Today, at 11.00pm, Britain leaves the European Union. And with its departure, the nature of Anglo Irish relations will change once more, with Ireland firmly taking into an independent place in the wider European project.
Last week, The Currency revealed a battle between the taxman and investors over €40m tax scheme involving spot trading and Turkish lira. Today, tax barrister Eoin O’Shea examines the tax law around the dispute, and the legislation used by Revenue to clamp down on tax avoidance schemes.
We finally have sight of the main parties’ manifestos. What do the proposed policies mean for you, what do they mean for the issues facing the country, and how credible are they? Producing the most in-depth analysis of the parties’ promises to you, Stephen Kinsella provides the answers.
In rugby Jamie Heaslip was a star. At only 36 his sports career is over and his interest in business is just beginning. He shares his lessons to-date and explains how he believes alternative lender Flender can build a €100 million loan book.
Facing into a new year and beyond, before making any investment decision try to recall the three types of lemming. In the context of the extraordinary stock-market performance of recent years, not doing so could yet prove very costly.
While it’s a necessary part of business planning, forecasting has become abnormally challenging of late as we are at the mercy of consumer confidence. And that is becoming increasingly more volatile.
Nasdaq-listed Tesla and privately backed SpaceX both share a common chief executive: billionaire Elon Musk. Both are separate companies, but is there a new secret strategy to combine technology from the two companies?
As the Trump administration continues along the path of deficits-financed economic expansion, the question that investors must start asking is at what point will debt supply start exceeding debt demand, even with the Fed continuing to throw more cash on the fiscal policies bonfire?
From success in venture capital to fighting his own mental health demons and becoming a business mentor, Jerry Colonna has led an amazing life. He shares his secrets and lessons on Pete Smyth's latest Potential Squared podcast.
Nobody likes paying tax. For politicians, lessening or removing the burden is invariably tempting. But the inevitable outcome – that more and more people pay less and less tax – has reached extreme proportions in the Irish personal tax system.
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