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Royalty hostile bid for Elan in doubt after vote
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Elan shareholders approved a share buyback on Monday, meaning U.S.-based Royalty Pharma's hostile bid for the Irish drug firm will lapse unless it succeeds in a legal...
Ireland rejects U.S. senator claims as tax spat rumbles on
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has rejected claims by two U.S. senators that Ireland is a tax haven and had handed Apple Inc a special tax deal, a charge the pair...
Ireland readies diplomatic corps to rebuff tax haven claims
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is preparing to officially reject accusations by U.S. Senators this week that it acts as a tax haven for large multinationals and launch a diplomatic offensive...
Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start
SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries,...
Ireland says will not be U.S. ‘whipping boy’ on tax
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology...
Elan strikes more deals, agrees second share buyback
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish drug firm Elan agreed on Monday to buy two private drug firms, spin-off its one experimental drug and buy back more shares to give a firmer...
Leinster ease past Stade to clinch Europe’s second trophy
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Leinster won the Amlin Challenge Cup on Friday, twelve months after being crowned Heineken Cup champions, to deny Stade Francais a first piece of European silverware with...
Ireland may spend any spare budget cash rather than ease austerity
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may spend any spare cash from future budgets rather than ease austerity measures, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday, after it left its plans to...
Ireland proposes limited access to abortion amid heated debate
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish government ministers agreed draft legislation on Tuesday to allow for limited access to abortion where a woman's life is in danger, including the threat of suicide,...
Ireland proposes limited access to abortion amid heated debate
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish government ministers agreed draft legislation on Tuesday to allow for limited access to abortion where a woman's life is in danger, including the threat of suicide,...