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All eyes are on the Central Bank as the clock runs out on the latest Israeli bond prospectus. With Luxembourg closing its doors to future transfers, the Irish regulator is refusing to disclose where any request for approval might have gone.

Next month, the Central Bank must make a decision that will determine if Israel can market bonds to EU investors. It says it is bound by strict EU rules as activists, legal experts, and the finance committee call for refusal in line with international law. What comes next?

RTÉ recently welcomed the appointment of Annemarie Fritz as its next CFO. But a recent High Court ruling found "significant and serious error" in her handling of a regulatory probe at her previous job in the Central Bank.

In a nearly 200-page redacted judgment, High Court President David Barniville found it "unfathomable" a fund director was deprived of fair procedures including an oral hearing in the face of career-destroying allegations disputing his “credibility, truthfulness and honesty”.

Five years ago, the crypto company had planned 50 jobs at its EU hub in Dublin. It has now shut down its Irish entities and is instead chasing a licence in Italy.

The European Securities and Markets Authority’s latest report on fund marketing materials notes how rules from country-to-country still differ, despite efforts for greater harmonisation.

The governor and senior officials were before the Oireachtas finance committee this week to provide details on how the bank came to transfer bond prospectus approval to Luxembourg. Members were again left frustrated and the public none the wiser.

Despite strong warnings from the Central Bank, the ESRI and the Fiscal Advisory Council, the government looks set to blow past its own spending rules. Colm McCarthy warns that Ireland risks repeating old mistakes.

The Currency can confirm that the transfer of responsibility to approve the Israeli bonds prospectus to Luxembourg this week applies only to the latest prospectus. The regulator still remains the home member state for the overall Israeli bonds issuance programme.

Activists pressured the Central Bank for months over its role in facilitating the sale of bonds, with extra heat coming from the Oireachtas, legal academics, and a potential court case. What were the key concerns?