Gerard Sheehy found solace and a new sense of purpose in the mountains following the the death of his young daughter, says Dan MacCarthy.          .

‘Where We Last Spoke’ is a short film directed by Liam Lynch for a video production project at Institute of Technology Tallaght.

Honda yesterday posted a surprise net loss for its fourth quarter as its quality-related costs, mostly to recall Takata-made air bag inflators, nearly quadrupled for the full business year.

An old one but a good ‘un.

HSBC Holdings is discovering that the oil crash extends far beyond the deserts of the Gulf, the plains of west Texas, and the shale fields of North Dakota. Even Petroceltic, the small energy company in Dublin, can inflict pain.

Pre-tax losses at the Irish arm of UK retailer Debenhams last year narrowed by 21% to €6.7m as revenues increased.

Cutting prices of Christmas puddings, turkeys, sprouts, and mince pies helped Tesco pull a better-than-expected performance out of its shopping bag over the holiday period.

The management business bought by music giants Live Nation from former U2 manager Paul McGuinness recorded losses of €203,717 in its first year.

Contract catering company Fitzers Catering last year recorded a pre-tax loss of €633,537, newly filed accounts show.

Expansion costs at Scott Tallon Walker, the firm that designed the new Pairc Uí Chaoimh and co-designed the Aviva stadium, has led it to plunge to a pre-tax loss of €518,440.

Ireland’s citizens lost more of their personal wealth than any other eurozone country in the aftermath of the financial crash, while Germany and the Netherlands gained the most, fresh data from the European Central Bank shows.

After water and wifi issues at the last two events it’s a wave goodbye that’s set to dominate this year’s Web Summit after its founder signalled his intent to move the event to Lisbon from 2016.

The Government came under fire from all sides of the political spectrum for failing to secure the future of the prestigious Web Summit in Dublin after its founder announced it was to up sticks for Lisbon from 2016.

The decision to relocate the Web Summit to Lisbon from next year onwards will cost the Irish economy tens of millions of euro and should act as a wake-up call to the need for improved infrastructure here, business bodies have warned.

Bord Gáis Energy’s strong contribution to its parent group may help shield it from a culling of more than 6,000 employees from Centrica’s global workforce, which it announced yesterday.

UTV said it expects the new UTV Ireland station to lose six million pounds sterling (€8.35m) this year.

Huge personal loss and tragedy befell Irish women Elber Twomey, Roseann Brennan, and Una Butler — and each has turned unimaginable horror and heartache into heroic virtue as they launch individual campaigns for safer roads and suicide prevention.

A third straight loss and the concession of 13-53 in the process cost Waterford a place among the chosen sextet for 2015.