The Irish economy is nearing an inflection point. Multinational corporate tax receipts can no longer be taken for granted, and we need to develop new revenue streams. Like the gaming sector, we need to pick areas in which we can win – and then back them.
Richard Barnwell, who has transitioned from games studio founder to VC, discusses the unique challenges that games start-ups face in raising money.
What are Elon Musk’s plans for X, formerly known as Twitter? Nobody is sure. But the Holy Grail is an "everything app" used for, well, everything, from ordering food to organising your life to following the news.
Fast-growing Waterford software developer Nearform has made a significant acquisition and it is on the look out for more. Founder Cian Ó Maidín explains how the deal came together and how it is poised for even more rapid growth.
Stripe’s rising expenditure in accounts filed in Ireland tells us more about the consolidation of Dublin as its tax centre than about its profitability.
The Paris-listed Paragon ID manufacturer of passports, transport cards and smart retail tags is going private. The buy-out offer was launched from a low-key office suite in Sandyford.
No one really thinks that Ireland’s €250 billion domestic economy is generating €200 billion in profits for American multinational firms. To recover its tax base, the US should reform its own rules.
After Budget 2024, multinationals will no longer have access to a 12.5% rate in Ireland. There is still a lot more they can do to locate profits here at a tax advantage, however, and the unofficial expectation for the Exchequer is: more money.
For years, the double Irish scheme siphoned multinationals’ profits to offshore islands. Now their intellectual property makes half of all corporate profits in Ireland tax-deductible. Ahead of the budget, new data and analysis reveal what drives the corporation tax bonanza.
X’s Dublin-based international office has reported multi-million-euro redundancy and lease exit costs while disclosing impairments in the value of the social network in the months following its takeover by Elon Musk.
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