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Paschal Donohoe confirmed as president of the Eurogroup for a third term
Ireland's Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has been re-elected for a third term as president of the Eurogroup, commencing on July 12th next for a two and a half year term.
Setting out his vision for the euro's development and stabilising role in the context of global trade uncertainty in an interview in the Finance Dublin Yearbook 2025 this month, Minister Donohoe gave a realistic but optimistic assessment of the euro's role as a stabilising entity in 2025 and going forward during his prospective third term.
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Deals of the Year 2025: Awards reflect a buoyant year and a deepening of markets across all categories
The 2025 Finance Dublin Annual Deals of the Year Awards reflect a growing buoyancy of aggregate deal making in Ireland running now at a sustainable level approaching $1 bn per annum across the five Finance Dublin Deal categories of M&A, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Loans & Financing, and Financial Services, including Aviation Finance.
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Spanish Economy Minister challenges Paschal Donohoe for new term as president of the Eurogroup
The Spanish Economy Minister declared his candidacy for the role of president of the Eurogroup, the influential body of EU Finance ministers responsible for policy regarding the euro, Reuters reported. Ireland's Paschal Donohoe has already declared his candidacy for a third term as president of the Eurogroup, commencing on July 12th next.
Setting out his vision for the euro's development and stabilising role in the context of global trade undertainty in an interview in the Finance Dublin Yearbook 2025 this month, Minister Donohoe gave a realistic but optimistic assessment of the euro's role as a stabilising entity in 2025 and going forward during his prospective term, which would be for a further two and a half years.
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The Finance Dublin Accountancy Survey 2024
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Deals of the Year 2023: Deal making excellence portrayed across in 42 case studies: the winning Deals of the Year 2023
The 2023 Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards provide a showcase of Ireland’s thriving dealmaking eco-system, with innovation and dealmaking expertise evident across the 42 winning deals, profiled in this Report.
The awards recognise the contribution dealmaking is providing for economic solutions in the domestic economy, such as in numerous areas in housing, healthcare, and innovating business solutions in the SME sector. As ever the awards also recognise the continuing development of the expertise of the financial and legal and professional services industry.
The winning deals include major infrastructural and sustainable projects, while the jurisdiction’s status as a global legal centre for corporate law cases has been further enhanced with the addition to the Irish corporate deals canon of a number of landmark transactions and restructurings.
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The Finance Dublin Accountancy Survey 2023
Key Findings in the 2023 Survey of Ireland's Top Accountancy Firm.
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Private equity investors turn their attention to Irish accountancy’s mid and top end markets
Recent investments by private-equity backed firms in two of Ireland’s Top 20 Accountancy firms looks set to shake-up Ireland’s mid market, as both of the newly-backed Irish accountancy firms, Azets Ireland and Moore Ireland, gear up...
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The increasingly influential role of PE in Irish M&A
There is strong expectation that deals between private equity players will increase in the Irish market in coming months and years ahead, writes Ogier’s Oisín McLoughlin. Depending on the type of business being sold and also the motivation of the vendors, it can be clear from the outset what type of sales process will be run. He writes it is likely in the months ahead the Irish market will see a mix of more discrete bilateral process deals as owner managers look for certainty in closing deals, and more open ‘auction’ type deals in an attempt to drive up the value achieved for sellers.
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Citi’s expanded strategy to target mid-sized Irish corporates
Citi, one of the IFSC’s largest employers, is expanding its Commercial Bank activities in Ireland to target mid-size companies across a range of sectors including the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, life sciences, professional services and...
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Ireland’s ‘War Budget’ - a victory for the long and steadfast pursuit of pro enterprise economic policies since the Global Financial Crisis
Editorial on the 2023 Budget: Finance Dublin, October 2022
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