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Sunday 26 May 2019

'Medicinal cannabis - for which there is a rapidly growing multibillion-euro market - was not included in the planting trials because a licensing and regulatory process must first be undertaken nationally before it can be grown commercially' (stock photo)

Cannabis crops plan for Bord na Móna in state body overhaul

Bord na Móna is considering growing medicinal cannabis on Irish bogs as part of ambitious plans to repurpose the organisation.

Roam CEO Bruno Haid

Property & Mortgages

Shared-living model here is 'not in interest of tenants'

The chief executive of one of the world's best-known shared-living companies has criticised the Government's guidelines for the concept.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Business

Microsoft's Irish arm paid $77bn dividend to tech giant last year

An Ireland-based unit of Microsoft paid a massive $77bn (€68.8bn) dividend to its group shareholder firms in the last financial year.

Rob Kearney, Sean O'Brien and Jamie Heaslip,

Irish

Driving forward: Profits surge at firms operated by three Irish rugby legends

Profits at the commercial firm operated by former Irish rugby captain Jamie Heaslip more than doubled to €124,324 last year.

Going up: Mario Draghi is expected to announce an ECB rate rise next year. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

Property & Mortgages

Fixing for longer may push up mortgage bills, report warns

The tendency of people to opt for longer fixed-rate mortgages in this country could make the product more expensive in the future.

SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie

News

The Big Tech Show: An interview with SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie

Zander Lurie is the boss of the world’s biggest online survey company.

Plane-maker’s shares had lost around €35bn of market value

Business

Boeing shares up on report of Max jet clearance

Boeing shares rose as much as 3pc to more than a two-week high yesterday after Reuters reported that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to approve 737 Max jets to return to service as soon as late June.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

World

China slams US 'rumours and lies'

China has denounced US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accusing him of fabricating rumours after he said the CEO of China's Huawei Technologies was lying about his company's ties to the Beijing government.

Phone cover: Policies don’t apply to all situations if something goes wrong

Personal Finance

Is gadget insurance the right call?

In the past, loss or theft usually meant a burglary or break-in at home. Your TV, jewellery or money was most at risk. You'd make a house insurance claim and cross your fingers. These days, it's far more likely to be your smartphone, laptop or tablet that light-fingered thieves snatch. Gadgets are easy to steal, valuable and simple to fence.

If you regularly receive cash tips throughout the year, you should keep a record and declare them on what is called a Form 12, available through Revenue. Stock photo: Getty

Personal Finance

Do I have to pay tax on tips in my minimum wage restaurant job?

Q: I work in a popular Dublin restaurant for the minimum wage. My tips form a big part of my weekly income. But my employer recently said that the tips that come through the card machine are taxed through our payroll. Is this normal? Also is there any law that protects service industry workers' rights...

Revenue chairman Niall Cody. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish

Real time VAT reporting by business 'inevitable' says Revenue boss

Real time reporting of VAT receipts is "inevitable", the head of the Revenue Commissioners told a tax conference in Dublin yesterday.

The Big Tech Show: An interview with SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie

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'Medicinal cannabis - for which there is a rapidly growing multibillion-euro market - was not included in the planting trials because a licensing and regulatory process must first be undertaken nationally before it can be grown commercially' (stock photo)

Bord na Móna considering cannabis crops on Irish bogs in state body overhaul Irish

Roam CEO Bruno Haid

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Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority. Photo: Colin O'Riordan

Transport boss making up for lost time Irish

'While last Friday's referendum may well have put divorce on the radar of more Irish couples, it can be a very expensive move. There are ways to keep the costs of divorce down though' (stock photo)

For richer or poorer: how you can limit financial blow of divorce Personal Finance

Defiant: Maria Bailey insists she has done nothing wrong and was entitled to take the same legal action as anyone else. Photo: Gerry Mooney

'Nobody was drunk... I just wanted my €7k medical bill paid - Maria Bailey TD on... Politics

Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey. Picture: Damien Eagers

TD Bailey ran 10km race three weeks after swing fall Courts

'Medicinal cannabis - for which there is a rapidly growing multibillion-euro market - was not included in the planting trials because a licensing and regulatory process must first be undertaken nationally before it can be grown commercially' (stock photo)

Bord na Móna considering cannabis crops on Irish bogs in state body overhaul Irish

Diarmuid O'Connor of Mayo reacts after a shot on goal went wide

Joe Brolly: 'Mayo All-Ireland champions? Don't make me laugh' Gaelic Football

Defiant: Maria Bailey insists she has done nothing wrong and was entitled to take the same legal action as anyone else. Photo: Gerry Mooney

'Nobody was drunk... I just wanted my €7k medical bill paid - Maria Bailey TD on... Politics

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On his own: David McCourt of Granahan McCourt, the sole remaining bidder for the National Broadband Plan

Richard Curran: 'NBP bidder could make too little profit - not too much'

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Brendan Keenan: 'Less beef and more cycling will not be enough to fight global warming'

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A mock border wall is being destroyed during a protest by anti-Brexit campaigners, Borders Against Brexit in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, January 26, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

In pictures: Mock border checkpoint built as protesters warn Brexit threatens peace

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Country classic: Period house on 30ac in Tipperary for €695,000

A number of substantial rural properties...

