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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
The entrepreneur providing wifi solutions to transport firms and rural Ireland
Future Proof: Patrick Cotter, founder of FleetConnect and Rural Wifi, eyes further expansion
Ryanair complains to advertising watchdog over claims company
ASAI partially upholds complaint against MyRefund which manages flight delay claims
Gym membership: why Ireland is among the most expensive in Europe
Smart Money: It’s not cheap but competition for the sweaty euro is benefiting consumers
Michael Lowry tax filings saved him from more serious charges
Tipperary TD’s filings to Revenue in 2007 facilitated declaration of untaxed £248,624
Give Me A Crash Course In . . . Michael Lowry
What was he convicted of this week? Why was he described as ‘conscientious taxpayer’?
‘IRA kidnapped Shergar,’ claims ex-Provo operative
‘Southside Provo’ Kieran Conway says equine abduction a ‘good stroke’ for the IRA
Court reserves judgment over Michael Lowry tribunal costs
Independent TD claims he was treated differently to Charles Haughey
Santry site with lapsed permissions for sale for €3m-plus
Land in Dublin 9 on 3.84 acres zoned for high-density, mixed-use development
‘Irish Times’ Letters from Leo: Varadkar gets it off his chest
From bin charges to Israeli policy: A selection of many missives from the new FG leader
No women need apply as Ivan Yates brings manly swagger to Sundays
Newstalk adds more middle-aged male voices to its roster in the form of Yates and Bobby Kerr, but the formula is wearing thin
Clarendon buy 24 more shops at Beacon South Quarter
Company have also invested in Merchants Quay Shopping Centre in Cork city
Irish entertainers on UN list of South Africa visits
State papers 1986: Government under pressure over proposed ban on South African produce as Dunnes Stores strike continued
Apartheid, apathy and the Dunnes strike: Mandela memories in Dublin
Former Dunnes Stores striker Cathryn O’Reilly and cast members of ‘Mandela Trilogy’ discuss the turbulence surrounding apartheid in the 1980s
New retail and office lettings at Cherrywood Business Park
Animal health company and financial services firm to move into development
Investor pays €17m for Telephone House on Marlborough Street in Dublin 1
Close by, Findlater House has been converted into 198-bedroom Holiday Inn Express
Beacon South Quarter portfolio in Sandyford guiding €11.5m
Half the shops and an industrial building at boom-built scheme on market
Michael Lowry loses High Court challenge to Moriarty tribunal
Former Fine Gael minister engaged in a ‘litany of falsification and deception’, rules judge
Landmark Dublin building goes on sale with €11.5m guide price
Buyer should be able to bank on return of 8% for Telephone House off O’Connell Street
Hundreds turn out for removal of Christy O’Connor Jnr
Taoiseach, Ben Dunne and Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh pay respects to family of late golfer
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