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Plan to break up the Big Four firm would reshape the profession and enrich senior partners, but the landscape has changed since it was first announced

ESG factors are increasingly important in identifying targets, particularly for private-equity buyers, but are seldom initial primary drivers of typical M&A deals

Latest exchequer numbers show the State collected €7.5bn in tax in January

Cap said to be well below appearance fees in complex commercial litigation before the courts

Developer preparing former Garda Dublin regional headquarters at Harcourt Square for demolition

Industry has come through the two major challenges of Covid-19 and Russia’s Ukraine invasion, but has nevertheless shown resilience

How successful with airlines be in meeting their targets to have net zero emissions by 2050?

Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC hit by surprise inspections

But 40% of Irish M&A executives expect lower activity volumes in 2023

It’s been a mind-blowing few years for the Tipperary woman, success catapulting her from being a highly respected jockey to one of the country’s most recognisable faces

Annual stipend known as Cnuas only recently returned to 2013 level after series of cuts prompted by recession

Unicef Ireland’s Paul Connolly urges companies to summon ‘that emergency spirit’ to help combat climate change, which is already harming millions of children

Personal finance and work-related issues top the readerboard followed by jobs loss fears at a construction firm and a reader's query on a family will

Chancellor warns of ‘tough road ahead’ as Britain prepares for a bleak 2023

Accountants’ arguments about risks of auditor rotation look wide of the mark

Move by Big Four accounting group highlights rapid change in legal services sector since Brexit and amid growth of cross-border international operators

Data shows retail sector is in for a challenging period after December as cost-of-living crisis bites

Report by KPMG finds market conditions have led to a continued and significant cooling of global funding

Liquidator says he provided all information requested by the trade union to which it was entitled

Regulator finds deficiencies in 55% of sampled work by Big Four firm’s non-US offices

KPMG survey finds resilience despite challenges posed by rising inflation and risks to business supply chains

Moves come months after Dublin KPMG and Deloitte partners resigned to set up restructuring business

Irish equity partners will get chance to vote on proposed global split of EY’s audit and consulting units

Industry body among those questioning whether quality will suffer from split

Partners will now vote on proposal to split audit from advisory business

Big Four firm rejects idea of splitting businesses

As corporate reporting shifts, including the introduction of ESG reporting standards, Emer McGrath, head of audit at KPMG, says investment in emerging technologies can better identify risk and focus on higher value expertise

Jump in revenues kicks off an expected season of bumper earnings for Big Four accounting firm

Watchdog’s intervention follows fines for Big Four firms in US, Australia and Canada

Collapsed German payments group fabricated data to reassure Japanese investor

Dublin Pride, An Post, KPMG and St Patrick’s Festival among potential winners.

Fabricated payment authorisation was an isolated event, Stephan von Erffa said

Regulator alleges ‘breaches of trust’ involving dozens of employees at Big Four audit firm

Big Four firm is looking at splitting its fast-growing consulting business and floating part of it on the stock market

Given joins from law firm Philip Lee

If Cafico’s services were discreet, its clients were anything but

Auditor refusing to give an opinion on its 2021 accounts

First and seventh floors of Hatch St scheme comprise 41,400sq ft of grade A offices

Former Tánaiste says governors were ‘horrified’ there was no written valuation

Ireland leads in aircraft leasing but how quickly industry will recover is unknown