“Alcohol was like a grenade in my family home. It blew the place apart”

The demise of the double Irish has left Ireland better off as multinationals switched to a range of other tax schemes to locate profits here. In delaying its tax harmonisation plans, the European Commission wants to harness the Covid and Biden effects to go after them all.

When he started his low-carbon cement manufacturing company 20 years ago, Donal O’Riain freely admits that the timing was wrong. Now high-profile investors are injecting millions into Ecocem’s promise to fix one of the world’s worst-polluting industries.

Pfizer is advancing plans to begin manufacturing Covid vaccines in Ireland, a move that will increase supply both in Ireland and across Europe. The facility will also make future vaccines to deal with any emerging strains of Covid-19.

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.