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Pictured at the launch of the report, "Digital Infrastructure for the Future We Want", were Darren Maher, Managing Partner, Matheson LLP, Jim Power, Amárach Research, Minister of State Timmy Dooley, Michelle Wallace, Interim CEO, Digital Infrastructure Ireland and Maurice Mortell, Chairperson, Digital Infrastructure Ireland. An economic study on the data centre industry has revealed the critical role the centres play in Irish corporate tax windfalls and in the €107.5 billion in taxes paid here by the ICT industry. The study by economist Jim Power and statistician Gerard O Neill from Amárach Research has also sounded a warning bell that the ongoing limitations on the development of datacentres are now posing a considerable risk to Ireland's attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment. Speaking at the launch of the report, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Timmy Dooley, said: "Ireland's data centre ecosystem is and will continue to be a critical driver of national economic performance, underpinning high?value sectors, foreign direct investment, digital competitiveness, operational resilience, and export growth, while supporting tens of thousands of jobs." Maurice Mortell, Chairperson of Digital Infrastructure Ireland added: "Ireland has a long history of attracting investment and has positioned itself as one of Europe's leading locations for digital infrastructure. Sustaining Ireland's taxes and its role as a leading investment hub requires a National Digital Strategy that integrates digital infrastructure, energy, planning and industrial policy to support long term competitiveness. The Government's announcements must now translate into tangible actions. With a renewed approach, Ireland can lead the next generation in developing sustainable, high performance digital infrastructure – but delivery is essential. The reality is that considerable taxation is paid where IP assets are located and this has been instrumental to the strong growth in corporation tax revenues since 2015. The risk is that if data centres are going to be built in other locations, because they cannot be built in Ireland, the IP assets could follow the data centres, with very negative implications for Irish corporation tax revenues. Ireland is losing business and global companies are moving their investment pipelines elsewhere." The study, "Digital Infrastructure for the Future We Want", says there has been €18 billion in investment from Ireland's data centre ecosystem, spanning across 105 facilities and 35 operators. It finds that the economic significance of data centres is greater than the direct employment they create and the vital element of critical infrastructure that they provide. "Data centres are essential for the Government's AI and digital strategy, the modernisation of the public sector and the indigenous business economy," the report notes. "Ireland has a high dependence on foreign-owned companies in terms of employment, corporation and income tax receipts, and general economic activity. Given this high level of 'concentration risk' there is considerable pressure on Ireland to preserve its status as a good country in which to do business. That is now under considerable pressure," the authors say. The report highlights that a lot of global intellectual property is stored in Ireland and is a major contributor to tax revenues. "Many of the largest corporations in Ireland are in high-tech industries like pharmaceuticals or information technology that rely heavily on IP. Unlike a building or a machine, it is very easy to move Intellectual Property into or out of a country. There is a lot of Intellectual Property held in Ireland. Some of it has been produced here, while much is imported between different arms of the same multinational corporation." "The location of IP in Ireland makes a significant contribution to exports of goods and services from Ireland. In 2024, exports of computer services...
In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Darren Maher, Joe Beashel, Niamh Mulholland and Ian O'Mara, partners in the Financial Institutions Group join Claire Scannell, professional support lawyer to the Financial Institutions Group to look back at what 2023 brought and look forward to what 2024 might bring for regulated financial service providers in Ireland. In particular, they consider their engagements with the Central Bank of Ireland throughout 2023, observations from industry events which they attended and supported in 2023, topics of cross sectoral importance as well as sector specific developments and what 2024 will bring across these areas.
