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DAF Trucks dispute: Director prevents board removal as legal battle rumbles on

DAF Trucks dispute: Director prevents board removal as legal battle rumbles on

A company director in a Co Cork company that sells DAF-branded trucks has succeeded in preventing his fellow shareholders from removing him from the firm’s board pending the conclusion ...

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Backlogs, reputation, and judicial reviews: ACP boss says planning is back on track

Backlogs, reputation, and judicial reviews: ACP boss says planning is back on track

Peter Mullan would rather have remained a faceless civil servant until the end of his career. And, at 61, he most likely would have managed it. But when he became CEO of An Coimisiún Pl...

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Green shoots (and ladders): State climate-friendly procurement slowly improving

Green shoots (and ladders): State climate-friendly procurement slowly improving

In a bid to drive more climate and environmentally-friendly procurement across the public sector, the State introduced a Green Public Procurement (GPP) action plan in 2023. GPP is where...

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The Irish economy is in for a soft landing – unless risks materialise

The Irish economy is in for a soft landing – unless risks materialise

The 2020s have been the most eventful decade since the 1970s, if not the 1940s. A global pandemic, lockdowns, an energy shock, the biggest inflation surge in 40 years, the largest and m...

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“Getting to that stage”: Version 1 CEO on US expansion, investing in AI and a looming exit

“Getting to that stage”: Version 1 CEO on US expansion, investing in AI and a looming exit

Three years ago, Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group acquired Version 1, the Irish digital company that helps governments and private businesses to adopt new technologies. At the t...

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$257m, 17 years: Tullow Oil’s long-running dispute with a French manufacturer will move ahead

$257m, 17 years: Tullow Oil’s long-running dispute with a French manufacturer will move ahead

A judge in the UK has cleared the way for a $257 million (€221.7 million) dispute between Tullow Oil and a French tubing manufacturer, which goes back as far as 2008, to move ahead. Tul...

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