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Apple Inc
Apple's iPad tablet computer has taken the world by storm. Apple investors love it too, as they see the device as Steve Jobs' latest move to create a walled garden around the internet.
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O'Brien v. Moriarty
Denis O'Brien's relentless assault on the Moriarty Tribunal has, to some observers, damaged the Tribunal's credibility. But he's not out of the woods yet, writes Siobhán Creaton
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Moriarty Tribunal
2006: Even back in 2006, the Supreme Court judge poured scorn on the Moriarty Tribunal for taking so long to conclude
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Sean Quinn
2007: Even back in 2007, Sean Quinn was over-borrowed.
PDFTwitter
Twitter may prove to be a fad, but it's the easiest of social networking sites to use and lots of companies are making their presence felt. Business Plus explains the potential benefits and what's involved
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The Long Downturn
The global recession was triggered by the financial crisis. But American economist Robert Brenner argues that it is symptomatic of a more fundamental crisis in the capitalist system.
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Michael O'Leary
Ryanair is the most notable Irish business success story of the past decade, and it wouldn't have happened without chief executive Michael O'Leary, our pick as CEO of the Decade. But where does he go from here?
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Breifne O'Brien
While investors who parked their cash with Breifne O'Brien seek to recoup their money, Anglo Irish Bank has fought its way through the courts to the head of the queue. Nick Mulcahy follows the money
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Jackie Skelly
2005: Jackie Skelly's gym chain went bust in 2010. Here's a look at how she was getting on in 2005.
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Berkley Recruitment
2009: Ambitious Irish companies, such as Berkley Recruitments Fergal Brosnan (pictured), know that China should be on their radar map for expansion. Business Plus talked to four Cork companies who are looking east
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David Ellis
2005: David Ellis' restaurant on St Michael's Pier in Dun Laoghaire closed a few years after this interview.
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Conrad Black
2004: The tycoon drew down $400m from newspaper publisher Hollinge. Here's how he did it.
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Sony Centres
2005: How Brian Sheehan and Robert Hallam built a chain of brown good shops
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Blacktie
2009: Dragons' Den contestants would love to emulate the lifestyle of dragon Niall O'Farrell. But the business cycle brings challenges for even the most successful entrepreneurs
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Delta Index
2006: Delta Index, when it was just starting out
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Cape Verde Developments
2008: Bizarre tale of Irish entrepreneur trying property development on the tropical backwater of Cape Verde
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Sunway Travel
2006: A rare look inside Tanya Airey's holiday travel business.
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Norkom Technologies
2006: Interview with Norkom founder Paul Kerley
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Stockbyte
2006: How Jerry Kennelly made gazillions from stock photogtaphy.
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Robert Chambers
2006: Robert Chambers is one of Dublin's most successful hairdressers, and his daughter Tamara is following in his footsteps
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Calyx
2006: Early years story about tech group Calyx and its main man Maurice Healy
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Sean Melly
2006: Focus on eTel and its founder Sean Melly
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Carlton Hotel Group
2006: After he left school in Galway, Michael Kearney was a shop assistant. Interview with the driving force behind the Carlton Hotel Group
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Xavier McAuliffe
2005: A rare look at the business empire of low profile businesman Xavier McAuliffe
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Bizquip
2005: Interview with Jim Leyden.
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Comans: Family At War
2004: When Patrick Coman decided to gift half his
business to his six sons, to the exclusion of his
six daughters, he sowed the seeds of a
row that would rip the family apart
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Wyn Beere
2005: Doner kebabs made millions for Wyn and Graeme Beere. But the partnership couldn't last forever, as Wyn Beere recalls
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Bewley's Cafes
2005: Bewley's Oriental Cafés was operated by the Bewley family "for the good of mankind". Patrick Campbell took a less sentimental view when he closed the Dublin cafés in 2004
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Daft.ie
2005: Early years article about the fantastically successful property website.
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Eddie Jordan
2003: We love this tale of Eddie Jordan's thrashing in the High Court
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Doherty Advertising
2003: Detailed analysis of the implosion at ad agency Doherty Advertising
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Zocalo
2005: For generations the Conran family in Wexford sold wool and potatoes. Then they started sourcing furniture from Chinese factories. Inside an amazing transformation
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Gleeson Group
2005: The Gleeson Group beverage business is one bright spot in Tipperary's industrial wasteland
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Public Sector Pay
2005: Even five years ago, the public sector gravy train was something to behold.
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Lorraine Sweeney
2005: Profile of the serial fast food entrepreneur.
