Press Up Entertainment

Press Up: Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan’s hospitality leviathan not immune to economic headwinds

Restaurant-bar-hotel group’s rapid expansion expected to slow amid economic pressures

Patrick Kielty would welcome Ryan Tubridy as Late Late Show guest

Seen and Heard: RTÉ ‘background noise’, exports to Russia-linked countries, expected USC cut, ACMS fundraising, bank levy analysis and loans to Press Up subsidiary

Clarence Hotel returns to the black with €457,000 profit

Press Up-operated property had recorded a loss of €1.16m in Covid-hit 2021

Clerys Quarter shops and restaurants to begin fit-outs ahead of autumn opening

H&M, Flannels and Press Up now expected to open doors on site of former department store in September or October

Press Up co-founder’s Dublin 2 home sells for 20% above asking price

Matt Ryan’s four-bedroom mews on Lad Lane Upper was reimagined to capitalise on its canalside location

Magheramore beach: Planning for €40m tourist resort rejected by council

Plan for surf school, accommodation pods at Co Wicklow site was backed by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matthew Ryan

Facebook owner Meta lobbied Taoiseach, Tánaiste and others on EU-US data transfers

Seen and Heard: Ann Summers expansion, Ryanair after Michael O’Leary, Fade Street Social property, Roadbridge liquidation and Press Up debt facility

McKillen jnr pulls out of St Stephen’s Green block deals

Oakmount to pursue scaled-back plan for high-end hotel at Topshop’s former flagship premises

Zara founder in €100m deal for Dublin docklands apartment block

Family firm of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega pays average of €841,666 per unit for 120 high-end rentals

McKillen jnr’s Oakmount seeks tenants for final units at Bray Central

New centre’s tenant line-up includes Penneys, Sports Direct, Butler’s Chocolate Cafe, Stella Cinema and Bert’s Bowl

McKillen jnr and Ryan seek buyer for €250m Press Up hotel portfolio

Oakmount looks to sell five venues including the Dean and the Devlin in Dublin

Big tech boardroom dispute, Press-Up hotel plan for St Stephen’s Green, and costs of a self-build home

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McKillen jnr buying up St Stephen’s Green block for high-end Press Up hotel

The developer’s company Oakmount is currently closing in on purchase of several buildings on St Stephen’s Green

McKillen jnr’s Press Up plans to open new Dean hotel in Belfast

Dublin-based hospitality giant in bid to develop 91-bedroom hotel with rooftop swimming pool next to Ulster Hall

A woman’s two-year battle to cancel her broadband and TV package

Pricewatch: Also this week, postal problems and the price of a pint jumping overnight

Irish high-flyer who sold Beyoncé and Jay-Z their Bel Air mansion moves to ‘pinnacle’ real-estate agency

Tyrone McKillen, a son of the veteran Irish property developer Paddy McKillen, has been appointed founding broker of Official’s California office

Back from the brink: Grafton Street rebounds as high-end retailers vie for pitch

Ireland’s leading shopping street was battered by Covid and online rivals. Big brands are giving it a new lease of life – in return for a financial reset

Press Up co-founder puts architect-designed Lad Lane home on the market for €1.775m

Matt Ryan’s Dublin 2 house was reimagined to capitalise on its canalside location, a few doors down from where Ryan’s mother, the late Caroline Walsh, grew up

Irish hospitality group Press Up expands into Britain

Wowburger and Elephant and Castle to open up outlets in shopping centre in Doncaster

Ministers flock from far and wide for broadband photo op

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Press Up calls a halt to €50m share sale plan

Decision to abandon process to dispose of 45% stake follows 2018 flirtation with IPO

The gentleman farmer revolutionising Dublin’s pub scene

Interview: Matt Ryan - ‘I was born to do business. Love doing business. Still get that kick’

No IPOs likely on Irish stock market in first half of the year

CEO Daryl Byrne says second half of 2019 ‘more likely’ in terms of new company listings

Stock markets nervous amid increasing geopolitical tensions

Longest US bull run in history ends as Europe stocks struggle following slump

Irish staff at Wagamama to miss out on £4m Christmas bonus pot

Former owner Duke Street and outgoing CEO announce £4m bonus for employees

Howard Millar delays plane leasing IPO to next month

Sirius Aviation Capital aims to raise $250 million for aircraft purchases

Could Ikea be destined for the old Clerys premises?

O’Connell Street could be ideal as Swedish retailer looks for a more central home

Clerys closure left a bitter taste but new era beckons

Former workers reached settlement with Natrium that cleared way for development

Rockefeller Group unit to buy Clerys with Paddy McKillen jnr for €63m

McKillen’s Press-Up Entertainment group mothballs €60m stock market flotation plan

PTSB may cut third of bad-loans staff

Seen & Heard: McKillens may buy Clerys, Weston Airport seeks to ramp up executive jet service

Paddy McKillen jnr’s Press Up hires City broker as IPO adviser

City of London-based corporate broker Peel Hunt to aid Irish company’s flotation plans

Paddy McKillen jnr’s Press Up Entertainment eyes UK expansion

Wowburger franchise and Elephant & Castle business likely brands for launch into UK

McKillens to retain control under IPO plan; Web Summit profits; and what to do with Nama’s €3bn surplus

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McKillens to retain Press Up control under IPO plan

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