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Hilco closes €35.1m refinance deal for six Aidan Brooks properties in London

Among the assets being refinanced are a landmark pub in Spitalfields, Ten Bells made famous by its association with Jack the Ripper.

The reign of ‘El Chapo’ is over but the bodies keep piling up

As the U.S. targets corrupt Mexican officials who aided the imprisoned drug lord’s clan, a bloody civil war rages for control of the Sinaloa cartel, write José de Córdoba and Santiago Pérez, The Wall Street Journal.

Michael O’Leary versus the DAA: The battle over Dublin Airport’s future has escalated

Europe’s largest airline says the DAA’s multi-billion euro expansion risks driving traffic, aircraft and investment elsewhere. The DAA denies this claim.

“They could blackmail us into giving them everything while they held the plane”

Entrepreneur Barry English has given evidence in his private jet fees row with Shannon-based operator Acass. "It was a litany of excuses. They didn't come within an ass’s roar of what they said they would do," he told the court.

A McKillen Jr company is buying back the Workman’s Club 

A company whose sole director is the entrepreneur Paddy McKillen Jr is buying back the well-known Workman’s Club in Dublin after previously losing control of it. The move comes as he fights a bankruptcy petition in relation to another deal.

Beijing’s ‘industrial policy of everything’ leaves rest of the world in the dust

Government support encompasses the old, the new, goods and services, micro and macro. Nothing Trump elicits in China will change this., writes Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal.

How Dundalk’s Farra Marine convinced Infracapital to buy into its offshore dream

Martin Rice started as a deckhand but has now built a high-tech boat business servicing the offshore wind sector. With its new investor on board it plans to grow to 350 people.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com preparing Dublin office in European expansion

China’s Amazon rival is joining the likes of Shein and Temu in setting up Irish outposts after it launched its new Joybuy brand in Europe. It plans to hire 30 people.

Top Voices

The more you know about this private-credit fund, the less you understand

A close look at a Blue Owl credit fund’s holdings raises questions about its valuations, writes Jonathan Weil, The Wall Street Journal.

Ian Kehoe: Jack Chambers needs more than a memo to stop the spending creep

Why does a department whose primary remit is to control public expenditure feel it necessary to bring a memo to the cabinet to control public expenditure?

Byron Fry: Reassessing the role of nuclear in Ireland’s energy future

The present crises do not make the case for Irish nuclear power in their own right. What they do is make the case against strategic complacency much harder to defend.

John Looby’s pilgrimage to Omaha, the heart of Middle America

Omaha is a unique experience. The number of investors – seasoned and new, and investment ideas – silly and sensible, packed into such a tight space over such a short time is unmatched.

Sometimes the most interesting stories can be found in the least likely places: Rewinding the week that was

The quiet village of Ballinakill, Co Laois plays a key part in one of wildest stories of my time in journalism – even if the central character in an extraordinary saga was in a hurry to leave it.

The comfortable, uncomfortable win for Leo Cullen’s juggernaut

Leinster’s win over Toulon was decisive for long stretches, yet Leo Cullen’s post-match rhetoric and a messy finish ensured the performance sparked more questions than it answered.

AI Is distorting practically everything about the economy

It makes growth look better and the job market look worse. Maybe an AI investment bust wouldn’t hurt so much after all. writes Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal.

A quiet legal shift that could weaken corporate accountability

The Company Law Review Group is scrutinising the power for creditors to seek court-ordered inspections to investigate company affairs. Will its final advice limit or strengthen rules to expose corporate malfeasance?