Martha Nolan always wanted to set up her own business, and, during lockdown, she did just that. She is the co-founder of Out East Eyewear, a luxury sunglasses brand that is finalising a new funding round.
Is consultancy a profession? The answer to that question has significant ramifications for the tax status of consultants and contractors, as revealed in a dispute between the tax authority and a consultancy firm.
Noel Moran sold his business, Prepaid Financial Services, to Australia's EML Payments in 2019 for €145 million. Now EML has called a halt to trading in its shares, having received a mysterious letter from the Central Bank of Ireland in relation to Prepaid Financial Services.
In a shareholder oppression suit, former top partner at Davy David Shubotham claims assets like Citywest and the Sugar Club on Leeson Street were transferred out of DHP at a significant undervalue.
The EU is generally seen to have had Ireland’s back until the very end of Brexit negotiations. As they stare into quota cuts and supply chain disruption, fishermen and seafood processors feel they are the exception.
Ireland’s oldest retailer, Tom Monaghan, will today pull up the shutters on his eponymous cashmere outlet in Dublin. He talks about the impact of Covid on retail, reflects on how Grafton Street has changed over the years and shares some of the lessons he has learned from six decades in business.
In 1989, Michael Knighton agreed a deal to buy Manchester United for £10 million. He tells Dion Fanning what went wrong and why the Glazers have been so bad for Manchester United.
The story of the Sackler family, Oxycontin and the opioid crisis is a story of power, addiction and denial, according to Patrick Radden Keefe, the US writer who has just authored a book on the subject.
New documents reveal startling details about Davy’s interaction with the developer Patrick Kearney over the controversial Anglo bond scandal. Here, we reveal what is agreed, and in dispute.
Fexco scion John McCarthy, his family and colleagues are in line for a €165 million windfall from the sale of their company Taxamo. They have successfully capitalised on the combined effects of the boom in online shopping, Brexit and an EU crackdown on Vat evasion.
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