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Having acquired Vermeer Investment Management and its Vermeer Global fund last year, the Dublin-domiciled strategy has now been renamed Goshawk Global fund, which has seen its assets under management (AUM) grow from £60m to £81m since the acquisition.  Goshawk AM: 'Passive is risky' and the case for active management in a global market Vermeer founders Tim Gregory and James Rowsell, who moved over to Goshawk as part of the deal along with fellow fund manager Charlie Fricker, will continue to oversee the vehicle under its new name.  Meanwhile, Goshawk's second fund, an active ETF, w...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. More than three decades ago, the legendary Warren Buffett returned a call to a fact-checker, explaining what he meant when he used the term “elephant-bumping affairs." Buffett was gently deriding talkathons such as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and CEO summits hosted by business magazines. I was then working for Fortune magazine in New York and was the fact-checker Buffett called.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Toronto: On a rainy afternoon in Dublin, Bhagyalakshmi Barrett stood in the liquor aisle of Dunnes Stores, scanning a shelf full of Irish gins and British imports. One bottle carried a name she had chosen herself: Maharani Gin.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Few industries anywhere in the world suffered the reputational damage that India’s airlines did in 2025. As the industry looks to reset, there is no better role model than Ryanair, the European low-cost carrier that is the most efficient and profitable airline in the world.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially recognized two culturally significant words in its latest update—spice bag from Ireland and gigil from the Philippines. The OED recognizes these words because of their cultural significance that reflects their impact on daily spoken language. For about 20 years, the spice bag has ruled Irish fast-food establishments, while gigil demonstrates the Filipino emotion of deep cuteness or affection.

Oisin Lenehan, a 29-year-old originally from Belfast, Ireland, was enjoying a casual evening with his friends Kyle and Sarah at their home in Rye, Australia. Wanting to treat the group, he decided to order dinner through Uber Eats. With a couple of drinks and a relaxed atmosphere, he confidently placed an order for two pizzas, chips, and garlic bread. However, what seemed like a routine takeaway soon turned into a comedy of errors. Lenehan unknowingly selected an old address from his Uber Eats history, sending the entire order to a hotel in Dublin where he had stayed months earlier during Christmas. It was only after confirming the purchase that he realized the mistake. Shocked and amused, he immediately tried to resolve the issue while his friends laughed at the mix-up.

American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner which has a very specific registration code of N819AN has eventually experienced a series of flight diversions and cancellations over a significant 25 day period while sparking genuine online discussions. According to Independent, between the dates of January 7 and the dates of February 1of the year 2025 the aircraft was approximately diverted four times in different cities.

Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years

A professional with more than 30 years' experience in the industry, Fox joined the business in 2003 as a founding partner of the Dublin office. He started his career in 1994 at Goodbody Stockbrokers where he spent three years as a private client investment analyst and then moved to Davy for six years as a portfolio manager and head of the private client investment committee, before setting up Quilter Cheviot in Ireland. Andrew Fahy, CEO of Quilter Cheviot Europe, said: «It is with profound sadness that we share with you the loss of our colleague and friend, Donnacha Fox, who passed aw...

Gill Organics company about two years ago. They developed a system that allows families to enjoy fresh, chemical-free vegetables without the burdens of full-scale farming. This setup offers convenience and reflects a commitment to prioritizing health and environmental sustainability. The produce includes spinach, cauliflower, potatoes, onions, spring onions, bottle gourds, and a variety of other vegetables.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Accenture Plc’s renewed hiring—it added 49,000 people globally in the last six months—suggests technology services companies expect a much better growth in the coming months, according to analysts. The Dublin-headquartered company’s hiring spree paints a sanguine outlook for homegrown IT services companies that are expected to record better growth in the coming quarters, the analysts said.

data centres humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok is wondering whether it was all worth it as tech giants look around the world to build even more data centres to fuel the next wave of artificial intelligence. Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland's grid operator to halt new data centres near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powerful computers last year consumed 21% of the nation’s electricity, according to official records. No other country has reported a higher burden to the International Energy Agency.

Dozens of massive data centers are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here

European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBLIN—When Mikey Cullen’s parents were in their early 20s, they earned enough as public-sector workers to buy a house in the city. Today, Cullen is a 27-year-old high-school teacher who lives with his mother.

Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort

The official alert, which came with a loud siren-like sound, warned people to stay indoors and was sent to every compatible mobile phone in the areas impacted by Storm Darragh. On Friday the UK's weather forecasters, the Met Office, issued a red weather warning — the most serious type. Thousands of homes, many in Northern Ireland, Wales and western England, were left without power overnight.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OpenAI said it would set up a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of efforts from the ChatGPT maker to bolster its presence in Europe as the continent emerges as a key battleground for regulating artificial intelligence. The startup said Zurich would be its fifth location in Europe after opening offices in Dublin, London, Paris and Brussels over the past two years.

Aircastle has withdrawn its insolvency case against low cost airline Spicejet before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the airline said in a press release. This comes after the two parties mutually agreed upon settlement. This is a positive turn in the airline's efforts to rebuild and strengthen ties with its partners.

Two companies have cut ties with Conor McGregor after a civil court jury in Ireland ruled last week that he must pay nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) to a woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter of raping her