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The eight finalists in the 2013 Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) Awards, sponsored by DCC, have been announced, The finalists pictured with Sean Coughlan, SEI (left) are Krystian Fikert, MyMind,
Unionist politician and former Lord Mayor of Belfast Sammy Wilson
Kieran McLoughlin and Loretta Gluckman, from the Irish American Fund with President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins

Finalists go head-to-head in 2013 Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awards

8 Innovative Organisations to Compete for €500,000 Cash, plus an Additional €250,000 in Support
North’s Minister for Finance accuses Republic of ‘stealing’ UK tax revenue
Sammy Wilson irks Dublin government ahead of G8 summit
Major challenges as Ireland Funds gather in Ireland for annual conference
200 Business leaders from U.S. will be among those attending
Paddywagon Tours, guiding backpackers from Africa to Auckland and Australia's Bonsai Beach for several years, hopes to corner the international day-trip market. Paddywagon Tours founder hopes to corner the market in global day trips

Cathal O'Connell, founder of Paddywagon Tours, had been guiding backpackers from Africa to Auckland and Australia's Bonsai Beach for several years when he decided to start up a similar business in Ireland. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 1
Penney's store on Dublin's O'Connell Street. Now Primark's clothes will be available on ASOS.com Expat Irish fashionistas rejoice - Penneys is now available on ASOS.com

Much to the delight of many Irish women in America, budget retailer Primark, known as Penneys in Ireland, will now cater to online shoppers. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 1
GAA players and Aer Lingus and Etihad staff member photographed at the launch of the Aer Lingus International Hurling Festival at GAA headquarters, Croke Park Aer Lingus in New York launch International Hurling Festival as part of The Gathering

Aer Lingus, in partnership with Etihad Airways, has launched the International Hurling Festival. ...

by JANE WALSH 1
American are snapping up dirt cheap Irish real estate, mostly in Dublin. Dirt cheap Irish real estate is being snapped up by major American investors

American firms mainly headed by Irish Americans are snapping up dirt cheap Irish real estate, mostly in Dublin. ...

by JAMES O'SHEA 7
Flash mob members dance inside the London flagship store of Apple in protest of their tax payments Comedian slams Apple’s Irish tax set-up with flashmob inside London flagship store - VIDEO

English comedian Mark Thomas organized a flash mob in London in order to shame Apple and their tax-avoiding tactics they’ve been using through their Cork office in Ireland. ...

by KERRY O'SHEA 4
Apple accused of using Ireland as a tax haven Apple cross line of what constitutes acceptable behavior damaging Ireland’s reputation

It has been quite a week with two U.S. senators, John McCain and Carl Levin, trading barbs with the Irish government over whether Ireland is a tax haven or not. ...

by Irish Voice Editor 6
A survey taken on St Patrick’s Day by Failte Ireland shows that 18 percent of the 140,000 overseas visitors at the Dublin festival were attracted by The Gathering. Organizers believe tourism initiativ Irish government gives 4,000 reasons Gabriel Byrne was wrong about The Gathering Ireland 2013

The Gathering Ireland 2013 was billed as the biggest ever tourism initiative, with $6.5 million in Irish Government investment, and an aim to generate an extra 325,000 visitors creating $222 million in revenue. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 11
Potemkin village charade in Ireland - local councils have hired workers to paint fake shop fronts stocked with attractive but illusory produce for the pleasure of the G8 Summit meeting talking place i Fake villages will greet President Obama and other G8 world leaders in Fermanagh

When the G8 world leaders fly into Northern Ireland for their major summit there on June 17, they will see a vista of progress that has been created to deceive them. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 23
Almost half of pubs in Ireland have been badly hit by the economic recession Half of Ireland’s traditional pubs set to close due to economic woes

Half of Ireland’s pubs and bars are in danger of closure thanks to the current recession according to a new report. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 8
Rev Chris Bennett at the Dock cafe in the Belfast Titanic quarter sitting next to the successful honesty box Honesty truly pays off for Titanic Quarter café in Belfast

Honesty is the best policy as far as customers at a coffee shop next to the Titanic exhibition in Belfast are concerned. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 0
Irish are just smarter about multinational tax issues than other countries - U.S. and Europe are being taught a lesson as Ireland reaps the benefits

  Rotten Apple?  Ireland simply enviable for their canny tax dealings   While ... ...

by Paul Allen 2
Ireland: A tax haven for American tech companies like Google, Twitter and Apple but without the sun

Taoiseach Enda Kenny speaks at a business conference in Dublin last week. The reaction of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny, senior politicians and the ...

by John Spain 1
Tim Cook Apple CEO - Apple's phenomenal international success may all come down to the legal gaming with the Irish system and avoiding taxation in two jurisdictions and the Irish accountant Cathy Kear Report shows Apple’s Irish accountant earned them $22 billion in just one year due to her “shrewd direction”

Apple's phenomenal international success may all come down to one Irish woman, an accountant called Cathy Kearney. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 5
The planned $4 million Narrow Water Bridge which will connect Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland Funds for $4 million Narrow Water Bridge approved - first bridge to link Northern Ireland with the Republic

Sammy Wilson, the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance, has approved the construction of a $4 million new cross-border bridge at Narrow Water which will stretch across Carlingford Lough, linking County Down with County Louth in t ...

by IrishCentral Intern 9
"Star Wars" Darth Vader and Brian Boru battle it out in the Burren, County Clare. Both big money movies set to film in Ireland. A generation’s favorite cult classic “Star Wars” may film in the Burren in 2014 – VIDEO

Talks are underway between Star Wars senior executives and the Irish Film Board (IFB) about filming parts of the Hollywood blockbuster in The Burren, County Clare. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 1
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says Ireland's recovery is no success story Ireland no success story says Paul Krugman in New York Times

Nobel Prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has once again mocked the notion of an Irish economic miracle. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 34
Number of Irish applying for bankruptcy in the United Kingdom on the rise, reveals Britain's Insolvency Service. Increasing number of people with Irish addresses filing for bankruptcy in UK

Figures show a significant rise in the number of people with Irish addresses applying for bankruptcy in the UK, reveals Britain's Insolvency Service. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 0
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