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WHEN IS A LOBBYING SCANDAL REALLY CORRUPTION?
The question of when and whether lobbying is ethically questionable or even a criminal bribe is a complex issue, with rules varying according to jurisdictions. Often, actions that are politically embarrassing, are definitely not bribes, or indeed unlawful in anyway. For example, on September 15, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney survived a no-confidence vote in the Dáil Éireann over his handling of the appointment of former minister for children Katherine Zappone as his country’s ‘Special Envoy to the UN on Freedom of Opinion and Expression’.…
WHEN IS A LOBBYING SCANDAL REALLY CORRUPTION?
The question of when and whether lobbying is ethically questionable or even a criminal bribe is a complex issue, with rules varying according to jurisdictions. Often, actions that are politically embarrassing, are definitely not bribes, or indeed unlawful in anyway. For example, on September 15, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney survived a no-confidence vote in the Dáil Éireann over his handling of the appointment of former minister for children Katherine Zappone as his country’s ‘Special Envoy to the UN on Freedom of Opinion and Expression’.…
IRELAND’S FISH FARMING EXPERTISE GIVES INDUSTRY EDGE IN GLOBAL MARKETS
The May (2021) acquisition by Irish animal health products firm Bimeda, of Seattle, USA-based AquaTactics Fish Health was low profile, but significant in highlighting Irish ambitions in the global aquaculture industry. The sector is growing globally, with production increasing to replace declining wild fishery stocks, in many cases fished to their maximum sustainable levels.…
TEXTILE COATINGS EVOLVING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES
In the modern textile industry, coating, surface modification and laminating are the key means to tailor textiles and nonwovens to create functional products for specific, often high-performance, applications.
Such techniques have offered the sector potential advantages as it entered uncharted terrain in 2020, being at the forefront in humankind’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.…
EU AND UK ATTEMPT TO EASE DISRUPTION FROM BREXIT DIVORCE THROUGH DETAILED AVIATION COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
WHILE the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) will bring significant change to civil aviation across Europe, extensive air industry provisions within the 1,256-page EU/UK trade and cooperation agreement agreed on Christmas Eve, means that significant disruption has been avoided.…
COVID-19 PUSHES SMALL IRISH BUSINESSES TO THE LIMIT – BUT VIABLE FIRMS HAVE BEEN DIGITISING ACCOUNTS TO SAVE MONEY
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated revenues at many Irish small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) but it could also prove a crucial period in the embrace of digital technology by firms. Irish SMEs are facing a collective annual revenue shortfall (where income fell below expenditure) of between EUR10.3 and EUR11.7 billion in 2020 due to the virus, according to research by the Central Bank of Ireland.…
FINANCE MINISTERS BACK PLAN FOR EU-WIDE AML LAW AND SUPERVISOR
EUROPEAN Union (EU) finance ministers today (Nov 4) gave support to plans to create an EU-wide anti-money laundering (AML) supervisor and harmonised EU laws to tackle the crime.
The European Commission announced in May that it plans to create “a single EU rulebook” to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing, with more reliance on a mandatory regulation than more flexible directives and a new coordination mechanism for national Finance Intelligence Units (FIU).…
IRISH ACCOUNTANTS FEAR GOVERNMENT COVID-19 STIMULUS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT TO HEAD OFF INSOLVENCIES
With the Irish economy facing an uncertain 20200 final quarter, accountants are agreed that the government’s wage subsidy scheme has helped keep many clients afloat during the Covid-19 crisis. But they worry a revised version of the scheme applied from September may not be enough for some companies.…
COVID-19 WILL DELIVER LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIONS TO BRITISH AND IRISH BEAUTY BUSINESSES
While it is too early to assess the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK personal care product sector, industry experts expect strategic changes to its supply chain, a growth towards innovative digital strategies and changes in consumer behaviour that will shape the industry in the long run.…
LETTING THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY: HARVARD’S JOE O’REGAN AND THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Joe O’Regan is a busy man, and busier than ever because of Covid-19, the novel coronavirus that has upended global life on an unprecedented scale.
“These past few weeks have been a complete game changer for all of us,” says O’Regan, FCCA, the director of Harvard University’s Global Support Services (GSS), a relatively new organisation within the university that supports students, faculty, and staff overseas — from responding to overseas emergencies to repatriating university affiliates in times of crisis.…