Aviva stops investors from taking money out of Irish property funds
Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland moved on Friday to stop investors in two Irish commercial property funds withdrawing money for up to six months after dealing with a rise in demand in recent months from investor seeking their money back. The funds have a combined...
Government’s tax take almost doubles in 10 years
The Government’s tax take has almost doubled since the low point of the crash in 2010, according to the latest exchequer returns. They show that the Government collected a record €59 billion in taxes last year, exceeding the 2018 performance by 6.8 per cent or €3.75...
The week’s best art exhibitions: winter shows
The Gallery at de Veres Auctions, Dublin, until December 19th One of Ed Miliano’s best known works is Diary, a set of 366 small paintings documenting the view from his Dublin studio window every day over a year, first shown at the RHA in 2012. Since then he spent...
John Legend: ‘The key to happiness is to open your mind to love’
John Legend springs up from his mahogany grand piano in the high-ceilinged, light-drenched living room of his Hollywood home and greets me with a grin, a hello, and one of those very smooth handshakes that seamlessly morph into an extremely brief hug. My palms are...