“If you don’t get into my car, I will take that as you saying to me ‘F*** you’”
February 20, 2021 5:30 amJohn McClean entered court number 13 a little after 10 am last Thursday carrying a black leather overnight bag and... View Article
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After 165 years here, why can’t Ulster Bank make money in Ireland? And what happens now?
February 19, 2021 5:45 amToday, Ulster Bank announced it’s pulling out of the Republic of Ireland after 165 years. It announced plan to sell... View Article
Inflated budget sales and eroded confidence: how a dispute between a CEO and a CFO turned legal at an Irish analytics firm
February 19, 2021 5:25 amIn an analysis of the High Court ruling last summer, law firm William Fry described the case as “a cautionary... View Article
No bottom line: assessing the merits of ISIF as the investment arm of the Irish State
February 18, 2021 5:25 amA hundred years ago the state’s job was to keep the peace, operate courts, stand an army, run primary schools,... View Article
“I hate that word pivot, but I had to find a way to diversify and still live in the world that I love”
February 18, 2021 5:05 amWhile the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the economy and business on a global scale, it has also... View Article
Gold-plated green jersey: How one Irish Dell subsidiary created a €100m-a-year tax credit
February 17, 2021 5:20 amWhy did Dell, just like countless other US-based multinationals in the past two years, replace its double Irish tax structure... View Article
Bernard Brogan: Five lessons that business leaders can learn from elite sport
February 17, 2021 5:10 amIn his 2009 book What Sport Teaches Us About Life, the former England cricketer Ed Smith endeavoured to draw out... View Article
In the interests of justice: Supreme Court agrees to hear bankruptcy challenge by Bula mines founder
February 16, 2021 4:24 pmWith one or two adjustments, a 1997 High Court judgment starts like it could be the beginning of a film.... View Article
Heaven in an offshore haven: 27 syndicates, 231 high rollers, €60m, and one tax scheme
February 16, 2021 5:52 amAround 400,000 offshore companies are registered in the British Virgin Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Caribbean that remains a... View Article
“Malicious” and “grossly defamatory”: Declan Ganley’s battle with CNN
February 16, 2021 4:30 am“Outraged and gravely concerned” are the words used by his lawyers to describe businessman Declan Ganley’s reaction to the CNN... View Article
