ireland funds

Ireland Funds awards €500,000 in end-of-year grants

Some 20 organisations will receive €25,000 each to support their work with young people

Tue Dec 31 2024 - 06:00

Behind Ireland’s Covid response: ‘We were going to be building morgues for people’

Key Irish figures recall the fear and uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 06:00

Usain Bolt takes stake in Irish esports group Wylde

Investment by world’s fastest man takes company to ‘next level’, says co-founder

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 10:20

US and UK start talks on deepening trade and investment links

Congressional leader warns that if the NI border “hardened”, there would be no US-UK trade deal

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 15:39

Micheál Martin had a very busy week prior to positive Covid test

Taoiseach travelled to Paris and London before St Patrick’s Day visit to White House

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 01:00

US president meeting to go ahead virtually as Taoiseach tests positive for Covid

Martin was due to meet Biden in Oval Office for traditional Shamrock ceremony

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 00:47

What is cum-ex trading and what is Ireland’s role in it?

Background: Several banks in Ireland used in massive European tax fraud scheme

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 07:06

VC guy Alan Foy: Irish tech company backer is anything but starstruck

Dubliner is well used to convincing Liam Neeson, U2 and other celebrities to part with their money

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 06:00

DropChef secures €2m as Impact Ireland fund makes first investment

Irish meal-kit delivery service is first company to receive financing from €100m fund

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 05:30

Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund

Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 03:10

U2 members back new tech fund as it raises €20m in first round

Impact Ireland to invest in firms that ‘generate a return for society as well as investors’

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:14

Ireland Funds’ chief executive steps down after one year

Mr Cronin intends to spend more time with family and will move back to Ireland

Fri May 29 2020 - 14:00

Michael Smurfit: ‘I asked Trump to invite me to the White House for my 80th birthday’

The businessman on Tony O’Reilly, selling the K Club, Brexit, and cocooning in Monaco

Fri May 29 2020 - 05:00

Garbled Trump speech may be his Katrina moment

America Letter: Science-denying US president in uncharted territory with Covid-19

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 20:04

Coronavirus: New York parade and White House shamrock ceremony cancelled

Taoiseach will meet US president in White House

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 07:51

Comcast acquires Irish cloud-based telco Blueface

Led by Alan Foy, Irish firm will continue to operate its Blueface brand as part of Comcast

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 05:15

Test your brain with Ciarán Hancock’s Christmas Business Quiz

Win a stay in The Lodge at Ashford Castle, Carton House, Fota Island Resort, Radisson Blu Dublin and the iNua Collection of hotels

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 13:42

Ireland Funds' board agree to donate extra $500,000 to plug fraud gap

Cost of dealing with alleged fraud at funds’ Dallas office currently $1m

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 05:00

Charity seeks €2.5m in damages from fundraiser in US theft case

American Ireland Fund claims former director admitted conduct by ‘pleading the fifth’

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 01:32

US vice-president Mike Pence to visit Ireland in September

Evangelical Christian, whose grandfather emigrated from Sligo, is expected in September

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 20:15

Brexit: Tory-Labour talks vital to future of Ireland, Coveney says

Tánaiste warns City of no-deal danger to North if Stormont institutions still suspended

Fri May 10 2019 - 18:23

Ireland Funds appoints David Cronin as chief executive

Cronin to take up role in June having filled a similar position with the UL Foundation

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 11:00

Enda Kenny to be adviser to private equity group that will invest in Ireland

Mayo TD will take up his first business-related role since stepping down as taoiseach

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 01:01

Irish business has turned Paddy’s Day in the US into a branding masterclass

Caveat: State and business dance to the same tune in a week filled with carefully curated craic

Fri Mar 15 2019 - 05:52

Donald Trump says he will visit Ireland this year

News comes after Leo Varadkar meets US vice-president Mike Pence in Washington

Thu Mar 14 2019 - 15:49

Tech start-ups invited to compete for funding of €24,000

Prize fund for Business Plan Competition 2019 has increased by €8,000

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 19:54

Former charity director objects to lingerie spending records disclosure

Ex-American Ireland Fund employee seeks to keep credit card payments private in US

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 05:30

Smurfit business school got €9m from American Ireland Funds

The amount was by far the largest single donation made by the AIF in 2017

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 07:36

Effort to block recognition of O’Reilly’s Bahamas bankruptcy in the US

Ex-nurse suing Sir Anthony over his promise of millions of dollars in company shares

Wed Jan 09 2019 - 02:35

Ciarán Murray – an Icon of leadership in pharma sector

Ex-CEO of clinical trials firm honoured for impact on Irish industry

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 05:33

Former American Ireland Fund employee denies she stole from charity

Allegations against former Dallas staff member include creation of false invoices

Fri Oct 12 2018 - 21:30

Ireland Funds needs to reassure donors after alleged embezzlement

Cantillon: Former employee of charity in Texas office at centre of damaging allegations

Sat Oct 06 2018 - 05:53

American Ireland Funds sues ex-employee for embezzlement

Charity seeking relief from alleged ‘theft’ of between $200,000 and $1m

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 22:00

Kieran McLoughlin, head of of the Ireland Funds steps down

Organisation was established by Tony O’Reilly in 1976 to support peace

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 18:27