The Last Post X is for Twitter: Matt Cooper’s A to Z of Irish business stories in 2023Our columnist takes a look back at a bumpy year in Irish business
Property Waste tycoon Eamon Waters agreed deal to buy Buswells Hotel Located across the street from Leinster House, Buswells has long been a meeting point for politicians, lobbyists, and journalists
News Seán Quinn letter to TDs calls for ‘public inquiry’ into Quinn Group takeoverThe former billionaire claims that a number of state agencies that the take over of his business empire was illegal
Sean Quinn Rapt Quinn country gets chapter and verse from the once mighty tycoonMore than a thousand people turned out to support the former billionaire Seán Quinn, as he launched his book outlining his side of the collapse of his business empire
Editor's picks Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big readsOur editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including Matt Cooper on the Quinn documentary, and our critics’ choice of the year’s best books
Book Extract Seán Quinn book extract: ‘You know what happens when you corner a rat’Seán Quinn is a man who feels hard done by, as this extract from Trevor Birney’s book Quinn reveals
Comment Matt Cooper: Quinn Country reveals that bankruptcy has not stripped the ex-billionaire of his egoSeán Quinn’s behaviour – tears and all – in the documentary on RTÉ was evidence of his biggest asset and worst liability
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Businesses will survive by persuading people to part with their Covid savingsMarketing budgets have been slashed in previous budgets, but this time that might well be unwise because many people have pandemic cash which they are willing to spend
Quinns hit the ‘Streisand effect’ in trying to erase the pastSeán Quinn and his family were the subject of much unflattering media coverage last week following their successful de-listing of numerous critical press articles from Google. But the incident has opened up a wider debate about the ‘right to be forgotten’ online