Adrian Murphy

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Mr Justice Denis McDonald said he was satisfied to appoint insolvency practitioner Stephen Tennant of Grant Thornton as interim examiner to the group. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Interim examiner appointed to online education company

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to a group of companies that provides 70 online education courses to more than 4.5 million students g(...)

Denisse Dasco (20) died on April 21st, 2017, after complaining of a terrible pain in her lower back the previous night.
Expert says he never came across case like UCC student’s death

Staff at a Cork hospital would not do anything differently in their treatment of a 20-year-old student whose sudden death in the hospital’s emergency (...)

Dublin-headquartered online education provider Shaw Academy has denied any suggestions of impropriety in fundraising which had easily topped its initial €2.2 million target. Photograph: iStockPhoto
Shaw Academy crowdfunding round cancelled

An Irish firm’s crowdfunding round has been pulled after the funding platform said the campaign broke its rules. Dublin-headquartered online educatio(...)

Adrian Murphy, co-founder of Irish online education provider Shaw Academy: the firm has extended its crowdfunding campaign by four weeks due to heavy demand.
Irish edtech firm Shaw Academy raises €2.5m via crowdfunding

Irish online education provider Shaw Academy has extended its crowdfunding campaign by four weeks due to heavy demand. The moves comes as the company(...)

Shaw Academy is aiming to teach 500,000 new students a month by December
Irish edtech Shaw Academy appoints former Virgin head as chairman

Irish education technology company Shaw Academy, which has taught more than four million students worldwide, has appointed former Virgin Group chief e(...)

A coast guard helicopter attends the scene as crew members are evacuated from a cargo ship which got into difficulty in the Channel off the coast of Dover. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Storm Angus: UK hit by flooding and gusts of up to 135km/h
  • UK
  • November 20, 2016, 19:42

Storm Angus, the first named storm of the season, has caused flooding and chaos for emergency services after it battered parts of the United Kingdom. (...)

Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton: “This is another great boost for the northside, coming hot on the heels of other recent announcements for this area.” Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Shaw Academy to create 40 jobs in Dublin

Irish education technology company Shaw Academy is to create 40 jobs at its Dublin office in the next six months, and it is planning further expansion(...)

Restored prospect in Killiney for €2.1m

In 2005 Brian O’Connell and Adrian Murphy purchased Mount Prospect House on Killiney Hill Road, for €3 million. The pair developed Montclare – three (...)

High spec and low maintenance for €1.5m

In 2005 Brian O’Connell and business associate Adrian Murphy of A&B Developments purchased Mount Prospect House, a period property on Killiney Hil(...)