A referendum on fully joining Europe’s new patent court was shelved last year. Since then, the court has rumbled on with issuing decisions while Ireland waits on the sidelines.
As Trump's 20% tariff announcement sinks in and the EU responds, The Currency's recent reporting and analysis offer avenues to take a step back and prepare for the turbulent period ahead.
Top Part, run by the Dillane brothers, is being acquired by France’s Autodistribution, a company ultimately controlled by the owner of Autoglass and Moleskin.
"Deel lawyers instructed Mr O'Brien to lie to Deel's own laywers" and make a false report to the Central Bank, a barrister for Rippling told the High Court. The judge called the allegations "extremely serious".
Keith O’Brien’s explosive affidavit makes extraordinary allegations about Deel, a rival HR firm to his employer Rippling. Deel has denied them all.
An economic development model based on attracting tax revenue at the expense of other countries can only last as long as they tolerate it, economist Gabriel Zucman warns in an extensive interview.
Released internal documents from the project's post-mortem put its contractor in the firing line. In its first public response, Codec is adamant it did the job to spec, with no liability as the council tries to claw back part of the €5.3m of taxpayers' money.
The value of the contract, which has increased from €30m in 2016, reflects the NTA’s desire to install 500 new bus shelters a year, up from 120 a year when the contract was first put to tender nine years ago.
Multinationals led by pharmaceutical manufacturers have long used intangible assets and transfer pricing to shift profits to Ireland. Could the same moves work in reverse to reduce exposure to tariffs?
In between meeting ministers and opening a office, the German multinational's global head of offshore wind Sven Utermöhlen spoke to The Currency about strong political will and "typical" delays to its Dublin Array wind farm.
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