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Edward de Bono
Yanky Fachler sat down with Dr Edward de Bono recently to discuss how creative thinking can signpost business through the recession
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CK Prahalad
Indian-born academic CK Prahalad recently topped a respected ranking of the world's Top 50 management gurus. Yanky Fachler explains why Prahalad is so influential, as well as listing his top ten thinkers
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Divorce And Business
2007: Scary story about how business owners can get creamed by their partners in the divorce court
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The Best Advice I Ever Got
2006: Business Plus asked some leading executives and entrepreneurs about the best piece of advice they received during their business careers
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System Dynamics
2008: System Dynamics boss Tony McGuire believes the only way his company can compete with the big boys is to scale up. He talks to Business Plus about growth through acquisition
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Niall McFadden
2007: Niall McFadden's deal-making skills made him a paper fortune. But could he add value to his motley collection of assets, asked BP in July 2007? (Answer - no!)
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The Public Pay Premium
2009: Years of national pay agreements and benchmarking have resulted in the gap between private and public sector pay widening dramatically
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Brody Sweeney
2009: Brody Sweeney's O'Briens sandwich bars business model of owning its franchisee properties worked in the good times. But it proved the company's undoing when the recession struck
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Openjaw Technologies
2009: The three founders of OpenJaw Technologies built an equity investment of €215,000 into a company net worth of €4m in six years. Chief executive John McQuillan explains the success factors to Business Plus
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Bill Cullen
2008: He's the TV tough guy who humiliates his aspiring apprentices. But what's Bill Cullen's own track record in business?
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Four Star Pizza
2009: Lots of guys dream about changing career in mid-stream. Jason Sheehy actually did it, swapping Excel sheets at BDO Simpson Xavier for mozzarella and pepperoni
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Duolog
2008: Experience counts for a lot in business but Duolog chief executive Ray Bulger found there are times you need to go back to the classroom
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CustomerMinds.com
2007: CustomerMinds.com shareholders had a big payday two years after BP published this story
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Kenmare Resources
2007: Great yarn about a director who went sleep walking in Mozambique
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Benchmarking Public Pay
2007: Remember benchmarking? Here are the awful details of how civil servants lined their pockets.
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Dermot Desmond
2007: Dermot Desmond says his cash donations to Charlie Haughey were personal gifts. The Moriarty Tribunal says they weren't. Who's right?
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Digiweb
2006: Interview with Colm Piercy after he had raised €20m
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Rock Jewellers
2006: Jeweller Dermot Rock says it isn't easy to grab a patch on Grafton Street. But patience paid off in the end
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Anne Heraty
2006: Entrepreneur of the Year Anne Heraty may be Ireland's most successful business woman ever
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Macalla Software
2009: Is Niall O'Cleirigh's Macalla's sale to American buyer Roamware a coup for the Irish software sector or merely another indication of its weakness? Probably both
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Classic Furniture
2006: David Langan's furniture business went bust in 2009. Here's how he was getting on in 2006
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Abrakebabra
2008: A look at Abrakebabra, one of the country's most successful franchise businesses in Ireland.
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McGuirks Golf
2009: Golf club professionals John and Michael McGuirk were never Ryder Cup class. But they're no slouches in the retail game
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Balcony TV
2009: Many young entrepreneurs naturally gravitate towards music and television. But developing a successful business model centred on youth culture can be difficult, as Balcony TV's Stephen O'Reagan (pictured) found out
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Social Welfare Costs
2008: The cost to taxpayers of paying for social welfare will escalate sharply in 2009. NICK MULCAHY examines where some of the money is going and wonders how long before Social Welfare Minister Mary Hanafin makes the welfare class take their medicine too
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Liam Griffin - Monart
2008: Liam Griffin took his family hotel business in a whole new direction with a big investment in Monart, a luxury spa resort near Enniscorthy
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Science Foundation Ireland
2008: Even though it has its supporters, such as DCU professor Brian McCraith, what benefit has the economy reaped from the €1 billion ploughed into Science Foundation Ireland?
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Farmer Handouts
Farmers would be in the poor house without handouts from the EU and Irish taxpayers. Yet still they voted to banjax Europe's progress
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Greg Turley - Argus Car Hire
Greg Turley's Argus Car Hire has developed a global car hire booking engine. The jury is out on its profitability but the spin-off benefit for the core business is plain to see
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Abtran
The growing popularity of business process outsourcing has turned Abtran into one of Munster's star performers
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How I Started In Business
Regina Mangan founded Book A Room ten years ago. She tells Business Plus that only in the past two years has the business come good
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Golden Rules
Business Plus canvassed the views of top managers in large corporates and SMEs about what single business mantra they've come to appreciate and follow















