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Judges in Luxembourg have found that the European Commission failed to prove Irish tax deals with Apple were illegal. The main reason? Investigators didn’t go far enough in their probing of the Revenue’s “incomplete and occasionally inconsistent” rulings.

Irish businessman Barry Conlon believes his Texas-based company Overhaul could revolutionise supply chain management. Investors agree and have just cut a cheque for $17.5m. He now plans to scale the business across Europe from its new European headquarters in Dundalk.

First elected to the Dáil at the age of 27, Lucinda Creighton was a rising star in Fine Gael – before she resigned from the party over her stance on abortion. Having left Irish politics for good, Creighton has entered the world of business through Vulcan Consulting.