Barely had the presidential plane taken off and Diageo warned of job losses at the old Guinness heartland in St James’s Gate, leaving a bitter taste for some and a challenge for Diageo Ireland MD John Kennedy, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

DCC founder and chief executive Jim Flavin is no stranger to trouble, having ridden his fair share of tough commercial patches and legal wrangles on his way to building the unique conglomerate that is DCC, reports Kyran Fitzgerald.