Pallonji Mistry is Ireland's richest man. No one ever heard of him, met him or traced his Irish roots. Just as well, as he does not have any.
Ireland's richest man, Denis O'Brien, is confident that the Irish economy is on the way up, but feels Irish people need to gain more confidence to help it rise again.
"Haiti needs 100 Bernard McNamaras." So said Digicel CEO Denis O'Brien from Haiti this ...
Billionaire Irish businessman Denis O'Brien flew into Haiti last night with a plane stuffed with relief supplies for the Irish aid agency Concern. O'Brien brought in 110,000lb cargo of medical supplies, food and water ready from neighboring Jamaica along with Concern CEO Tom Arnold. The big-hearted telecoms boss has already pledged $5m while another $500,000 has been raised by Digicel customers.
Connections between Ireland and Haiti are incredibly strong. Many of the Irish relief agencies such as Concern and Goal provide the bulk of the humanitarian services to the country and they have a long and honorable record of helping the poverty stricken Caribbean ...
Government officials have warned Irish Minister for Finance that high earners are likely to flee Ireland if he raises taxes again in the Budget, set for next month. Currently many key Irish figures including U2 members, and billionaires
A brave-hearted Irish couple have signed up to help the rescue effort in Samoa. Galway couple John Clancy and Madeleine Rabbit, who moved to Samoa just a few weeks ago, are now working with the rescue effort there after the devastating tsunami and earthquake.
Republic of Ireland soccer manager Giovanni Trappatoni has signed on for a further two years after reaching agreement with the FAI.
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Since moving to Ireland, an Irish American woman has made her mark in Irish society by pioneering a new form of speech and language therapy for Irish children. Tara Cunningham, daughter of John Liston, a Limerick export, has been instrumental in establishing and advancing the resources necessary to aid Irish children, several with disabilities, in developing their language effectively. Cunningham, who graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1996 and worked in international marketing for an architecture firm, traveled to Ireland in 1998, fell in love with her father's country, and she never went home.