David Holohan
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Market Beat: Investors have rightly learned to fear results day at Paddy Power Betfair
- Markets
- May 5, 2018, 05:44
Paddy Power Betfair chairman Gary McGann was unfazed two years ago when a lucrative executive bonus scheme was met by a mini shareholder revolt at the(...)

Smurfit’s snubbed US suitor may have to bid €11bn to succeed
- Manufacturing
- March 6, 2018, 19:49
Shares in paper packaging giant Smurfit Kappa are set to rise again on Wednesday after it emerged that US rival International Paper’s rejected bid for(...)

Leslie Buckley to step down as INM chairman
- Media & Marketing
- January 19, 2018, 15:14
Paul Connolly, a longtime business associate of Denis O’Brien, has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Leslie Buckley as chairman of newspaper p(...)

If you were a market bear in 2017 you got burnt
- Markets
- December 26, 2017, 12:16
Allegations of Russian interference in US elections. A rocky first year for the new incumbent in the White House. A rogue nation testing weapons of m(...)

Ryanair to hold its first ever meeting with union today
- Transport & Tourism
- December 19, 2017, 05:59
Ryanair has agreed to release pilots’ representatives from their duties today to allow them take part in its first meeting with their trade union Impa(...)

Ryanair turns the tables with union recognition
- Transport & Tourism
- December 15, 2017, 09:56
And so Michael O’Leary has saved Christmas. At least that’s the line Ryanair’s well-oiled marketing machine will spin. The unions have yet to call o(...)

Ryanair dispute over pilots’ representation risks ‘nasty’ ascent
- Transport & Tourism
- December 15, 2017, 05:30
Ryanair pilots are heading for their first ever strike within the next few days in what could turn into a battle of wills between them and the airline(...)

Paddy Power Betfair boss’s departure means all bets are off
- Retail & Services
- August 8, 2017, 05:31
There is no positive spin on the news that Breon Corcoran is leaving the helm at Paddy Power Betfair. That’s the view of David Holohan, chief investme(...)

‘Shareholder spring’ lands in Ireland as resistance grows to bumper pay days
- Markets
- April 28, 2017, 05:53
The 50 or so shareholders gathered at Kingspan’s annual general meeting in Ballsbridge in Dublin on Thursday had good reason to be cheerful. While sh(...)

Most Irish companies see earnings meet or beat expectations
- Markets
- April 18, 2017, 06:20
Almost 88 per cent of Ireland’s publicly-quoted companies reported earnings in recent months that either met or beat markets expectations, despite ini(...)