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'Medicinal cannabis - for which there is a rapidly growing multibillion-euro market - was not included in the planting trials because a licensing and regulatory process must first be undertaken nationally before it can be grown commercially' (stock photo)

Irish

Cannabis crops plan for Bord na Móna in state body overhaul

Bord na Móna is considering growing medicinal cannabis on Irish bogs as part of ambitious plans to repurpose the organisation.

[TICON-A VIDEO] Shared-living model here is 'not in interest of tenants'

Microsoft's Irish arm paid $77bn dividend to tech giant last year

Driving forward: Profits surge at firms operated by three Irish rugby legends

Real time VAT reporting by business 'inevitable' says Revenue boss

Top-class profits of €3.3m at Griffith College

Ryanair secures compensation deal from Boeing

Irish

Rob Kearney, Sean O'Brien and Jamie Heaslip,

Driving forward: Profits surge at firms operated by three Irish rugby legends

World

Plane-maker’s shares had lost around €35bn of market value

Business

Boeing shares up on report of Max jet clearance

Boeing shares rose as much as 3pc to more than a two-week high yesterday after Reuters reported that the US Federal Aviation...

Tourist hit from Wow Air collapse tips Icelandic economy into tailspin

Markets Report: US trade war saps investor appetite

China counting cost of Google's free technology

Geographic labels are 'like intellectual property for farmers'

British Steel collapse threatens 25,000 jobs after fund talks fail

TransferWise value doubles to €3bn after share offering

World

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

China slams US 'rumours and lies'

Technology

Powers: Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon can impose huge fines. Picture: Collins

Comment

Adrian Weckler: 'One year on from GDPR, when will we start to see big fines dished out?'

Happy first birthday, GDPR. Across Ireland and Europe, those...

Digital tax push by big nations could lead to trade war - Donohoe

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Google app threat leaves Huawei phone business at edge of abyss

Broadband final bill may be €1bn less than forecast

VR Education enters agreement with major US tourist attraction

China counting cost of Google's free technology

Technology

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VR Education enters agreement with major US tourist attraction

Jobs

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Jobs

Irish companies lag in naming women to CEO and top management positions

JUST one out of nine of large companies in Ireland have female...

Financial services company Carne on hunt for 250 staff

'Recruitment is a challenge,' admits Veolia head

Irish management solutions group to create 250 jobs

Irish software firm creating 125 jobs in Cork

Shannon Group appoints new board members

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Jobs

Project: Veolia is working with Irish Water to carry out a major upgrade to the Vartry Water Treatment plant. Photo: Colin O'Riordan

'Recruitment is a challenge,' admits Veolia head

Personal Finance

Roam CEO Bruno Haid

Property & Mortgages

Shared-living model here is 'not in interest of tenants'

The chief executive of one of the world's best-known shared-living companies has criticised the Government's guidelines for the concept.

For richer or poorer: how you can limit financial blow of divorce

Fixing for longer may push up mortgage bills, report warns

Is gadget insurance the right call?

Do I have to pay tax on tips in my minimum wage restaurant job?

Davy Hickey unit plans almost 500 homes on key Navan site

Personal injury costs threaten retail viability

Property & Mortgages

Roam CEO Bruno Haid

Shared-living model here is 'not in interest of tenants'

Small Business

John Creedon, chair of the CPA Ireland conference; Lorraine Green, AIB; Gearoid O'Driscoll, president of CPA Ireland; and guest speaker Dr Declan Jordan, UCC Business School. Photo: Orla Murray SON Photo

Small Business

Brexit alert: SMEs told to hope for the best and plan for the worst

Irish SMEs should plan for any eventuality as political turmoil goes on at Westminster,...

How a motivational fable of mice and men can help your business better manage change

Warning tax rules create risks in handover of family firms

Opportunity knocks for Irish in the eurozone

Alan O'Neill: 'Team talk is the ideal way to achieve goals'

Magnet Networks aims to attract SMEs with phone app to control business

The mighty Quinn taught us how to crown customers

Small Business

Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson

How a motivational fable of mice and men can help your business better manage change

Commercial Property

Building Bricks: Hibernia Reit CEO Kevin Nowlan is upbeat on Dublin market

Commercial Property

State must do more for housing, Reit boss warns

THE Government is still not doing enough to spur residential development, according to Kevin Nowlan, the chief executive of property...

Paul McNeive: 'Collaborative and agile' is the new wave for offices

Rental income and profit increase at Hibernia Reit

Pubs for sale on Dublin tourist trail and commuter belt

Potential for mixed uses on Ballymun site

Kildare and Meath sites with appeal for housing development

Kildare to see 4,000 homes get fast-track planning approval

Commercial Property

Ryan's pub, Ratoath, Co Meath

Pubs for sale on Dublin tourist trail and commuter belt

Media & Marketing

INM’s headquarters in Dublin’s Talbot Street

Media & Marketing

INM sets out timetable for sale process

Independent News & Media (INM) has begun circulating details to shareholders of the process for a proposed sale of the business to Belgo-Dutch...

INM publishes circular relating to the scheme of arrangement

Lottery signs new media awards deal

Facebook's day of reckoning draws closer and closer

Vodafone Ireland revenue up, but group makes loss

John McGee: 'Addressable TV ads can extend golden age of television'

Fintech Ion to buy €1.4bn finance news firm

Media & Marketing

INM’s headquarters in Dublin’s Talbot Street

INM set for shareholder meeting on takeover deal

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