“Ireland is a tiny island nation… with a lot of sea blindness”
September 2, 2024 5:39 amVal Cummins was always going to choose the sea. As a teen, she didn’t quite know in which capacity, but... View Article
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A pension loophole helps company owners “avoid income tax”. Could it be closed off?
September 2, 2024 5:09 amTo try and create a level playing field on pension scheme taxation, the benefit-in-kind (BIK) charge on employer contributions to... View Article
“You’re dealing with a country that’s trying to decide whether to build roads and houses or sports facilities”
August 31, 2024 5:40 amThe headquarters of Sport Ireland is located in a stylishly renovated coach house adjacent to Abbotstown House, a rambling two-story... View Article
Is this water big enough for both of them? The dispute tearing the sea swimming community apart
August 31, 2024 5:05 amOn Wednesday, August 28, the sea was calm as 209 swimmers assembled on Killiney Beach in south Dublin for a... View Article
Contractors, employees, and social welfare: RTÉ goes to court again
August 30, 2024 2:21 pmRTÉ has launched legal action against officers of the Department of Social Protection and the Social Welfare Appeals Office as... View Article
How Medtronic’s physical “principal executive office” became a one-person operation in a Galway industrial estate
August 30, 2024 10:35 amWhen The Currency visited the global head office of Medtronic PLC at 20 Hatch Street Lower in Dublin 2 this... View Article
Intel might be struggling. But it is still driving growth at ASML’s Irish business
August 30, 2024 6:00 amASML, the specialist semiconductor giant, develops technology for printing minute patterns on silicon wafers in semiconductors. It is one of... View Article
Version 1 just doubled in size in two years. Now it plans to use generative AI to repeat the trick
August 30, 2024 6:00 amBrad Mallard has been obsessed with technology for a very long time. His first memories stretch back to working on... View Article
Premium ticket seller Seat Unique plots Irish expansion following €17m raise
August 29, 2024 3:40 pmSeat Unique, which sells premium packages to the world’s biggest entertainment and sports events, hopes to move into Ireland next... View Article
Denis O’Brien is swooping on the Conrad Algarve in Quinta do Lago for €100m
August 29, 2024 1:29 pmBusinessman Denis O’Brien is buying the Conrad Algarve in Quinta do Lago for over €100 million. This is a significant... View Article
