Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton Ireland equity partners to get €6.5m each in US merger

Seen & Heard: Aer Lingus job cuts, State’s AIB share sales, Pfizer’s Irish subsidiaries and the creep of cashless payments

Sun Oct 27 2024 - 11:32

Grant Thornton Ireland and US firm to merge non-audit businesses

Irish operation had hired Deutsche Bank to advise on future strategy

Thu Oct 24 2024 - 16:34

Former rugby player insisted legal advice bills be sent only to him, trial told

‘Either way, the bill will be settled,’ Brendan Mullin told partner at McCann Fitzgerald

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 21:15

Irish firms less worried about geopolitical disruption than counterparts abroad

Grant Thornton survey indicates just quarter of Irish businesses believe ongoing geopolitical uncertainty will diminish growth potential

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 00:00

French investor snaps up Johnny Ronan’s office investment for €11m

Kingram House was offered for sale as part of wider Dublin portfolio disposal on behalf of receiver

Wed Sept 18 2024 - 06:00

Dublin economy enjoys growth in second quarter, but caution sounded over unemployment nationally

Retail spending among metrics to rise in April-June period, Dublin Economic Monitor notes

Thu Sept 05 2024 - 18:22

Warning of coming enforcement action in commercial property market

Seen & Heard: Commercial property enforcement actions, IBRC’s Q City sale, further delay to auto-enrolment pensions scheme and accounts for payroll software company Immedis

Sun Sept 01 2024 - 12:33

Slow pace of infrastructure and skills development could seriously hobble foreign investment

Government needs to heed warnings from competitiveness council about our ability to continue to attract foreign investment

Mon Aug 19 2024 - 05:36

Exports rise to €107bn in first half of year, but soften in June

Growth over first six months driven by increase in pharmaceutical exports, according to CSO figures

Thu Aug 15 2024 - 17:52

Dublin to welcome 27,000 fans for US college football game

Aer Lingus college football classic expected to bring €600 million to Irish economy by 2026

Thu Aug 08 2024 - 14:47

Grant Thornton Ireland hires advisers amid possible merger with US firm

Irish accounting firm undertakes strategic review with Deutsche Bank hired to advise on its options

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 07:35

Provisional liquidators appointed to health food firms

The 11 health food stores operating across Leinster are part of US-based GNC group and have 86 employees

Wed Jul 10 2024 - 17:08

Meta’s Dublin docklands office for sale at knockdown price of €35m

Building on East Wall Road being offered to the market on behalf of receivers at a 65 per cent discount to 2018 sale price

Wed May 08 2024 - 05:58

Grant Thornton Ireland pays €18m to settle US audit claims

Company stressed payments are without admission of liability or wrongdoing and were being made to avoid prohibitive legal costs

Fri May 03 2024 - 20:15

US college football match at Aviva ‘generates €180m for Irish economy’

Grant Thornton report shows that 39,702 visitors from the US attended the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at the Aviva stadium in August 2023

Thu May 02 2024 - 05:30

Developer Johnny Ronan’s prime property portfolio seeking €150m

Receivers Grant Thornton launch formal sale of 11 RGRE assets including Bewley’s Grafton Street premises and Connaught House

Wed Apr 17 2024 - 06:00

Skills shortages take centre stage as business sentiment dips, says Grant Thornton report

Big majority of firms plan to increase salaries this year but many pulling back on recruitment, survey indicates

Mon Apr 08 2024 - 05:00

Retired US Grant Thornton partners demand bigger cut of equity sale

Sale of a majority stake in Grant Thornton, which has $2.4 billion in annual US revenue, to New Mountain represents the biggest private-equity deal in the sector

Fri Mar 29 2024 - 15:35

Forget the broadcasters, accountants are now centre stage at RTÉ

The latest arrival on the RTÉ carousel is former KPMG chief Terence O’Rourke, with more accountants set to come to Montrose

Sun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00

Grant Thornton now managing leases on 740 aircraft for private investors

Firm began building an aviation advisory service in 2016

Thu Feb 08 2024 - 18:23

Toy Show the Musical mystery: Why did nobody in RTÉ listen to the concerns of Person 6?

One individual with industry knowledge warned that nine out of 10 musicals do not make their money back, but that didn’t seem to worry RTÉ

Tue Jan 30 2024 - 06:05

Toy Show the Musical report: Four new things we learned about controversial flop

Report details overstated sponsorship figures, ‘wildly optimistic’ projections and a ‘disappointing’ reality

Thu Jan 25 2024 - 16:57

‘I loved my job with PwC but…’

For some it is the relentless pace; others just have ambitions to run their own business

Thu Jan 25 2024 - 09:57

Goodbody staff leave, tourism warning and exporters brace for new Brexit checks

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Wed Jan 24 2024 - 06:55

Grant Thornton Ireland denies claims audits of US funds ‘enabled’ fraud

Grant Thornton operations in Ireland and Cayman Islands sued by received of failed investment adviser

Tue Jan 23 2024 - 19:00

Former Grant Thornton chief Michael McAteer joins EV charging company

EasyGo operates the largest private car charging network in the State

Tue Jan 23 2024 - 10:59

RTÉ audit committee raised ‘significant concerns’ about Toy Show the Musical accounting

Musical, which ran over several weeks in Dublin last Christmas, made a loss of €2.2 million

Mon Dec 11 2023 - 20:26

HealthBeacon races to find major investor or buyer in fight for survival

Company has said it only has enough cash to keep trading until last week of October

Tue Oct 17 2023 - 18:56

Irish exports hit by global slowdown and fall-off in demand for Covid vaccines

Latest trade numbers show value of merchandise exports for the first eight months of the year were down by 5%

Mon Oct 16 2023 - 12:20

Report calls for action to support Irish Stock Exchange amid departures

Irish-listed companies deliver €12.4bn benefit to economy, report says, as it calls for abolition of stamp duty on trading and incentives for market players

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 17:25

Ironman in new dispute with Triathlon Ireland over claims of non co-operation with new investigation into deaths

Two bodies at loggerheads over ‘stance’ on participating in Grant Thornton investigation into circumstances around two fatalities in August sea swimming race

Fri Sept 22 2023 - 19:55

Expanded Kildare Innovation Campus could contribute estimated €5bn to economy

Extra 3,000 jobs could be delivered if planned extension gets go-ahead

Fri Aug 25 2023 - 17:32

John Burns: Cash is no longer king when you pay for your NCT car test

Grant Thornton’s MVPs, RTE is to lose some Montrose land, women and engineering, Philip Lane and deposit rates, and James Morrissey’s new book

Fri Aug 25 2023 - 05:00

RTÉ strategy on Tubridy’s pay was bound up with station’s wider financial woes, Grant Thornton report shows

RTÉ admitted it had no right to recoup €120,000 exit fee from presenter but told his agent ‘we need to get something back here, we are haemorrhaging money’

Fri Aug 18 2023 - 16:00