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Inside Sonder’s collapse: A US bankruptcy drags down a stable Irish business

Inside Sonder’s collapse: A US bankruptcy drags down a stable Irish business

On Tuesday, a creditors’ meeting was held for Sonder Hospitality Ireland Limited but it was largely a box-ticking exercise. The once high-flying US short-term letting company, which sty...

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With CreditLogic, Eddie Dillon wants to reimagine banking one loan at a time

With CreditLogic, Eddie Dillon wants to reimagine banking one loan at a time

Eddie Dillon took his seat in a restaurant in Japan, surrounded by some of Ireland’s most accomplished and promising entrepreneurs — among them Edward McCloskey of WaterWipes, Áine Kenn...

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NSSO slammed in internal audits for “very serious” data protection failings

NSSO slammed in internal audits for “very serious” data protection failings

A filing system containing 25,000 pension personnel files left unlocked; two crates with payroll information left in a hallway; and files with P45, pension, and payment data left open o...

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Ronan McGovern: Why build data centres in Ireland at all?

Ronan McGovern: Why build data centres in Ireland at all?

Ireland does not have the cheap energy enabled by French nuclear, Icelandic geothermal or Quebec’s hydro power. How, then, is it that Ireland has about 10 per cent of Europe, the Middle...

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Alex O’Cinneide on becoming “probably the most global player in energy storage”

Alex O’Cinneide on becoming “probably the most global player in energy storage”

Alex O’Cinneide is a jet-setting man. But there are perks to the bruising schedule. As rain lashes The Currency office’s windows in Dublin, O’Cinneide rather gleefully brings his webcam...

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