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As the dust begins to settle on the local and European elections, we look at why, not for the first time, an exit poll was wide of the mark and whether that’s a cause for concern.
Feargal O’Rourke, managing partner of PwC in Ireland, on the global focus on corporate tax and what that means for Ireland. Also high-end Dublin restaurant Luna closed after four years in business and just days after winning the Restaurant Association of Ireland’s best customer service award.
Cliff Taylor speaks about the implications of pressure from public sector unions to end the two-tier pay structure and Dunnes Stores eyes Base Wood Fired Pizza
In the interview David Harney discusses the IORPs Directives, highlights improvements needed on PRSAs. He also outlines his supports for auto enrolment and the need to nudge more private sector workers to save for retirement.
Peter Hamilton has a roundup of some of the week’s other stories concerning Green Reit, Kingspan and the gig economy, also Economists Megan Greene and Austin Hughes on the prospect of a global slowdown in economic growth, what should be done about it and how it might impact on Europe.
Last December we announced changes we were making to our core PLS offering on our Defined Contribution) DC, (Personal Retirement Savings Account) PRSA and Personal Retirement Bonds (PRB) products. The changes outlined were implemented at the 1 April 2019.
Simon Carswell on why we may never see a report on the collapse of Sean FitzPatrick's trial and much more.
Laura Slattery has the best business news of the week including Mark Zuckerberg's Dublin visit, also Colm Keena speaks about the long battle between the Quinns and IBRC.
Eoin Burke-Kennedy has details of a report by the UK's Office for National Statistics, showing waiters and shelf stackers are the most likely to be replaced by robots. Also Peter Hamilton speaks about PwC's review of Datalex's accounts.
