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Family-owned equipment distributor acquired by Japanese multinational Komatsu

Family-owned equipment distributor acquired by Japanese multinational Komatsu

Set up by Michael McHale Snr over half a century ago, the McHale Plant Sales company, still in family hands, has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading construction equipment distribu...

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M6 deal post-mortem: Valuing and refinancing a motorway

M6 deal post-mortem: Valuing and refinancing a motorway

On September 18, 2023, the Spanish infrastructure multinational Sacyr announced the sale of its 45 per cent stake in the 56km M6 motorway concession in Co Galway to another Spanish inve...

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Ireland is getting an AI Office, but what should its true role be?

Ireland is getting an AI Office, but what should its true role be?

When Jack Chambers gave his budget speech and touched on Department of Enterprise funding, he referenced the establishment of Ireland’s AI Office. Long mooted, but often spoken of in va...

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Quanta Capital-linked fund turns to US courts for discovery in Irish legal battle with Relm

Quanta Capital-linked fund turns to US courts for discovery in Irish legal battle with Relm

Goldstein Property Icav, a fund linked to Mel Sutcliffe’s Quanta Capital, has filed legal action in the US in a bid to obtain discovery from the backers of Relm for their dispute in the...

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“Excited to see what we can do in Ireland”: HV Capital tracking Irish start-ups in European push

“Excited to see what we can do in Ireland”: HV Capital tracking Irish start-ups in European push

Mina Mutafchieva and Jack McGuinness were among the very first employees to join the newly established London outpost of investor HV Capital.  The German venture capital firm built its ...

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There’s a bubble in all these fearful musings and public-sector warnings about a tech stock bubble

There’s a bubble in all these fearful musings and public-sector warnings about a tech stock bubble

There are always those fearful of a stock-market crash, but rarely have there been so many. From the bowels of public-sector reports to the musings of private-sector titans, the usual d...

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