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Frank Dillon

Reporter · IE

Indexed articles, last 90 days
11
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Frank Dillon

    What businesses would like to see in Budget 2027 (opens the original)

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    Businesses across all sectors of the economy are hopeful that the forthcoming Budget 2027 will provide welcome news. While the large multinational sector has generally enjoyed the benefits of a very supportive tax regime in recent decades, many small and medium-sized indigenous businesses are struggling by contrast and are hopeful for some relief in the ministerial announcement. The big winner in last year’s budget was the restaurant sector with the reduction in the rate of VAT to 9 per cent.

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Frank Dillon

    ‘I booked a one-way ticket to America with no idea when I was coming home’ (opens the original)

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    Dublin-born Tony Reilly experienced first-hand how small moments can define an entire life. Worried about his future status as his soccer scholarship in Kansas was drawing to a close in the late 1980s, and drawing a blank with the relevant authorities, Reilly managed to evade security and buttonhole senator Bob Dole when the politician visited campus. Dole, already a powerful figure then, went on to become a Republican presidential candidate and majority leader of the Senate. “Had it been post

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Frank Dillon

    ‘It would take a lot to bring me home now’ (opens the original)

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    The Covid-19 lockdown provided the nudge Edel Duffy needed to launch her online business, Her Place Cosmetics. The Galway native and marketing graduate had moved to Australia in 2010, settling in Sydney, having first lived in Perth, but she missed her favourite Irish cosmetics brands. With a marketing career that spanned hospitality, photography and healthcare, Duffy felt confident she could build an online business in that space. In 2021, she took a leap of faith. It took about nine months to b

  4. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Frank Dillon

    Intercountry hurler scores big in New York construction sector (opens the original)

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    The Great Recession proved a bitter pill for Dunmanway native Jer McCarthy. An architecture graduate from Cork Institute of Technology (now Munster Technological University), McCarthy was happily employed locally in the construction sector at the time while also enjoying a successful inter-county hurling career. When the bust hit as of 2008, construction collapsed, he was put on a three-day week and, with no prospect of an early recovery, emigration seemed the only viable option. “I remember a

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Frank Dillon

    A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’ (opens the original)

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    The resort city of Marbella on Spain’s southern Costa del Sol has long been a popular destination for Irish holidaymakers. Famed for its long sandy beaches, upscale restaurants, shops and vibrant nightlife, it has many attractions for those seeking a short break. For Greystones native Sarah Catterson, however, Marbella isn’t a holiday destination but her permanent home, having moved here five years ago with her husband, Anto Byrne. The young couple have planted roots in the city, purchasing

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