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Acrisure Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT – Get Rating) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 9,771 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $318,000. A number of other hedge funds have also recently […]

Go on. Give us your list of people who should get a special national honour from the President of Ireland.

Triasima Portfolio Management inc. raised its stake in shares of NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT – Get Rating) by 81.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 163,115 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 73,400 shares during the period. Triasima Portfolio Management inc.’s holdings in NetScout Systems were worth […]

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tried to strike a philosophic note, arguing that his government’s slump in popularity is part of general public sentiment across Europe.

You can be vulgar and call it a “fine” or be posh and insist on “solidarity contributions”. However, the reality is that Ireland risks paying far more EU migration fees – perhaps over four times the €1.5m payment sanctioned this week by the Government in place of taking 350 migrants seeking international protection here.

Tributes are being paid to former Irish Press journalist Ken Whelan (71), well-known for his work with the Evening Press in the 1980s, who has died.

As yet another sage economic warning risks being largely ignored, it is time to ask if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) is a sop to government conscience or a political white elephant.

PAUL Coghlan was not a household name nationally – but in politics and business he was well known and also very well liked.

At rush hour on a Friday evening in the summer of 1974, three car bombs exploded in Dublin’s city centre. They killed 26 people, including an unborn baby on Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street. Around an hour and a half later, a fourth car bomb went off in Co Monaghan where seven more people were killed.

It’s like those infamous fights in tunnels even before the teams get on the field. The Government signals a debate on national defence and one crowd cries “slippery slope to neutrality sell-out” – and the other demands “a pragmatic approach to a changing world”.