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Dublin, Ireland

Joined July 2019

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Creditors to be canvassed on salvage plans for Workman’s Club next week thecurrency.news/articles/19705…

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“It’s tough for me to imagine that the Irish-US relationship won’t remain strong” thecurrency.news/articles/19565…

thecurrency's tweet card. In the early noughties, Jamie Walker spent years travelling back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, in the US and Arklow, Co Wicklow. Walker was in the process of building out what would eventually...

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Stuart Fitzgerald: Why you can’t cut corners when it comes to company values thecurrency.news/articles/19557…

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Events organiser FUEL is ready to invest €1.8m in Beyond the Pale under Scarp proposals thecurrency.news/articles/19698…

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The Currency@thecurrency · 18 h

From hospitals and airports to questions of language, the Supreme Court takes on the Climate Act thecurrency.news/articles/19695…

thecurrency's tweet card. One joke, three parties, four hours, seven justices and 21 pages of notes later, the first day of the Supreme Court hearing on the meaning of the Climate Act came to an end. The case, which The...

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The Currency@thecurrency · 18 h

New Government, new method, new audience: How the State has changed its plan to invest €20bn a year thecurrency.news/articles/19696…

thecurrency's tweet card. The 180-page National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021, complete with a list of hundreds of capital projects intended for this decade, was “too long”, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin. ...

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Irish-led private-equity firm CapVest eyes €10bn deal in Germany thecurrency.news/articles/19693…

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 22

Truce in Liffey Swim battle as sea swimming group settles case against Swim Ireland thecurrency.news/articles/19689…

thecurrency's tweet card. Before, during and after last week’s interlocutory injunction hearing, High Court Judge Rory Mulcahy urged Leinster Open Sea (LOS) and Swim Ireland (SI) to come to an agreement, as previously...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 22

Sligo-born builder Mark Henry “denies liability on all fronts” in multimillion battle with administrators thecurrency.news/articles/19678…

thecurrency's tweet card. Sligo-born builder Mark Henry, whose construction business was once one of the top 40 in Britain, has filed a defence that “denies liability on all fronts” against a series of allegations totalling...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 22

Flight plan for growth: Part five – The Dublin hard stop thecurrency.news/articles/19593…

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 22

“We say yes more often than anybody else. We certainly say it faster” thecurrency.news/articles/19483…

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

An “exceptional profit”: DCC shareholders in line for mega-surplus payout thecurrency.news/articles/19678…

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

Killarney Brewing and Distilling formally sinks into liquidation thecurrency.news/articles/19675…

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

Time well spent: Patek Philippe’s rarest watches come to Dublin thecurrency.news/articles/19223…

thecurrency's tweet card. An exclusive exhibition takes place this July at Weir & Sons, Dublin, presenting extraordinary new watch models by Patek Philippe to the discerning customer. From the 21st to the 26th of July 2025,...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

Kingspan’s acquisition trail is increasingly under the spotlight of watchdogs thecurrency.news/articles/19626…

thecurrency's tweet card. It’s part and parcel of success. Insulation and building materials giant Kingspan is an acquisitive company but any deals are sure to attract the attention of competition watchdogs. The Cavan-based...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

Candidate sentiment survey: Part two – AI in the workplace thecurrency.news/articles/19407…

thecurrency's tweet card. The Panel runs a candidate sentiment survey for The Currency twice yearly to assess candidates’ attitudes to specific topics. The candidates surveyed were from junior management to the C-suite level...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 21

Runna CTO Walter Holohan: “We were like a rocket ship leading up to the acquisition” thecurrency.news/articles/19492…

thecurrency's tweet card. The mantra “never turn down an opportunity” had been ingrained into Walter Holohan from an early age. His dedication to it was perhaps never put under as much pressure as it was in September 2021,...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 20

Tariff woes and the cost of Trumpism: Rewinding the week that was thecurrency.news/articles/19661…

thecurrency's tweet card. It is all relative, and all relatively uncertain. Tariffs are coming for the European Union. No one knows what form they will take. No one. Not the EU negotiators, their US counterparts, not even the...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 20

Brett Igoe on the Lions: How 50 minutes of dominance gave way to dangerous complacency thecurrency.news/articles/19671…

thecurrency's tweet card. From the opening minute when Tadhg Beirne won a breakdown penalty and Finn Russell put the Lions 3-0 up, until Dan Sheehan went over to put the Lions 24-5 up after 41 minutes, yesterday’s game...

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The Currency@thecurrency · Jul 19

“Window dressing” or precedent-setting? All eyes on how the Occupied Territories Bill takes shape thecurrency.news/articles/19640…

thecurrency's tweet card. When he was freed from Robben Island in February 1990, Nelson Mandela was quick to thank those whose actions were a solace to him while imprisoned for 27 years as part of his fight against apartheid...

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