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Eddie Jordan gets breathing space to compile Playtech bid

JKO Play has until January 26 to make a play for the £3 billion gaming software giant

Facebook moderators from across Europe bring first legal actions to Irish High Court

A Barcelona-based former content moderator has sued the social media giant, whose European headquarters are in Dublin, for damages related to alleged psychological injury

Former Anglo chief Drumm’s Skerries home on market for €650,000

The disgraced executive was released from prison last year after serving a sentence for involvement in fraud at the bank

The ones to watch: the tech and start-up movers and shakers who could shape 2022

From the single-parent start-up founder who has moved into online dating, to the Tipperary brothers helming Silicon Valley’s most valuable start-up, these are the business people to keep an eye on in the coming year

New figures show trio of tribunals cost the state €80m

The IBRC Commission of investigation into Siteserv is expected to conclude in March, the Nama investigation into Project Eagle is three years overdue, and the Moriarty Tribunal is still incurring bills a decade after it reported its findings

Amaris sold to London private equity firm Henderson Park

Hospitality operator founded by John Brennan, with revenues in the region of €240 million, operates 30 hotels in Ireland and Britain

The twelve deals of the year

In a year that saw many Irish businesses forced to reinvent themselves or even close, the flow of deals kept coming, as these 12 transactions show

Siobhán Quinlan planning almost 700 build-to-let apartments in Dublin suburbs

Companies controlled by the wife of Celtic Tiger-era mogul Derek Quinlan aim to fast-track construction on Tallaght and Sandyford sites

Kurdish general pursues Twitter account holder through Irish courts

Sirwan Barzani, telecoms mogul and cousin of the president of Kurdish Iraq, is looking to identify a tweeter who allegedly defamed him

Jordan confirmed as bidder for ‘£3bn’ gaming firm Playtech

Consortium backed by F1 legend confirms it will meet January deadline to make formal bid on gaming giant

Wasps owner Richardson says he is ‘optimistic’ about the future of the rugby club

Revenues at the club owned by 123.ie founder Derek Richardson dropped by £8.6 million leading to a loss of £7.4 million

Brokers back probe into Dolphin’s Irish arm

GPG redress group told investors it would fund the liquidator’s work, including legal action

Single-parent dating app raises €600k for US rollout

Entrepreneur Zöe Desmond kickstarted her successful Frolo website with €1 million of her own cash, but now backers include Flickr founder Caterina Fake

Interview: Maria Dickenson, managing director, Dubray Books

The past 20 months or so have not been easy for local bookstores and the need to move to online sales has required an innovative and creative approach, as Maria Dickenson, Dubray’s managing director, explains to Róisín Burke

Six Nations Rugby appoints Ronan Dunne as chairman

The former Verizon Group chief will oversee commercial and marketing operations for men and women’s rugby in the tournament

Tánaiste launches Redesdale’s €75 million food fund

Enterprise Ireland is providing €15 million in investment through its seed and venture fund

Tax Appeals Commission releases €3 billion

Most of the money caught up in delayed appeals was from ten cases, including US pharma giant Perrigo’s €1.64 billion appeal

Historic Irish Yeast building in D2 could become café bar

The protected building, which dates from 1750, is now owned by the Doyle publican family who have applied to turn it into a café with apartments above

Boylesports buys out Tully Bookmakers in ten-shop deal

Ireland’s largest independent gambling operator will own nearly 300 outlets after buying family business

Quanta bid for Yew Grove could end up as hostile takeover

Company is set to counter Slate’s offer using combination funding from its founder and US real estate giant Oaktree