Welcome to The new Companies Act 2014 The Companies Act 2014 commenced on 1st June 2015. This legislation is a challenge for company Directors, but also an opportunity. Cahir and Company have the professional knowledge of company law and the new Companies Act to best advise businesses and business people. The Act introduces two types...Read More

A NEW York-style ‘community court’ designed to deal with low-level crime is to be set up in Dublin. The Cabinet approved a pilot scheme for the court in a bid to drastically slash the backlog of cases waiting to be heard. The new court could see low-level criminal suspects appear in front of a special...Read More

WE’re earning slightly less than we were a year ago, but working fractionally longer, new data suggests. Average weekly earnings totaled €687.28 at the end of last year – down 0.6pc from a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said this morning. And yet the number of paid hours worked rose by 0.3pc compared...Read More

Donal O’Donovan – 10 May 2013 SHANNON Airport is valued at €35m under the deal that frees the airport from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), according to documents seen by the Irish Independent. The DAA will take on €14m of Shannon debt under the deal, according to the documents. Shannon Airport has been separated from the...Read More

Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor – 10 May 2013 THE European Central Bank may not cut its key lending rate again until the end of next year – a move that would be a blow for tracker mortgage holders. A comprehensive survey of European economists has found that most do not expect another cut until...Read More

independent.ie 26 March 2013 A HOUSE gutted by an early morning fire will likely have to be demolished because of concerns over its structural safety. The roof of the detached two-storey home collapsed moments after fire crews had left the building following a search for possible victims. The fire, at Tobertascain in Ennis, Co Clare,...Read More

Independent.ie – By Charlie Weston and Fionnan Sheahan – 13 March 2013 aoiseach Enda Kenny is set to outline at a press conference today that: – Banks will have to offer deals that last years — rather than just putting those behind with their payments on the likes of interest-only deals for a few months....Read More

Independent.ie – Ray Managh – 11 March 2013 A YOUNG Co Galway boxer’s dreams of fighting for Ireland were floored when he was injured in a rear-ending traffic accident, the Circuit Civil Court was told. And when Judge Matthew Deery today awarded him €11,150 damages against the offending motorist’s insurance company, Martin Mongan took another...Read More

Independent.ie – John Fallon – 11 March 2013 PEOPLE may soon have to start including their Facebook and other social media accounts in their wills if they want family to have photos and other items after they die. A legal symposium at NUI Galway at the weekend heard that the days of families inheriting shoeboxes...Read More

Independent.ie – Michael Brennan Deputy Political Editor – 08 March 2013 WORKING mothers have complained that they will have less time to spend with their babies due to the decision to tax maternity benefit for the first time. There were a flood of calls to the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) after the Irish...Read More