Tax moves like the 'double Irish' are hard to swallowAnalysis: This week’s report by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development on multinational taxation may make …Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Cost of stimulus packages much less, says studyThe true cost of a government economic stimulus package is substantially less than has been estimated to date because of the …Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
Failure to repossess homes 'crazy'The failure to repossess people’s homes may be contributing to the duration of the economic crisis, a conference organised by…Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
Customers of former Anglo and INBS to get new payment detailsPeople who have mortgages with the former Irish Nationwide Building Society, which became part of the now-liquidated Irish Bank…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Stimulus 'would save State €663m'The return on a Government stimulus package would be substantially greater than has been estimated to date because of the bank…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Bill highlights dire nature of banking sector collapseThe Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013 contains some very impressive descriptions outlining the purpose of the legislation…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
ActionAid critical of sugar firm on taxThe UK arm of ActionAid, an organisation that campaigns for the developing world, has highlighted the role played by an Irish…Tue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
Bank's liquidation raises a raft of legal issuesANALYSIS: The impact of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on its remaining customers, and those who were…Tue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
The beef industry: A lot done. More to doStandards are higher and traceability has improved since the beef tribunal of the early 1990s, but the industry’s reputation …Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Quinns cite contempt threat for silence on details of financesHigh Court heard of mass withdrawals of cash and no spending receiptsFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Companies on both sides of Border now under focusBACKGROUND: McAdam Food Services Ltd, the meat trader that has been linked to the developing burger scandal, is owned by Martin…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Bullet and threat sent to building group in NIA rifle bullet was sent to the chief executive of the Lagan Group last week in what appears to be a threat linked to a proposed…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Rise in consumer complaints 'a concern'There was a 12 per cent increase in consumer complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman last year as compared with 2011, …Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
From the Quinns to Apple, offshore is where it's atThe ongoing battle between Seán Quinn and his children, and Anglo Irish Bank (now part of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation…Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
Quinn air of ordinariness tested in cross-examinationBACKGROUND: Former billionaire Seán Quinn and his family may have been notable a few years ago for their lack of media profile…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Lack of political direction responsible for convoluted property registration system‘Never waste a crisis” is a cliche, as is the argument that the perfect can be the enemy of the goodWed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Profits remain steady at Donnybrook FairDonnybrook Fair, the retail business owned by Joe and Mary Doyle, made a pretax profit of €442,734 in the year to the end of …Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Symantec subsidiary pays €1.39m in taxThe Irish subsidiary of the US software security multinational Symantec paid €1Sat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Central Bank governor issues warning to banks over distressed mortgagesThe banks will be required to raise more capital if they do not begin dealing with distressed mortgages, the governor of the …Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Monaghan firm involved in horse meat controversy is part of Goodman empireSilvercrest Foods, the Co Monaghan producer of the sample of beef burgers in which horse meat accounted for 29Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Cementing the argument for querying ETS loopholeOn Monday I got a call from someone connected with the cement sector who was none too pleased with our report detailing the views…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Honohan positive on job creationGrowth in private sector employment could reach a rate this year which would see overall employment growing again on a sustainable…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Call for 80% tax on windfall cement profitsThe cement industry is getting tens of millions of euro annually in windfall profits, at the exchequer’s expense, because of …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryAt home one evening some time ago I was listening to John Martyn’s breezy, soulful song, Go Easy, when a dark thought crossed…Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Blogger's 'substantial donation' over tweet about Ganley was €50The “substantial donation” made recently to the Poor Clares after businessman Declan Ganley threatened legal action over a controversial…Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Moody's claims State finances still vulnerableIreland’s economic prospects remain weak and its government finances vulnerable, according to Moody’s Investors Service.Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
State sells €1bn investment in Bank of Ireland with €10m profitThe State sold a €1 billion investment in Bank of Ireland yesterday, having initially aimed to sell a minimum of half that.Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Ultimate cost of domestic bin collection is unclearBOTTOM LINE: For Christmas this year someone gave me a copy of Joseph Stiglitz’s latest book, The Price of InequalityWed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Markets close down after new year rallyAfter a successful first week of the new year, markets yesterday paused for air and profits, with Dublin falling in with the …Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Nama chairman sees growing signs of stability in property marketThere are growing indicators that the commercial and residential property markets are stabilising, chairman of the National Asset…Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
O'Brien's Digicel may invest $40m in El SalvadorBusinessman Denis O’Brien has said his Digicel telecoms group may invest more than $40 million in El Salvador over the next 18…Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Any profit by agency will be fraction of massive cost to StateAnalysis: Nama is playing a part in trying to kick-start the property marketFri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Nama sees property prices stabilisingThere are growing indicators that the Irish commercial and residential property markets are stabilising, the chairman of the …Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
Facebook sets up Irish subsidiaryFacebook is moving all its non-US revenues from its credits business – understood to comprise mainly games credits – to a new…Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
Property market stabilising in DublinFurther evidence of the stabilisation of the Dublin property market is contained in new data released today.Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
Celestial Green projects in Amazon prove ill-starredThe involvement of the Dublin-based company Celestial Green Ventures plc with carbon credit projects in the Amazon was at one…Fri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
O'Brien seeks removal of licence case plaintiffs other than GanleyBusinessman Denis O’Brien is to seek to have all plaintiffs bar Declan Ganley removed from a case being taken in relation to …Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
Bank directors to face Dáil bodyThe public interest directors in the banks are to be called before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Irish firm sued over carbon credit dealA Dublin company has announced it is suspending agreements it has with indigenous tribes in the Amazon forest following legal…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Irish firm suspends deal on carbon credits with Amazonian IndiansA Dublin company has announced it is suspending agreements it has with indigenous tribes in the Amazon forest following legal…Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Pretax profit of €1.86m for Rohan property firmKen Rohan’s property group made a pretax profit of €1.86 million last year and paid a dividend of €3.1 millionMon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Fitzers Holdings makes a profitThe Fitzers restaurant business in Dublin has reported a pretax profit of €150,972 for 2011Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Bitter pill that comes with having large drugs sectorANALYSIS: The pharmaceutical industry’s lobbying of the Government demonstrates how multinationals play governments off each…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Fed announces new stimulus planUS stocks climbed to session highs yesterday after the Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan at the end of its two-day…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Eircom to take €35m hit on cut in phone subsidyEircom has taken a €35 million hit as a result of the budget measure to reduce the value of the phone allowance for elderly people…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
State bid to have O'Brien, Lowry joined to caseThe State is seeking to have billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien and former minister Michael Lowry made liable for damages …Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
IBRC effort to seize mall must clear murky world of politics in UkraineThe Irish Bank Resolution Corporation’s (IBRC) effort to seize the Ukraina shopping mall in Kiev has involved some of the most…Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Bank's attempt to regain Kiev asset worth €60m foiledIt is more than a year since the State-owned Irish Bank Resolution Corporation should have asserted control over the Ukraina …Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Getting their Quinn's worthA light snow falls on Moscow as Judge Tatiana Alekseevna Alandarenko takes her seat in courtroom 11021Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Quinn mall linked to Ukrainian rulerA shopping centre formerly owned by Seán Quinn’s family in Kiev, Ukraine, has been linked to parties close to Ukrainian president…Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
