Full coverage: chartered accountant

A generational shift in gender balance and associated challenges around childcare and working from home are just one of the changes unfolding in Irish accountancy, three Chartered Accountants Ireland members told a Sligo industry event.

Sinead Donovan, the chairperson of Grant Thornton, has strong views about the future of the accountancy profession – and the wider corporate boardroom. As the incoming president of Chartered Accountants Ireland, she will have a platform to advance her agenda.

Hynes Jewellers was a Wexford institution, specialising in high quality diamonds and jewellery. Until it all collapsed. Amid claims of fraudulent trading what follows is an interwoven tale of a family business, a property venture, and a disqualified accountant