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Full coverage: Health

All vets great and small: the big business battle for veterinary ownership

Corporate veterinary groups have been “‘buying like blazes” in Ireland since a recent rule change, despite political pressure to keep them out. What does it mean for the business of being a vet?

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
28th Oct, 2021 - 9 min read

Doctors, dentists and the gig economy: Inside Revenue’s assault on tax status of medical professionals

A clinic owner claimed doctors and dental practitioners were contractors. Revenue recast them as employees. The subsequent dispute has far-reaching implications for medical and other professionals.

Thomas Hubert
5th Oct, 2021 - 7 min read

Meat factories and dealing with the bull

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan reflects on the frustrations and inconsistencies presented by the authorities following her year-long investigation into Covid-19 outbreaks in meat factories.

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
13th Sep, 2021 - 5 min read

Meat factories and Covid-19 – Part 2: Pay, conditions and bogus subcontracting via Poland

The second part of our investigation into the spread of the pandemic among meat factory staff examines why some of them fell through the safety net established to keep workers away from each other when they posed a risk of infection.

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
8th Sep, 2021 - 6 min read

Special investigation: Meat factories and Covid-19 – the unsacrificed lamb

As cases of Covid-19 in meat factories grow higher than last year, the first instalment of a two-part, year-long investigation unveils how the meat industry got carte blanche to remain open when other industries were forced to shut down.

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan
7th Sep, 2021 - 17 min read

A Vatful of drugs: The tax implications of an €8m pharma rebate row

After The Currency exposed the volume deals struck by a medicine manufacturer with private hospitals and health insurers, our tax expert explores the ramification of the Vat dispute they triggered.

Eoin O'Shea
6th Aug, 2021 - 6 min read

“Incentive type agreements”: Inside the volume deals between pharma, private hospitals and health insurers

A medical supplier decided to fight Revenue over a €1m Vat relief claim. To defend its case, the company had to reveal the discounts and rebates consented to healthcare providers.

Thomas Hubert
5th Aug, 2021 - 5 min read

“This is the real deal”: How Irish health tech company SilverCloud fetched $250m from a US giant

Amwell, a publicly listed US telehealth company, is buying Irish digital healthcare firm SilverCloud for an estimated $250m. The deal will help the business achieve its mission of helping millions of people.

Tom Lyons
28th Jul, 2021 - 5 min read

A pandemic silver lining? From heart-monitoring T-shirts to “digital triage”, the sudden rise of telehealth

As Covid-19 filled hospitals and kept other patients at home, a digital health revolution has given the medical industry a much-needed upgrade – and created opportunities for Irish medtech companies.

Devin Seán Martin
20th Jul, 2021 - 13 min read

“By putting myself out there, I received amazing messages from people all over the world who had also overcome adversity”

After battling breast cancer, Georgie Crawford decided to leave her job in radio to tell stories a different way. So, in 2018, she set up The Good Glow podcast. Now, along with her husband Jamie, Crawford is expanding the brand into new areas.

Cait Caden
10th Jun, 2021 - 6 min read
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