Show 93, Trent, and Nic are joined in studio this week by Link International National Sales manager Darren Maher. The last time the "boot deal guy" will be in studio before he heads off on his around Australia trip. Also on this week's show, the guys talk to Australian Supercross' General Manager of Events and Commercial Ben Williams after the announcement last week of the 2022 schedule the boys find out all the details of what to expect with the new look series after a 2-year hiatus. Also, Yamaha Junior Racing's Kobe Drew Jumps on to announce the winners of the TCX Boot Deals for the month of July and to share how his recovery is going after a shoulder injury at Toowoomba 2 weeks ago and a bunch of laughs along the way. motolimited.au go and get the new merch now. Ride Tribe Designs roosystems.com.au ktrapparel.com.au FLY Racing mpesuspension.com.au propowder.com.au linkint.com.au qb4.com.au Hyperlyfe Clothing Co @t.maher83 @iamstillyn99 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/motolimited/message
Bobby stopped into the Celtic Whisky Shop on Dublin's Dawson Street to see how trade is going and to chat with Katie Gibson, Marketing Manager, Store Manager, Darren Maher, and Wholesale Manager, Colm O'Connor.
This week we go live for Show 82 of the Moto Limited Show. This week Trent and Wiz are joined in studio with Lachlan Allen, sitting in the captains seat as Nic is currently living it up at Las Vegas in the USA. Darren Maher also joins us, but via Zoom we manage to get Nic to stop drinking and partying after #we won the 250 West Championship at Salt Lake City. Listen in to hear all the adventures from the boys May 15th at Toowoomba (*Weather Depending*), the Moto Limited Show will be doing a LIVE show from the track after the presentations have wrapped. Be sure to be there and experience what a show is like. Don't forget we go LIVE on Facebook Monday nights at 6:30pm AEST. motolimitedshow.com go and get the new merch now. Ride Tribe Designs roosystems.com.au ktrapparel.com.au FLY Racing mpesuspension.com.au propowder.com.au linkint.com.au qb4.com.au Hyperlyfe Clothing Co @t.maher83 @iamstillyn99 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/motolimitedshow/message
The good times just keep on coming for Clough-Ballacolla. They recorded a brilliant win over Dublin champions Kilmacud Crokes on Saturday night to book their place in the Leinster club final next Sunday against Kilkenny giants Ballyhale Shamrocks. We hear from full-back Darren Maher, go through the game in detail, clarify the whole 'Clock'/Cluck' issue and discuss how the love for the Laois hurling champions is flooding in from around the county. As well as that we look back on the Laois U-20 'B' hurling final where Raheen Parish Gaels got the better of Portlaoise on Sunday.
Darren Maher of Clough-Ballacolla joins us after his side reached the Leinster final In association w/ AIB GAA #TheToughest
Show 27. An we were live in the new studio. I am joined in studio only just by a pretty sick "Director Nic" and guest cohosts Brayden Erbacher and Darren Maher. We get stuck into Supercross talk as well as Pulp fantasy and a heap of smack talk. We defiantly break in the new studio with style.Don't forget we go LIVE on Facebook and Youtube Monday night 6pm AEST.roosystems.com.aubackyarddesignaus.comktrapparel.com.aunationalluna.com.aumpesuspension.com.aupropowder.com.aulinkint.com.au@t.maher83@iamstillyn99@brayden.459 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/motolimitedshow/message
In this episode we consider other similar revolts across Ireland at the time, including the forgotten story of ‘Take Back the City’-style housing occupations movement in Limerick in 1922, the alternative vision of a workers republic that inspired so many and how that path was shut off. Voices, in order, are: Aprille Scully (podcast co-host), Cian Prendiville (podcast host), Liam Cahill (author of 'Forgotten Revolution'), Thomas Keana (local historian), Dominic Haugh (historian and member of the Socialist Party) and Darren Maher (local actor). Music throughout the episode is by Post Punk Podge. More info on the podcast at: http://limericksoviet.ie/ or to find out more about the Limerick Soviet 100 Festival check-out: http://limericksoviet100.ie/
In this episode, Jane McKeever, a senior associate from the Employment Pensions and Benefits Group at Matheson, explores the main trustee and employer considerations when an annuity buy-in is proposed. Darren Maher, head of Matheson’s Financial Institutions Group also examines the insurance angle and highlights some of the issues to be borne in mind when structuring and documenting these transactions.
