Phillip Hammond
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US-UK ‘special relationship’ may still have to deal with Irish-American lobby
- US
- January 26, 2019, 01:00
As British chancellor Phillip Hammond put a brave face on Brexit during talks with senior political and business figures this week at Davos, across th(...)
Red-line compromise key to any Brexit progress for May
- Politics
- January 21, 2019, 00:09
The coming week sees further efforts to achieve a cross-party consensus on Brexit in London, while Tánaiste Simon Coveney travels to Brussels for a se(...)
Paddy Power Betfair feels bite of regulation and tax bills
- Construction
- November 3, 2018, 03:25
Regulatory and tax bills are mounting up at Irish betting behemoth Paddy Power Betfair. The group’s third-quarter trading statement calculates that th(...)
Lagarde forecasts ‘darker clouds looming’ at IMF spring meeting
- Business
- April 21, 2018, 06:00
The great and the good of the financial world are gathering in Washington for the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund which cont(...)
Brexit now resembles a mash-up of ‘Father Ted’
- Economy
- July 9, 2017
The behaviour of the Brexiteers at the heart of the UK government is beginning to resemble a mash-up of several episodes of Father Ted. That some pro(...)
Insurers count the cost of rising injury payouts
- Financial Services
- March 1, 2017, 06:00
The shake-up in the system for calculating personal injury payouts didn’t quite have the glamour of the Oscars. The confusion was there, though, follo(...)
Britain may become tax haven after hard Brexit, Hammond says
- UK
- January 15, 2017
British chancellor Philip Hammond has infuriated German politicians for implying a “hard” Brexit would see London adopt a new role as a tax haven bef(...)
Sterling regains ground to hit 12-day high against euro
- Markets
- October 19, 2016, 17:45
Sterling touched its highest in almost two weeks against the euro on Wednesday, holding onto its biggest one-day gain in months and riding out another(...)
UK to begin Brexit process early next year, says Enda Kenny
- Politics
- September 21, 2016, 11:39
It is likely British prime minster Theresa May will formally begin the process of exiting the European Union in January or February, Taoiseach Enda Ke(...)
France accuses Syrian government of violating ceasefire
- Middle East
- April 1, 2016, 16:32
France has become the first major western power to directly accuse the Syrian government of violating the country’s ceasefire, saying air strikes thi(...)



