Article Category: Moneybags

HYPED IPO PLAN AT KINGSPAN HELPS TO DISGUISE STAGNATION

October 16, 2025

KINGSPAN CEO Gene Murtagh’s announcement last month that he will target the data-centre boom by floating off 25% of the so-called ADVNSYS business... Read more »

SMURFIT WESTROCK COMBO FAILS TO EXCITE THE YANKS

October 16, 2025

SMURFIT WESTROCK (SWR) CEO Tony Smurfit is not having a smooth journey on the New York Stock Exchange. Rather than taking off as... Read more »

IAG SHARES SET TO SOAR BUT AER LINGUS LAGS

October 2, 2025

IT IS a decade since the giant International Airlines Group (IAG) took over Aer Lingus for €1.4bn. This deal would possibly never have... Read more »

A NEW CHAPTER FOR MINCON

October 2, 2025

A NEW chapter beckons for Irish engineering firm Mincon, which specialises in rock drilling tools. Last May, company founder Paddy Purcell announced his... Read more »

UNIPHAR’S SHARE PRICE BASED ON AN AWFUL LOT OF OPTIMISM

September 18, 2025

UNIPHAR has been generating glowing tributes in the media and the marketplace this year on foot of the impressive performance of its shares... Read more »

QUESTIONS OVER CALIBRE OF DIAGEO’S BOSS-IN-WAITING

September 18, 2025

THE INSTALLING two months ago of Nik (Manik) Jhangiani as the interim CEO at Diageo has attracted plenty of glowing headlines but, while... Read more »

HOSTELWORLD GETS SET FOR PEACE DIVIDEND

September 4, 2025

IN ITS ongoing recovery from the hugely impactful pandemic, Hostelworld Group’s operating profit more than doubled to €11.3m in 2024, so it came... Read more »

TIMING OF DATALEX’S ROUTE CHANGE IS BAFFLING

September 4, 2025

DERMOT DESMOND has had to endure an awful lot of bad press as a result of his long involvement in Datalex and he... Read more »

GOOD RIDDANCE TO RITA-ROSE GAGNÉ

August 21, 2025

IT WAS only 10 weeks ago that Rita-Rose Gagné, CEO of giant retail property play Hammerson (owner of Dundrum Town Centre), announced her... Read more »

PTSB SHARES FLYING DANGEROUSLY HIGH

August 21, 2025

ALTHOUGH FORMER CEO Jeremy Masding spent a decade trying to turn PTSB into a viable bank, it was still in a dreadful state... Read more »

DCC’S SHARE PRICE UNDERVALUES COMPANY

August 7, 2025

IT IS hard to fully grasp CEO Donal Murphy’s conversion last November to stripping DCC down to its energy division by dumping the... Read more »

FD TECHNOLOGIES SALE LOOKS LIKE THE DEAL OF THE DECADE

August 7, 2025

IT LOOKS like the CEO of FD Technologies (FDT – previously First Derivatives), Seamus Keating, pulled a rabbit out of the hat when... Read more »

SOARING AIB SHARES HEADING FOR A €½ BN WAKE-UP CALL

July 24, 2025

THE IRISH banking duopoly is back in business, returning combined pre-tax profits of €4.6bn as the competition has cleared off, principally KBC, Ulster... Read more »

DATALEX SHAREHOLDERS CONTINUE TO LOSE ALTITUDE

July 24, 2025

THIS YEAR Datalex is 40 years old and still losing money, airborne only thanks to Dermot Desmond’s decision to back the venture all... Read more »

FLUTTER’S BETS OUTSIDE AMERICA LOOK LIKE LONG-SHOTS

July 10, 2025

FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT boss Peter Jackson continues to splash out around the globe rather than focus on the rapidly evolving US market, a strategy... Read more »

C&C MOVING FROM FLAT TO FIZZY

July 10, 2025

IN THE last five years the erratic C&C drinks business has boasted more CEOs than most companies experience in decades. The man in... Read more »

RYANAIR PROFITS SET TO SOAR DESPITE O’LEARY

June 26, 2025

FOR THE financial year ending March 31, 2025, Ryanair recorded net profits down 16% to €1.61bn, with CEO Mick O’Leary up to his... Read more »

NEW REGIME AT CRH BUT SAME OLD STORY

June 26, 2025

THE REMARKABLY well-remunerated Albert Manifold has left the stage at CRH and his successor as CEO, Jim Mintern, has inherited a US-focused group.... Read more »

