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
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“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
Home, free: Former Anglo boss David Drumm released from prison
February 15, 2021 6:11 pmDavid Drumm, the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, is free after serving three years, four months in prison. ... View Article
Media manoeuvres: Collateral attack on INM inspectors fails
February 15, 2021 11:41 amFormer Independent News and Media Chairman Leslie Buckley has lost his bid to remove High Court inspectors appointed to investigate... View Article
“There are probably more hackers out there than nearly IT security people at this stage”
February 15, 2021 5:51 amAs Ireland went into its first lockdown last March, its largest cybersecurity company went into overdrive. The pandemic forced a... View Article
