Irish human rights fundraiser expresses “shock” at Amnesty’s trademark lawsuit
September 17, 2022 12:45 pmHuman rights fundraiser Art for Amnesty, the charity founded by retired barrister Bill Shipsey, has described the issuing of a... View Article
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“God, I’ll be torn limb from limb for this”
September 17, 2022 4:37 amJohn Banville arrives for the first interview in The Currency’s new podcast series Experience carrying a bag of books from... View Article
The holy fool: How Russia’s military setbacks in Ukraine are triggering rising dissent back home
September 17, 2022 4:35 amMoscow last Saturday celebrated its annual city day and 875th birthday. As spectacular fireworks erupted over Red Square, Sergey Shnurov... View Article
Charged in San Francisco with alleged tax fraud, two Cork-born brothers remain “at large”
September 16, 2022 1:28 pmThe Irish-born owners and an employee at a San Francisco plastering company and its sister construction firm have been charged... View Article
Departing OECD tax chief: “We’ve turned the page. Now we need to implement”
September 16, 2022 5:00 amLast week, the man who has led international tax reform for the past 15 years announced that he was leaving.... View Article
The unstoppable rise of online betting, the Covid recovery and room for tax rises
September 16, 2022 3:11 amOfficials at the Department of Finance have just prepared a paper on excise duty – a type of tax levied... View Article
Barrister and human rights activist Bill Shipsey in court case with Amnesty International over charity name
September 15, 2022 3:56 pmAmnesty International is suing human rights activist and retired barrister Bill Shipsey to get him to change the name of... View Article
McGrath to plough more funds into restaurant as creditors face haircuts
September 15, 2022 3:13 amThe company behind Brasserie Sixty6, a Dublin 2 restaurant co-owned by celebrity chef Dylan McGrath, has circulated a rescue plan... View Article
What Glenveagh’s interims say about the Irish housing market
September 14, 2022 8:00 pmGlenveagh is a bellwether of the Irish housing system. It was set up by the late Justin Bickle and Stephen... View Article
Man arrested in insider trading probe was trading in shares of Dublin pharma company Open Orphan
September 14, 2022 1:48 pmThe businessman arrested on suspicion of alleged insider trading this week was trading in the shares of Open Orphan, the... View Article