OVOCA BIO TRANSFORMATION WILL BOOST MARKET ACTIVITY

June 12, 2025

IN WHAT is still called Ovoca Bio, CEO (for the second time) Tim McCutcheon – who is also the largest shareholder with 22%... Read more »

SMOOTH SAILING FOR ICG BOSS EAMONN ROTHWELL

June 12, 2025

PROBABLY THE most noteworthy aspect of the accounts for Irish Ferries owner Irish Continental Group (ICG) in recent times has been CEO Eamonn... Read more »

UNDERPOWERED GREENCOAT RENEWABLES RIPE FOR PICKING

May 29, 2025

IT IS difficult to know what Paul O’Donnell and Bertrand Gautier – the so-called investment managers in Schroders Greencoat Capital who run Greencoat... Read more »

JUST WHY IS THE BOARD TRYING TO SELL DALATA?

May 29, 2025

IT REMAINS difficult to know who is pushing to have Dalata Hotels Group bought out. AS CEO, Dermot Crowley is clearly front and... Read more »

WINDING DOWN LAND-HOARDER NAMA

May 15, 2025

AFTER THE furore surrounding the mooted appointment of Nama CEO Brendan McDonagh as the head of the Government’s new housing activation office, the... Read more »

WHY IT’S TIME TO CHOP UP GLANBIA

May 15, 2025

ACTIVIST INVESTOR Clearway Capital is correct in its view that Glanbia should be broken up into its three component parts. Tirlán Co-Op, which... Read more »

DALTON PHILIPS’S AUDACIOUS TAKEOVER BID

May 1, 2025

GREENCORE’S AGREED £1.2bn takeover of the Icelandic-founded British Bakkavor convenience food company has a certain air of déjà vu. The company previously spent... Read more »

KINGSPAN’S MYSTERIOUS SETBACKS

May 1, 2025

THE FINAL report on the Grenfell Tower disaster was published by Martin Moore-Bick last September. While Kingspan was only a bit player, it has... Read more »

WHAT IS KENMARE RESOURCES WORTH?

April 17, 2025

THE REACTION of Kenmare Resources CEO Tom Hickey to Mick Carvill’s €565m takeover bid for the company last month is reminiscent of Tony... Read more »

CORRE ENERGY’S CASH PROBLEM

April 17, 2025

CORRE ENERGY investors have been on the proverbial rollercoaster ride, from the company’s September 2021 float at €1 a share to its delisting... Read more »

PAUL COULSON ROLLS THE DICE AT ARDAGH

April 3, 2025

LAST MONTH Paul Coulson was facing the possible collapse of the whole Ardagh Group glass and metal packaging outfit and he sought to... Read more »

DALATA’S OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS KEEN TO CHECK OUT

April 3, 2025

IT IS hard to understand what Dalata Hotel Group CEO Dermot Crowley is hoping to achieve by calling in Rothchild & Co for... Read more »

GLANBIA’S SHARE-PRICE CORRECTION LOOKS OVERDONE

March 20, 2025

THE OUTLOOK was positive when CEO Siobhán Talbot headed into the sunset early last year, having scooped a phenomenal remuneration package of €8m... Read more »

UNIPHAR’S PRESCRIPTION IS HARD TO READ

March 20, 2025

UNIPHAR CHAIRMAN Maurice Pratt and CEO Ger Rabbette have overseen a major transformation of the company over the last 15 years and today... Read more »

MALIN SHARE OFFER 130% ABOVE ‘SERIOUSLY UNDERVALUED’ 2023 PRICE

March 6, 2025

MALIN FLOATED off in 2015 on the back of bucket loads of Kelly Martin hype at €10 a share before hitting a high... Read more »

SMURFIT WESTROCK ON ROCKY GROUND

March 6, 2025

It looks like a case of steady as she goes if you judge Tony Smurfit’s performance based on the share price of Smurfit... Read more »

SELLING GUINNESS MAKES SENSE ONLY FOR DEBRA CREW

February 20, 2025

The buzz in London last month concerned the potential offloading by Diageo of its iconic Guinness brand. Although surprising to some, this is... Read more »

KEATING’S WORRYING LOSS-MAKER INSIDE FD TECHNOLOGIES

February 20, 2025

OVER 24 years, Brian Conlon built up the hugely successful Newry-based First Derivatives group, now FD Technologies (FDT), into a highly profitable operation... Read more »