Not an inquiry about donation in 1996, more a `query', says AhernThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, was questioned for more than an hour yesterday about why he had not informed the tribunal about a 1996…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Valuation system to be updated in new bill - CullenNew legisation to improve and streamline the operation of the valuation system was published yesterday by the Minister of State…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
Missing Revenue files hinder Ansbacher inquiryTax officials investigating companies and individuals linked to the Ansbacher deposits are encountering significant difficulties…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Accountancy firm paid fees of £1.4m for NIB inquiryThe accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), has been paid more than £1Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Custom House Docks businessmen had links to HaugheyFive business figures linked to payments to the then Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, were at the heart of one of the most lucrative…Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Inquiry on `missing' £75,000 FF donationThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, only learned this week that £75,000 of £100,000 given by a property developer to Mr Charles Haughey …Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Fears over corporate sector tax supervisionDeficiencies in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners mean there is inadequate ongoing supervision of tax compliance by the…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Cost of inquiry into Ansbacher deposits could exceed £1.4mThe High Court inspectors' inquiry into the Ansbacher deposits has already cost £500,000 (€635,000) and is likely to cost more…Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
PAC inquiry resumes to hear progress reportsA prohibition on accountancy firms providing a range of services to companies they already audit is unlikely to be recommended…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Carlisle Trust records small drop in profitsCarlisle Trust, the main company in Mr John Byrne's group of property companies, recorded a small drop in accumulated profits…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Fund-raiser cleared off debt of £3.5mMr Des Richardson, the 49-year-old recruitment agency executive at the centre of the most recent controversy over contacts between…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Haughey let John Byrne's hotel operating firm have tax free statusPrince's Investments Ltd, the hotel operating company part-owned by the property developer Mr John Byrne, paid no tax on its …Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
ICAI to seek Bovale tribunal evidenceThe Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) will seek transcripts of evidence given to the Flood tribunal this week…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Haughey set to challenge tribunal's £8.6m estimateMr Charles Haughey is expected to contest the estimate by the Moriarty tribunal that he received £8Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal to quiz Haughey on £8.6m he got in 17 yearsFormer Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, is to be called to the Moriarty tribunal soon, to be questioned about more than £8Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Money held by HaugheyThe Moriarty tribunal yesterday displayed a tabulated list containing information about money received by Mr Charles Haughey …Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Dunlop's company had £536,000 in the bankFrank Dunlop & Associates, the company run by the lobbyist Mr Frank Dunlop who has been giving evidence to the Flood tribunal…Wed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Harney outlines legal reasons for not putting inspector into IILThe Tanaiste, Ms Harney, has told a representative for investors in International Investments Ltd (IIL), the Gibraltar-registered…Tue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Fall in balance of payments current account surplusThe balance of payments current account surplus dropped significantly in 1999 to £233 million (€295 million) from £1Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Citywest was supported by huge majority of councillorsThe vote to establish the Citywest Business Park in Co Dublin was supported by a huge majority of Dublin county councillors in…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Dunlop has stake in thriving CitywestThe lobbyist Mr Frank Dunlop has a beneficial interest in the 300-acre Citywest Business Park in south Co Dublin, the State's…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Number out of work falls by 17% in a yearThe number of people out of work fell again last month, according to live register figures released by the Central Statistics…Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Political inertia delaying financial regulatorA lack of interest and political will is behind the delay in establishing an independent single regulator for the financial sector…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
State job creation `masks record losses'The creation last year by enterprise agencies of more than 34,000 jobs "masks record job losses" of almost 21,000 in agency-supported…Mon May 08 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal seeks Isle of Man documentsThe Moriarty tribunal is seeking documentation concerning an Isle of Man company which was at the heart of the controversial …Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal ready to seek discovery of Desmond documentsThe Moriarty (Payments to Politicians) Tribunal is still conducting inquiries into the affairs of financier Mr Dermot Desmond…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Grafton housing projects up 15%New housing construction projects for the first three months of the year were up 15 per cent on the figure for the same period…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
4,200 firms may be struck off company registerThree publicly quoted companies and a number associated with plcs are among the 4,200 names on a list published in Iris Oifigiuil…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Peterson of Dublin still on top of pipemaking craftThe story goes that brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp were making pipes in their shop on Dublin's Grafton Street when Charles…Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
Sean Quinn donated £30,000 to objectorsThe £30,000 (€38,092) given by Sean Quinn Group Ltd to people campaigning against a rival company's cement factory, planned for…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Boom means huge value of Haughey assets easily covers tax billCynics who have watched the handling by Charles Haughey of his assets over the years have concluded that his motivation has been…Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
AIB makes customers pay up in dispute over DIRTAllied Irish Banks is deducting tax and interest from customers found to have had bogus non-resident accounts going back to the…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
McDowell announces more powers to target fraudstersGardai working with the new Office of Corporate Enforcement will have the power to arrest, detain and question people suspected…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
FDA approves anti-epilepsy drug from ElanElan Corporation shares rose $1.94 to $44Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Claimants on collapsed firm given ray of hopeThe official liquidator to MMI Stockbrokers, Mr Tom Kavanagh, has said people who lost money and are seeking compensation from…Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Tax defaulters pay heavy penaltiesA number of very large payments by individuals is a noticeable feature of the list of 60 tax settlements totalling just under…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Shortage of staff closes successful Dublin restaurantThe owners of a Dublin restaurant which won favourable reviews and inclusion in the 2000 Michelin Red Guide say they have decided…Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00
Flood tribunal is given Ansbacher reportThe Flood tribunal, which is investigating allegations of corruption in the planning process, has requested and been given a …Wed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Ownership changes when tax allowances run outThe US businessmen who built the Holiday Inn hotel on Pearse Street sold it in 1997 to a group of eight partners from KPMG who…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Tax break at risk in hotel crisisThe collapse of the company managing the Holiday Inn on Pearse Street, Dublin, has put in danger a £2 million (€2Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Radio licence applicant appeals High Court orderPulse FM, the unsuccessful applicant for a Dublin radio licence, is to appeal to the Supreme Court an order that it lodge £100…Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Investments with missing broker `dissipated'The Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations inquiry into missing Dublin stockbroker Mr Brian Kilbane is understood to have identified…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Norkom to create 154 new jobs in £26m investmentThe Irish specialist software company Norkom Technologies is to create 154 new jobs in the coming two years as part of a £26 …Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Former bank director tells of `gigantic' tax avoidance eraTax avoidance was "like some gigantic game" during the 1970s and 1980s, a former managing director of Guinness & Mahon bank…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Liquidator faces heavy legal costsLegal costs from the fraud action brought by the liquidator to MMI Stockbrokers, Mr Tom Kavanagh, could be in excess of £500,…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
ATMs affected by labour disputeBank ATMs and foreign exchange services were affected yesterday by the one-day strike of cash-in-transit workers, with 5 per …Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Revenue's top officers investigate individuals linked to AnsbacherAn "overview team", made up of the most senior officers in the Revenue's investigation branch, is investigating the affairs of…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Jersey firm invited to High Court hearingThe offshore company which had £1.9 million (€2Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
Claim that law helps directors to `evade creditors'The strike-off policy of the Companies Registration Office is a "Government-sponsored charter" for directors seeking to evade…Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
Liquidator's move may end brokers fraud caseAn application to the High Court for direction, which could lead to the dropping of proceedings for alleged misappropriation …Wed Feb 16 2000 - 00:00
