In the late 1990s, Gillian Buckley spotted an advert for a job to set up an investment fund in the west of Ireland. It was a completely new concept – a pot of money from government was to be invested, on a commercial basis, in businesses in a specific geographical area, rather than a specific sector.
Just over three years ago, the Oireachtas voted unanimously to declare that Ireland was in the middle of a climate and biodiversity emergency.
Irish-listed healthcare group Uniphar is in talks to buy chemist chain Sam McCauley group, the Sunday Independent understands.