In this episode we investigate the battles inside the Soviet, and in the trade unions and labour movement nationally, leading up to the ultimate betrayal of the revolution Voices, in order, are: Darren Maher (local actor) Aprille Scully (podcast co-host), Cian Prendiville (podcast host), Dominic Haugh (historian and member of the Socialist Party), Liam Cahill (author of 'Forgotten revolution) and Conor Kostick (author of 'Revolution in Ireland). Music throughout the episode is by Post Punk Podge. More info on the podcast at: http://limericksoviet.ie/ or to find out more about the Limerick Soviet 100 Festival check-out: http://limericksoviet100.ie/
This episode covers the rapid growth of radical trade unionism and socialism in Limerick leading up to 1919, the opposition and resistance to the British occupation, the untold story of the role of women workers in the soviet and what lead to the decision to call the strike . You can see the referenced photo of the mustachioed men of the Limerick Council of Trade Unions here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_Soviet#/media/File:Limerick_Soviet_Members.jpg Voices, in order, are: Cian Prendiville (podcast host), Darren Maher (local actor), Aprille Scully (podcast co-host), Dominic Haugh (Socialist Party & author of 'Limerick Soviet 1919') and Mike McNamara (current president of the Limerick Council of Trade Unions). Music by Post Punk Podge https://www.facebook.com/PostPunkPodge/ More info on the podcast at: http://limericksoviet.ie/ or to find out more about the Limerick Soviet 100 Festival check-out: http://limericksoviet100.ie/
This episode is a small preview of things to come. Starting on April 6th, this podcast will bring you the story of the Limerick Soviet of 1919 over five weekly episodes, every Saturday. The podcast name pays homage to 'The Bottom Dog' - Limerick's first ever workers' newspaper. It was launched in October 1917 as a socialist paper pledging to fight for what it called the 'bottom dog', or underdog, which it explained was all those oppressed whether on the basis of class, race or gender. It said that 'every dog has it's day' and that it's goal was to "hasten the day of the Bottom Dog". The episodes will be: 1) The Worker's Rising. This episode will cover the rapid growth of radical trade unionism and socialism in Limerick leading up to 1919, the opposition and resistance to the British occupation, the untold story of the role of women workers in the soviet and what lead to the decision to call the strike 2) A New 'Boss' in Town. This episode will look at how the Soviet ran the city, produced food, printed money, set up their own police force and even brought down the price of milk. 3) Revolution Betrayed. In the third episode we will investigate the battles inside the Soviet, and in the trade unions and labour movement nationally, leading up to the ultimate betrayal of the revolution 4) The Road Not Taken. Our second last episode will consider other similar revolts across Ireland at the time, including the forgotten story of ‘Take Back the City’-style housing occupations movement in Limerick in 1921, the alternative vision of a workers republic that inspired so many and how that path was shut off 5) Limerick Soviet 2.0? Finally we will look at the lessons from the struggle for today, what can we learn from how unions organised low paid and precarious workers rapidly, how left and socialist ideas became commonplace, but also why the struggle did not produce the revolution dreamt of and lessons for those who want to make change today - - - - Voices, in order, are: Cian Prendiville (podcast host), Mike Finn (playwright, author of 'Bread Not Profits), Dominic Haugh (Socialist Party, author of 'Limerick Soviet 1919"), Mary O'Donnell (chairperson of the Limerick Soviet Commemoration Committee), Liam Cahill (author of "Forgotten Revolution) & Darren Maher (actor reading a quote from James Connolly). Music is 'Swan' by Post Punk Podge https://www.facebook.com/PostPunkPodge/ More info on the podcast at: http://limericksoviet.ie/ or to find out more about the Limerick Soviet 100 Festival check-out: http://limericksoviet100.ie/