Rory O'Sullivan

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Wed, May 21, 2025Download the ReportSoftware M&A activity opened 2025 on a strong footing, with 714 announced transactions in Q1—a 36% increase over the same period in 2024. Deal value rose 23% YoY, setting a pace that could make 2025 the second most active year on record, behind only 2021. The quarter featured several high-profile deals, most notably Google’s $32 billion acquisition of Wiz, emphasizing the continued strategic focus on cloud security.

Dec 7, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Rory O'Sullivan

Notre-Dame de Paris, the French capital’s massive and ornate cathedral, reopens this weekend restored, 5½ years after it caught fire on April 15th, 2019. Not everyone can afford the time and expense to see the Parisian monument for themselves. But a cheaper, simpler way of marking the occasion is to revisit a book closely tied up with the cathedral’s history: Victor Hugo’s tragic novel Notre-Dame de Paris(1831), known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Apr 8, 2024 | windeurope.org | Rory O'Sullivan

German onshore wind sees record auction volumes, permitting improvements and crucial new port investmentsThings are really looking up again for onshore wind in Germany. Last year they were building over twice as much new onshore wind as they were each year over 2018-22. Permitting reforms mean more new projects are being approved than at any time since 2016. And they now plan to auction a massive 15 GW of new capacity this year.

Mar 4, 2024 | windeurope.org | Rory O'Sullivan

WindEurope and Azerbaijan join forces to accelerate wind energyOn 1 March WindEurope and the Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the deployment of onshore and offshore wind energy in Azerbaijan and the wider Caspian Sea area. Wind will play a critical role in the energy transition of both Azerbaijan and the wider Caspian region.

Mar 1, 2024 | windeurope.org | Rory O'Sullivan

WindEurope’s response to public consultation on Renewables Acceleration AreasThis is WindEurope’s response to the European Commission’s public consultation on Renewables Acceleration Areas. Europe is not permitting enough new wind farms to meet the huge demand in renewables. Nor is it permitting them fast enough. According to Art 15 of the revised Renewable Energy Directive Member States need to designate so-called Renewables Acceleration Areas.