing

The US congressman has faced questions over his education, his qualifications, his employment, the source of his finances and the source of his income, yet is set to hold onto his seat in the House of Representatives

‘Location and cost are key’: Finding the right remote working hub, from Portlaoise to Buttevant

The post-pandemic demand for remote working spaces has been slower than expected, but later lie-ins, shorter commute times and cheaper rents are beginning to win over employers and employees alike

Dublin firm to launch pension app aimed at young job switchers

The company aims to target young savers who tend to change jobs frequently and need a flexible, portable means of providing for their future

‘Ireland could be the Qatar of Europe for eco-friendly aviation fuel’

Andrew Turner, a former high-ranking RAF officer, now works with Zero Petroleum, a UK company that believes it can halt the damage being done to the climate by air travel – and totally change an industry known for its exceptionally high carbon emissions

The Big Interview

Bus Eireann chief executive: ‘cultural mindshift needed to get people out of cars’

Stephen Kent says that weaning people away from cars and on to public transport is his main ambition

Fanify fine tunes AI to bring musicians’ work to the masses

Dundalk-based company’s automated music promotion service enables musicians to make music and build their audience through a single dashboard

‘If you give good sales people the right data, they’ll make millions for you’

Frustrated with the quality of data available to sales employees, Liz Fulham set up Tami to provide market intelligence and up-to-date sales leads

Voting with their feet: the Brazilians in Ireland on why they’ve made it their home

With about 70,000 Brazilians estimated to be living in Ireland, the Business Post Magazine talked to some of them about why they came and how they find living here

How Altada burned through €11.5m funding to leave it like ‘a melting ice cube’

The Business Post last year revealed a culture within the Cork-based tech firm of heavy spending on events including expensive hotel stays. The insolvent firm has now been sold for €4 million, having been talked about as a potential €1 billion valued unicorn just a year ago

Young Scientist Exhibition: genomes, edible insects and a smart washing line

The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, at the RDS in Dublin, showcased imaginative solutions, created by students and young people, to many of life’s problems big and small

A house divided: tensions emerge between FF and FG as Varadkar hones in on housing

All parties understand that housing will be the number one issue in the next election – and the new Taoiseach has already made several housing-related decisions his coalition partners do not agree with

Marion McKeone: Biden’s misstep in handling of classifed documents throws Trump followers a meaty bone

A week after the House speaker fiasco, the spotlight has turned on the US president after classified documents were found in his home in Delaware