CORK-BASED LAWYER BATTLES US ON INTERNET GAMBLING

THIS IS truly David v Goliath. As the internet betting world was thrown into disarray last week, hopes that the US will be forced to permit its citizens to engage in online gambling are being pinned on a Cork-based lawyer. Mark Mendel, who lives in Crosshaven, Co Cork, is a ...
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23-07-06

John Mulligan

INTEREST HIKES MATCH Â?¬2.5BN SSIA CASH

MATURING SSIAs are set to come to the rescue of hardpressed home owners, freeing up cash that can be used to cover the rising cost of mortgages and other borrowings caused by higher interest rates. While it is expected that only a small fraction of the 15.7bn SSIA bonanza will ...
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06-08-06

Niall Brady

OECD VERDICT: MORE TAX HIKES, LESS SPENDING

<p>The influential Organisation for Co-operation and Development (OECD) has told taoiseach Brian Cowen that the government will probably have to raise taxes and spend less, because forecasts set out in the budget two weeks ago are too optimistic. </p> <p>The Paris-based forecasting body, which is preparing to publish its Ireland ...
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02-11-08

Eamon Quinn

?14M FUND FOR SELECT GALWAY CLINIC

WELL-KNOWN tax adviser Kevin Warren & Associates has assembled over 50 high net worth individuals to invest ?14m in Blackrock Clinic founder James Sheehan's development of a new hospital in Galway. The tax investors will stump up a minimum of ?250,000 each in the Western Medical Centre, an investment that ...
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02-11-03

Brian Carey

PLAN TO BAIL OUT FIRST-TIME BUYERS NOT A RUNNER – NTMA

<p>The construction industry's proposals aimed at helping banks here to issue cut-price home loans to first-time borrowers by tapping the state's &#8364;20bn pension fund should be considered but are unlikely to get off the ground, according to Michael Somers, chief executive of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), which oversees ...
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13-07-08

Eamon Quinn