‘Argument’ over hospitality VAT rate cut continues to rumble
Sector pushes for lower rate to be bought in before scheduled start date of July next year
Inheritance tax row misses the point
Failure to allow beneficiaries of inheritance from childless people access to €400,000 tax relief is not discriminatory
ICG buybacks help lift Rothwell’s stake by 35% in a decade
Chief executive of 33 years now owns just over 20% of parent of Irish Ferries
Ministers’ ‘reform’ tag looking a little bedraggled
Promising reform of public finances is one thing, but there has been little evidence of it from either recent officeholder
O’Callaghan not inclined to allow third parties to fund legal actions
Minister for Justice considers third-party funding as ‘enriching lawyers’
Minister in the dark on who wins from cut in VAT
Paschal Donohoe admits no research has been done on whether hospitality passed benefit to customers last time around, but Ifac casts doubt on it
China looks to National Day holiday to boost consumer spending
Beijing appears more focused on boosting growth than caution – for now
Political paralysis gumming up social housing pipeline
Relationships between AHBs and developers ‘shot to ribbons’ by State funding decisions, conference hears
Some 17 years after crash, accountancy body inquiry into Anglo Irish Bank’s auditor still outstanding
An external report found that there was a prima facie case that EY was liable to disciplinary action in connection with certain aspects of its Anglo audits
Ireland’s high-price culture and the slow transition to home-grown renewables
Gas Networks Ireland’s latest energy mix data show coal fully exited the State’s energy base in August
Glenveagh looks to 2028 for Dublin office market recovery
Home builder CEO suggests it will be 2028 before group sells The Freight Building
Burke and Murphy’s clash part of long-running saga
Conflict centres on sub-minimum wage rates paid to under 18s
Brown Thomas hits targets with paper bag charge
Retailer receives little blowback from disgruntled customers over 60c fee
Politics at the centre of mooted deal to create Europe’s third biggest bank
Merger of Spain’s BBVA and Sabadell faces opposition from government
How Aer Lingus made its way onto pages of New York Times for the wrong reasons
Customer, wrongly denied boarding on flight to Dublin, was then ignored for almost three months, reports New York Times