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The Weekend Big Read:
An Irish OBE, a 'fake' Guggeinhem, Michael Jackson’s multi million-dollar art collection, and a staggeringly expensive French wedding — how a veteran Irish business executive got embroiled in a bitter New York lawsuit
thetimes.com/article/f51dcd7…
The Bank Holiday Big Read:
The Irish high-flying OBE, a ‘fake Guggenheim’, and a $3m wedding feud
thetimes.com/article/f51dcd7…
The Weekend Big Read:
An Irish OBE, a 'fake' Guggeinhem, Michael Jackson’s multi million-dollar art collection, and a staggeringly expensive French wedding — how a veteran Irish business executive got embroiled in a bitter New York lawsuit
thetimes.com/article/f51dcd7…
I’m reading this on a train stuck in connolly station becsuse of yet another signalling failure.
How long before train travel in Leinster becomes utterly unviable for most people because of persistent (and progressive) signal failures?
The contract for developing the now scrapped IT programme to manage trains across the rail network was awarded to a company that had never previously delivered such a system and did not own the intellectual property involved, Darragh O’Brien has said. irishtimes.com/transport/202…
Something to be said for this:
Everyone blames screens for the decline of reading.
Nobody blames the consolidated corporate publishing industry that made books pricier, more generic, and harder to find. jacobin.com/2026/10/books-pu…
Big read:
What Jane Doe tells us about Ireland, Pornhub, and the ‘sordid underbelly’ of financial services in Dublin …
thetimes.com/article/9e91430…
BIG READ:
Mary Daniels is being chased by creditors on both sides of the Atlantic. This was part of her response when we asked her about it.
Read more here:
thetimes.com/article/e37d12e…
Thomas Keogh — who once ran the most unpopular company in Ireland — has been busy lately …
Thomas Keogh’s venture, Mimo Furniture, has been trading online since June thetimes.com/world/ireland-w…
What has Thomas Keogh — who along with his brother turned a modest garden centre into the most complained about company in Ireland — been doing lately?
Quite a bit, it turns out.
More here:
thetimes.com/article/804ba11…
BIG READ
*There’s something about Mary:*
Who is the Irish business consultant who is being chased by multiple creditors for millions of dollars on both sides of the Atlantic?
thetimes.com/world/ireland-w…
Having turned down $20 million from the Trump family, Conor McGregor’s MMA outfit has now landed $4m from a Texan family office.
thetimes.com/article/f78e904…
As French clubs streak ahead and purse strings tighten at home, did Leinster Rugby miss a trick by being so conservative on their new RDS capacity?
Not so fast, says CEO Shane Nolan
thetimes.com/article/4e53642…
As French clubs streak ahead and purse strings tighten at home, did Leinster Rugby miss a trick by being so conservative on their new RDS capacity?
Not so fast, says CEO Shane Nolan
thetimes.com/article/4e53642…
It’s been a busy week for Mel Sutcliffe, who has just escalated his transatlantic battle with Avenue Capital, while also getting started on a bid for the company behind Raleigh bikes (which recently cost KKR $1.8billion)
More here:
thetimes.com/article/1028af4…
A fresh twist in the Ruairi Kelleher saga as he is chased by dozens of creditors over €33m of debt.
A settlement has been struck with some of his pursuers — but, crucially, not all of them.
Read more here:
thetimes.com/article/be83921…
We all laughed at Kenny Cunningham at the time, but this final has been a sad and sorry final chapter.
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Investor must pay €500k to sue Neil Collins’ luxury homes firm
thetimes.com/article/24c37ec…
What is Declan Ganley’s annual salary from Rivada? How much did he get in loans and legal fees and other expenses?
Did he give “false responses” about these matters to a court in New York?
Will he be threatened with Riker’s Island again?
More below:
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