Analysis: Home birds snared by domicile levy meant for ‘wild geese’
November 4, 2020 4:23 amIn 2010, finance minister Brian Lenihan introduced an income tax ‘domicile levy’ with the “intention of ensuring wealthy Irish domiciled... View Article
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Whatever the Brexit deal, we’re about to start implementing it – and it’s going to be messy
November 3, 2020 5:06 amOn Monday morning, I sat through a near four-hour long webinar where senior civil servants from the UK government, its... View Article
“Sean Connery was the perfect house guest. He turned off all the lights each night after we stayed up talking and drinking Scotch whiskey”
November 2, 2020 4:32 amWexford folk rarely fail to claim a member of their diaspora – and never if the recently deceased is rich,... View Article
Abandoning consensus, Trump unleashed a revolution. Win or lose, the dark shadow of his nativist agenda will persist
October 31, 2020 5:07 am‘Cathy, I’m lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping,And I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why,Counting... View Article
AIB and Bank of Ireland look to be through the worst of Covid. But their other problems remain
October 30, 2020 1:07 pmAIB and Bank of Ireland’s trading updates this week weren’t as dramatic as their half-year results. Half-year results were all... View Article
Three reasons commodities are headed higher in 2021
October 30, 2020 4:29 amDuring 2020, commodity prices experienced significant volatility. The large declines and subsequent rallies were mirrored in other asset classes, notably... View Article
As we borrow from the future, can we avoid a lost generation?
October 29, 2020 4:21 amTwo numbers vied for attention in the recent Budget. The first was the historical level of spending by the government... View Article
Rena Maycock: Why do some women see other women as threats?
October 27, 2020 4:44 amWhen I founded our child-protection software company, I entered the start-up community bubble and found my troop. People doing the... View Article
Does activist investor Teleios have its eye on Glenveagh’s €840m land bank?
October 23, 2020 4:37 amActivist investors need a thick skin. It’s the nature of their business. The Swedish activist investor Christer Gardell, for example,... View Article
They may have signed up to a code of conduct, but it is now abundantly clear that landlords will fight tooth and nail if they feel wronged by retail tenants
October 22, 2020 4:51 amIt is impossible not to admire Smyths Toys. From its base in the west of Ireland, the family-owned business has... View Article
