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It was wrong of Leo Varadkar to send a servant of the State to Ben Dunne’s funeral
Taoiseach could always have attended himself in a private capacity but sending his official representative gave his Government’s seal of approval to Dunne
The slightly rich pay their taxes these days, but what about the super rich?
How we view our tax obligations has evolved greatly since the murky days of the 1980s
Ben Dunne funeral: Supermarket tycoon remembered as kind man who kept business of family close to his heart
Dunne’s kidnapping at the hands of the IRA in the early 1980s was a ‘hugely traumatic source of many of his personal problems in the years that followed’, funeral told
Funeral details for businessman Ben Dunne released
Requiem Mass for former Dunnes Stores chief executive to take place on Tuesday in west Dublin
Maurice Pratt on Quinnsworth’s ‘enemy’ Ben Dunne
The former managing director of Quinnsworth says he hopes Ben Dunne will be remembered as ‘a tremendous retailer’
Two US hotels should have plaques reading ‘Conservative Ireland died here’
Radioactive fallout from two separate detonations in American hotels drifted over the Atlantic and settled on Ireland. This was history as chaos theory
Ben Dunne obituary: Larger than life, the ‘big fella’ always bounced back
He survived a kidnapping drama that might have come to define the life of another person, but was little more than a footnote in his
Ben Dunne’s demise; ECB rate cuts; and 50 years in business
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From a Florida hotel room to Dublin Castle: How Ben Dunne’s panic attack caused mayhem for the rich and powerful
Fallout from Florida incident lasted for two decades and reached the top of Irish politics
Ben Dunne: The low-cost crusader who believed ‘in business it helps if you have an enemy’
Conor Pope: ‘Despite it all he was always a salesman. It was what he was born to do. And he was absolutely ruthless’
Ben Dunne: Without Florida arrest, would underbelly of business and political life in Ireland have been revealed?
Dunne’s cocaine-fuelled episode set off a chain of events which were to shock the Irish public through work of two tribunals of inquiry and the uncovering of offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands
Ben Dunne: Tributes paid to businessman and kidnap victim, dead at 74
Former director of retail giant Dunnes Stores died on trip to Dubai
Fraud squad days: ‘Charlie Haughey poured coffee for us from a silver pot’
Retired garda Willie McGee’s book details investigations of major scams from the past
Ben Dunne shutters six gyms over ‘horrendous’ Covid-19 impact
Fitness group unlikely to return to pre-Covid profit figures, businessman says
Developers seek permission for almost 1,500 units on three Dublin sites
Apartments make up bulk of planned projects in Walkinstown, Saggart and Kimmage
Premier Inn wants Dublin planners to water down proposed development restrictions
UK-owned hotel company wants to build up to 2,500 budget rooms in the city
Diarmaid Ferriter: Latest assessment of Haughey era seems derailed by deference
New biography devotes more attention to family rejection of Moriarty contents than to findings
Government cracks down on Airbnb while land agency gets further €300m in funding
Seen and heard: new rules for AirBnB hosts, more funding for LDA, Gym Covid passes
Back in the pool: the new rules of swimming
Booking systems and colour-coded armbands are in; saunas and hair dryers are out as eager swimmers’ return to pools
Jacuzzis and steam rooms are ‘a thing of the past’ for Ben Dunne Gyms
Gym owner says he will be doing well if half of his 10 gyms reopen
Are you due a Covid-19 refund on health insurance, school fees, travel card or gym?
Consumers may be due money back for services they are still paying for but can’t access
Coronavirus: Full list of all closures and cancellations
Taoiseach announces closure of schools, colleges and other public facilities
Ben Dunne objects to revised plan for new Premier Inn hotel in Dublin
Dublin City Council has granted permission for an extra floor to be added to a hotel proposed for the corner of Upper Abbey Street and Jervis Street
Conor Pope’s mission to find the best gym in Dublin
'Over and over again he tells me that if I want to have a lean physique, I will need a time machine'
Business leaders pay tribute to ‘retailer pioneer’ Arthur Ryan
Dublin man established Penneys and Primark as a major global fashion brand
Fintan O’Toole: Our perjury laws have failed for cultural – not legal – reasons
Tough new perjury laws contrast starkly with years of impunity for senior public figures
Healthy figures see Ben Dunne Gyms go from strength to strength
Gym business founded by former Dunnes Stores director posts €5m operating profit
Tributes paid to Feargal Quinn: ‘The best president Ireland never had’
Politicians and business community praise ex-senator and founder of Superquinn chain
Taking the long view of Ben Dunne as he turns 70
Caveat: The businessman transformed industries and lifted the lid on links between corporates and politicians
Haughey insisted Mitterrand stop off at his home for champagne
Former taoiseach sought red carpet for Abbeville lawn from Aer Rianta
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