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Full coverage: Infrastructure

Land, leases, licences and the law: Motorway case clarifies tax treatment of FDI property

When a Spanish multinational sold its stake in the company that built the M4 toll road, Revenue issued a contested CGT bill. Following a tax appeal in 2021, the High Court has now ruled on the case.

Thomas Hubert
21st Feb, 2023 - 5 min read

EirGrid targets 30-year payback from €1.6bn power interconnector with France

Finance and contractors are in place for the major infrastructure project destined to replace peak gas-fired generation with overseas renewable or nuclear electricity. Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.

Thomas Hubert
25th Nov, 2022 - 6 min read

Joe McReynolds on the Tokyo template for city life: High wages, low rents and a vibrant local culture

Tokyo is worth paying attention to because it shows how to have your cake and eat it: A growing, rich, modern city with low rents, and a unique culture.

Sean Keyes
20th Jul, 2022 - 4 min read

NBI has a new 80% shareholder. What control and return will the company give Asterion?

A Spanish investment firm is buying out the hedge fund managers that bankrolled the State’s rural broadband contractor, providing longer-term backing. What do we know about the terms of the deal?

Thomas Hubert
12th Jul, 2022 - 3 min read

Dublin Port is raising prices again, defending itself from developers’ diggers and at risk from sea level rises

In a major interview, Eamonn O’Reilly, outgoing chief executive of Dublin Port Authority, discusses the extreme challenges facing the shipping industry and how he is funding the €1.6 billion masterplan to expand the port.

Rosanna Cooney
14th Apr, 2022 - 10 min read

NBI uncovered: We knew the broadband contract was redacted. Now we know how much information is missing

The Department of Communication has declined a fresh freedom of information request for the full National Broadband Plan contract. Its response reveals the volume of documents kept secret and the fact that the contract has changed multiple times since it was signed.

Thomas Hubert
23rd Dec, 2021 - 3 min read

NBI uncovered: The many shapes of McCourt’s debt interests in the National Broadband Plan

New financial information adds complexity to the structure of loans advanced by investors in National Broadband Ireland, whose chairman David McCourt is now separately borrowing against related assets.

Thomas Hubert
17th Dec, 2021 - 3 min read

NBI uncovered: TDs take over the questioning, but the debt v equity conundrum remains unsolved

The government has been at pains to answer questions from the opposition on the capital structure of National Broadband Ireland. Misrepresentation of The Currency’s reporting did not help clarify matters.

Thomas Hubert
17th Dec, 2021 - 6 min read

We don’t know what’s going on at NBI. We should, because we are paying for it

The financial details and the appointment of corporate restructuring advisors revealed by The Currency this week raise serious questions about the future of the National Broadband Plan. They could have been addressed earlier if the project was not so opaque.

Thomas Hubert
10th Dec, 2021 - 12 min read

Key NBI backer considers future options after calling in global finance house

After three days of revelations on its finances, National Broadband Ireland is set for a restructure as the firm of its chairman David McCourt appoints an international investment bank to explore a new capital structure.

Thomas Hubert
9th Dec, 2021 - 2 min read
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