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It has been reported that McCourt, who was awarded the contract for the €2.9-billion State-funded national broadband plan, invested just €116,564 of equity into the project. Photograph: iStock
Siobhán Quinlan plans almost 670 apartments in Dublin suburbs

Boom-era property financier Derek Quinlan’s wife, Siobhán Quinlan, has entered the build-to-rent residential property space with plans to develop 668 (...)

Iarnród Éireann’s chief executive Jim Meade, left, global CEO/chairman of Alstom Henri Poupart-Lafarge, and Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority pictured at the Iarnród Éireann’s Inchicore Works to formally sign a contract for new Dart carriages. Photograph: Jason Clarke
Air travel and Covid tests, tobacco price rises, and tax implications of a raffle win

Passengers prevented from entering the Republic because they have not got the correct Covid test results have potential grounds for legal action again(...)

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar and businessman David McCourt sign the National Broadband contract in November 2019 at St Kevin’s National School in Co Wicklow. Photograph: Niall Carson/ PA Wire
William Fry and EY to examine funding and structure of National Broadband Ireland

The Department of Communications has asked legal firm William Fry and accounting firm EY to examine the claims made in recent media reports in relatio(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is using Citigroup to sell shares. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times
Donohoe extends BoI stake sell-down after raising €249m

The Government said on Friday it has raised €249 million reducing its Bank of Ireland stake from 13.9 per cent to 9.3 per cent since late June. Mini(...)

For investors leasing returns are generally stable, making them particularly attractive to pension funds. With green leases ‘you are investing in something that benefits the planet as well’
ESG policies have seen a proliferation of green leases in high-end property deals

A green lease is the generic term used to describe a lease for commercial property that contains provisions dealing with energy, environmental, sustai(...)

‘It has been a great 12 months for M&A activity.’ Photograph: Getty Images
Bumper year for mergers and acquisitions despite pandemic

It has been a very good year for mergers and acquisitions, with deal volumes hitting record highs. Much of the activity has been driven by private equ(...)

Valeo’s Oliver Sutherland and fifth-generation miller Nigel Odlum. Bain’s €1.7 billion buyout of Valeo Foods year was among this year’s notable deals. Photograph: Chris Bellew/Fennell
Wall of private equity cash drives near €20bn Irish M&A frenzy

Private-equity groups from the United States and elsewhere with access to “unprecedented amounts of capital” drove a surge in dealmaking in the Irish(...)

‘It’s only now we can see how bad the daily grind of city working and commuting was. People have a little more time for themselves, and we think that’s a good thing.’ Photograph: iStock
‘How we work will increasingly depend on how we want to work’

The pandemic has accelerated workplace trends, that were already emerging, at breakneck speed. “The shift towards remote working was already happenin(...)

Employers should undertake remote safety assessments to check for poor ergonomics and provide staff with written guidance about how best to protect themselves. File photograph: Getty
Hybrid workforce one outcome of post-pandemic future

A consensus is emerging around the hybrid workforce of the post-pandemic future, one that combines office and home-based working. But how will it work(...)

The William Fry survey found that organisations appeared confused about some aspects of the EU’s general data protection regulation. Photograph: iStock
Data regulation replaces tax rate as top investment factor, survey finds

Data regulation has replaced tax as the most important factor for many businesses when deciding where to invest, a new survey claims. The news comes (...)

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