Eddie Irwin is the man bloodstock magnate John Magnier calls upon when things go wrong, the court heard. On Friday, the financial advisor charted his attempts to push forward the Barne transaction in August and September 2023.
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has repeatedly raised staff shortages with its parent department and also faces “reputational risk” due to a major backlog in closing out public complaints.
A new EY study shows general counsel in Ireland are balancing soaring expectations with limited bandwidth, navigating more risks with fewer resources.
Once a novelty, general counsels are now a stalwart feature of Irish business. The Currency explores the value they bring to decision-making at the top table with ESB's group legal director Alan Daly and OpenAI's head of Ireland Emma Redmond.
The court has been hearing from the Coolmore accountant who worked on the Barne transaction, the "rumours and innuendo" around Maurice Regan's rival bid and "outrageous" claims about "head nodding" at a witness.
Ireland has yet to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, due to a Supreme Court legal challenge, but Simon Harris is marching on with a bill to sign off on the agreement.
Commission for Regulation of Utilities documents released to The Currency show concerns date back to 2016, with legislation needed to close a licensing loophole repeatedly delayed. Some issues with licensed networks were also identified in 2024.
The packaging multinational assembled by Paul Coulson has one year left before it hits a wall of debt. The full story of its $12.5bn bond pile gives clues about the options left on the table.
Aoife Quinn is in a tax dispute with Revenue over monies drawn down from “bogus” employment contracts with three Russian companies in 2011 and 2012. The daughter of former billionaire Sean Quinn says the money was used in the family’s court battle with IBRC.
This is the second legal proceedings lodged by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission against Irish bookmakers as part of its wider probe into potential breaches of competition law.
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