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Philip O’Leary, Managing Partner and Head of Commercial Law, Fitzgerald Legal and Advisory takes the Business & Finance 60-second interview. Q. What was your first job? My first job was at age 14 as a bar assistant in Na Piarsaigh Hurling and Football Club Q. What would you regard as your greatest achievement to date? Raising three [...]
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13 May '19
On 9 May 2019 a five Judge Supreme Court handed down a judgment in the case of ACC Loan Management Limited DAC -v- Mark Rickard and Gerard Rickard [2017/146]. The Supreme Court had to make a decision on an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal by Mark Rickard. The background to the [...]
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21 Feb '19
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has ruled that the Irish Government did not discriminate against teachers on the grounds of age by cutting the starting salary for new entrants. The matter was brought before the ECJ by two claimants, Tomás Horgan and Claire Keegen, both members of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (“INTO”), who [...]
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On 28 January 2019 it was announced that the new State lender for small and medium sized developers known as Home Building Finance Ireland (“HBFI”) has opened for business with an initial €750 million which is expected to fund the delivery of up to 7,500 new homes over the next five years. The scheme aims [...]
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A Dundalk based money transfer / Bureau de change business recently made an application to the High Court by way of injunctive proceedings to prevent Bank of Ireland from terminating their business arrangements. The Dundalk based company claimed Bank of Ireland (BOI) wanted to end their banking arrangements and close their accounts because an alleged [...]
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This week, the Evening Echo spoke to Fitzgerald Solicitors’ Sean O’Riordan, Noel Doherty, and Rose Murphy who are all cycling the Tour de Munster in aid of the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland. Read the full article here!
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In 2010 James Fagan, as a director and shareholder of Chevas Securities Ltd borrowed €10 million from Ulster Bank to purchase properties in Dublin, Sligo, Dundalk and Galway. The borrowings were secured over a large number of properties, in particular 28 apartments known as Royston Village in Kimmage, Dublin. The borrowings were restructured in September [...]
