Niall Sargent

1 day ago | thecurrency.news | Niall Sargent

The site of the stalled Camden Yard office and luxury apartment complex at the former DIT campus on Kevin Street is set to hit the market again, valued at around €90 million. Work on the mixed-use project at the former DIT campus on Kevin Street, with an estimated value on completion of €475 million, halted last summer as the service provider on the project, Westridge Real Estate Group, attempted to raise fresh finance. Only a couple of floors were installed.

2 days ago | thecurrency.news | Niall Sargent

During 19 months of bombardment of Gaza, Western media across North America and Europe have come under fierce criticism from pro-Palestinian groups, as well as experts such as the UN special rapporteur for Palestine, for their coverage. Irish media are not immune. Media organisations have come in for regular criticism on social media. The national broadcaster RTÉ has come under the most fire, with regular protests held outside Montrose, as well as a brief protest inside the main lobby last month.

2 days ago | thecurrency.news | Niall Sargent

In recent weeks, local authorities have exempted multiple commercial operators from the need for planning permission to turn large office blocks into emergency accommodation, analysis of planning files shows. Last month, The Currency highlighted how around a dozen businesses had submitted cases to councils seeking confirmation if they are exempt from the need to get planning permission to change the use of commercial and industrial buildings to emergency accommodation.

2 days ago | thecurrency.news | Niall Sargent

DigiSure, a fintech headquartered in Dublin that failed to regularly pay many staff for six months last year, plans to settle up with those impacted as investor funds held up last year are set to be released. The company’s founder, Bernie Niehaus, informed the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) of developments last Friday during a case brought by Jay Dave, a former employee who was not paid wages as normal between March and November last year.

4 days ago | thecurrency.news | Niall Sargent

The Co Meath businessman Eamon Waters is pushing ahead with plans to develop a major solar farm on the former Panda landfill in Kilcullen in Co Kildare. The former owner of the Beauparc waste empire, sold in a reported €1.2 billion deal in 2021, was recently registered as a director of AGB Solar Landfill Holdings Ltd alongside his son, Robert. The company was only set up on April 22, 2025.