@LorcanAllen

Director of Business Development @ Keating & Assoc | Ex @businessposthq and @farmersjournal | 2017 @NuffieldIreland Scholar | 🇮🇪🇪🇺

 Offaly & Dublin
Joined October 2011
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Signing off at Tolka on Friday. Huge thanks to Damien Duff @shelsfc and Stephen Bradley @ShamrockRovers for their generous send off. On the go since 1982 from the Irish Press to the Indo @IndoSport and Irish Mail @irishdailymail @IrishMailSunday. It was a privilege. Had a blast.
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Excl: Top-level academics at Trinity have privately called on Provost Linda Doyle to rescind a €214k fine levied against the students’ union The standing committee of Fellows have also called Trinity's communications strategy 'poor' businesspost.ie/news/exclusi…

Exclusive: Top Trinity academics urge provost to rescind €214k fine against students’ union

Senior academics have also told Linda Doyle Trinity’s communications strategy on recent student protests has been ‘poor’

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A major review of the transport tax system will examine new tolls, new road user taxes, congestion charges, and mileage based taxes, in an effort to fill a €5bn annual hole in the public finances from electrification of the car fleet. businesspost.ie/news/more-to…

New tolls, road taxes and congestion charges: plan to fill €5bn hole from fossil fuel phase out

The review of transport tax system will seek to fill a €5 billion hole in the public finances from loss of petrol and diesel tax revenue based on transport electrification

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Hard not to see the Government proposal here as a petty attempt to stifle criticism. The @fiscalcouncil were established to help avoid some of the hugely costly mistakes we made in the 2000s. And now @IRLDeptFinance want to downgrade the role of chair?
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Ifac says pay plan for its chair signals lack of commitment from the Government irishtimes.com/business/2024… via @IrishTimesBiz

Ireland’s budget watchdog accuses Government of pay proposals that would weaken its position

Ifac comments follow tensions about the budgetary watchdog’s criticism of the October budget

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Completely personal one here. But an idea also worth considering is to start paying Child Benefit during pregnancy. Was trialled in the UK in 2009, during the third trimester. Very good evidence of positive outcomes for mother and child. Relatively small cost here - €20mn or so.
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Varadkar considering top-up child benefit payment on means-tested basis bit.ly/3t9DoEH

Varadkar considering top-up child benefit payment on means-tested basis

Proposal would support the poorest 100,000 children in the state at a cost of €700 million

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Well done to @ShorlaOncology the Irish speciality pharma company led by @sharcunningham. It has raised $35m to further devleop its portfolio of oncology drugs businesspost.ie/article/shor…

Shorla Oncology raises $35m to accelerate growth

Founded in 2018 by Sharon Cunningham and Orlaith Ryan, Shorla has an advanced pipeline of innovative oncology drugs for rare, orphan and paediatric cancers

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This is another massive win for Ireland on the pharma FDI front as Japanese company Astellas announces a €330m investment to build a new fill-finish facility in Tralee, Co Kerry. Full story in this morning’s @businessposthq businesspost.ie/news/astella…

Astellas to invest €330m in new drugs manufacturing plant in Kerry and create 100 jobs

The Japanese pharmaceutical giant will expand its workforce in Ireland to more than 500 employees once the new, state-of-the-art fill-finish plant is operational in 2028

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Big tech news alert: Irish fintech @wayflyerapp strikes $1bn financing deal businesspost.ie/article/iris…

Irish fintech Wayflyer strikes $1bn financing deal

Company has partnered with investment firm Neuberger Berman on new deal as it looks to scale in US

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Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ Rivals outbid DAA for airport land 🗞️ Varadkar wants EU billions to pay farmers for climate actions 🗞️ Stripe rejected FAI's sponsorship approach
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Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ O'Brien pushes landlord tax cuts and developer backstop 🗞️ Fears RTÉ bailout will rise to €35m 🗞️ Central Bank faces fine from watchdog over data breach
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A panacea or a problem? Eamon Ryan's department is examining allowing businesses to build their own power lines but the public consultation is stacked with stark warnings businesspost.ie/politics/pri… via @businessposthq

Private power wires consultation stacked with stark warnings

Document, which explores allowing businesses to build their own power lines flags threats to energy supply, increased household bills and ‘fatal accidents’

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New report from Lisney shows Dublin's office vacancy rate was 15.7% at end of June – it was 6.9% in March 2020. Also interestingly, more than 34% of the new office space completed in 2022 is still available businesspost.ie/news/long-te…

Long-term vacancy issues plaguing new office stock in Dublin - Lisney

Research shows over 34 per cent of the 231,500 sq m of new accommodation completed in 2022 still available

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In today's @businessposthq: -PSNI data breach ‘mirrors Snowden leaks in terms of possible impact’ - Infant formula firm Bobbie tipped as a unicorn - Entrepreneur @patphelan leads raise for hair transplant chain - @AlviereFT withdraws from e-money authorisation process
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PwC probes Peter McVerry Trust’s finances after ‘cashflow problems’ businesspost.ie/article/pwc-…

PwC probes Peter McVerry Trust’s finances after ‘cashflow problems’

Fr Peter McVerry says finances are ‘solid’ as an independent audit has been launched into financial and governance matters at the charity

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Good story here from @obraonain in today’s @businessposthq Eamon Ryan is set to introduce a new “second carbon tax” on fuel, oil and gas businesspost.ie/politics/new…

New ‘second carbon tax’ will add 10 per cent to energy bills

Energy companies will have to provide a certain volume of more expensive biogas to customers who are continuing to use fossil fuels like oil and gas

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Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ RTÉ braces for legal action over Bakhurst's reforms 🗞️ Ramped-up bank levy and limited mortgage relief in budget plans 🗞️ 'Second carbon tax' will add 10% to bills
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Credit Unions target €12bn investment fund towards state infrastructure projects businesspost.ie/news/credit-…

Credit Unions target €12bn investment fund towards state infrastructure projects

The head of the credit union umbrella body confirmed the sector is in talks with regulators to allow members invest in roads and other state-backed projects

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Further changes to the senior management team at Waystone, the Dublin-headquartered financial services group. Full story on @businessposthq businesspost.ie/news/wayston…

Waystone continues shake up of senior management team with two further exits

The financial services firm recently valued at €1 billion has endured a turbulent six months after the departure of a host of senior executives in March

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A superb winner of our Captain's Prize. An t-uasail Padraic O’Gaora wins the big one at @TheHeritageGC. – at Kildare, Ireland
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Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at businesspost.ie: 🗞️ McGrath rebukes Varadkar over budget promises 🗞️ US firms warn state over corporate tax plans 🗞️ Kevin Bakhurst's first 30 days at RTÉ
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