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Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe with children from the local Chinese community at the launch of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Hill Street Family Resource Centre in central Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Irish people like nothing more than being bribed with their own money

The last time Ireland had an election on the back of a long economic expansion was 2007. That was the year Pádraig Harrington won his first Open Champ(...)

Monica Leech had represented herself in proceedings before a High Court Taxing Master concerning the fees and costs claimed by MCF under its seven year retainer. File photograph: Garrett White / Collins
Judgment reserved on fees dispute between Monica Leech and former lawyers

Former public relations consultant Monica Leech has clashed at the High Court with her former solicitors over what fees are due to them for representi(...)

The Government has spent approximately €7.5 million in legal and consultancy fees on the Apple tax case
State spent €7.5 million on Apple tax case

The Government has spent approximately €7.5 million in legal and consultancy fees on the Apple tax case, according to Minister for Finance Paschal Don(...)

AbbVie: working with its lawyers and tax advisers on ways of getting around Irish stamp duty. Photograph: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty
AbbVie seeks to get around €572m Irish stamp duty levy

US pharmaceuticals giant AbbVie is working with its lawyers and tax advisers on ways of getting around an unexpected €572 million Irish stamp duty ex(...)

The General Court moved to overturn a 2015 commission decision that Starbucks received an unfair tax deal amounting to about €30 million from the Netherlands. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty
EU’s Irish Apple case gets boost from Starbucks ruling

The European Commission’s decision three years ago that Ireland gave Apple €13 billion of illegal tax aid has been given a partial boost by a court ve(...)

The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin. The society says its solicitors roll had received 1,560 applications in the year to date. Photograph: Eric Luke
Record numbers of UK lawyers register in Ireland

UK law firms have ramped up preparation for Brexit by registering a record number of solicitors in Ireland but confusion remains about how many of th(...)

EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager: “Our investigation into the Irish tax rulings began in 2013, after Apple told a US Senate hearing about what it called a ‘tax incentive arrangement’ with Ireland.” Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
Apple case turns spotlight on Ireland’s tax affairs

Vesna Tomljenovic, the judge tasked with drafting a ruling by the European Union’s second-highest court on Apple’s alleged €13 billion Irish sweethea(...)

On Tuesday, the PwC-Irish Times Tax Summit will wrestle the most topical questions in an increasingly uncertain world. File photograph: Getty
Business week: PwC-Irish Times tax summit and Ryanair agm

This Week September 16th Monday Indicators: Irish exports and imports (July). Tuesday Results: Uniphar, Adobe, FedEx. Indicators: Euro zone econom(...)

John Moran: ‘If you look at everything I’m involved in, there’s always a challenge at the heart of it.’ Photograph Liam Burke/Press 22
`If we had defaulted how strong would EU solidarity be now?'

John Moran, the former mandarin who was at the heart of some testy exchanges with EU paymasters during Ireland’s bailout years, may be an unlikely ste(...)

Two years ago, the Dublin Circuit Court ruled that Sayed Mirwais could not recover €11,713 that he said he won playing roulette from Automatic Amusements Ltd, which trades as D1 Casino on Dorset Street in the capital. Photograph: iStock
Government to deal new plans to overhaul gambling regulation

An independent arbitrator could have the power to rule on disputes between punters and bookies under a Government plan to modernise how gambling is re(...)

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