Five Cork Airport Business Park office buildings, totalling 120,000 sq ft, including two let to Amazon, and which had been by a Norwegian billionaire for over €15 million five years ago, have been sold off-market to an Irish/UK joint venture for over €20m.

Ireland is one of the largest centres for so-called shadow banking activity in the world, which could threaten the country's economic stability and traditional banking system.

Niall O’Driscoll is living the life of a rugby nomad. Since leaving Cork Con five years ago, he has captained the Cayman Islands at the North American/Caribbean Sevens Championship and now plays for the Dubai Eagles, who are coached by his own brother.

By any yardstick the 2002 compensation deal for victims of clerical abuse agreed by education minister Michael Woods was disastrous — unless of course, your loyalties lie with the congregations who have dodged their responsibilities in what was to have been a 50/50 burden-sharing agreement.

When the Panama Papers were released in 2016, they thrust a spotlight on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful.

A major international leak of more than 13 million files - known as the Paradise Papers - reveal how the super-rich invest vast amounts of money in offshore tax havens.

A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a "data security incident" that may result in customers' private information being leaked.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned his fellow ministers to “dial down” their expectations for the forthcoming budget, senior Government sources have said.

Ireland is highly compliant with new international tax rules and is one of only three countries worldwide to have the highest levels of transparency in its domestic tax system, according to international financial monitoring body the OECD.

At $1m a metre, luxury superyacht Lady Christine has been drawing plenty of attention while it has been berthed in Cork City in recent days.

Back in 2009 Britain’s Liberal Democrat spokesman Matthew Oakeshott described Dublin as “Liechtenstein on the Liffey”.

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The Revenue Commissioners are preparing for a major clampdown on offshore tax evasion.

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The Garda Síochána has been hit with the retirement of another highly experienced senior officer with the flagged departure of its anti-terrorism chief.

The future of London as the hedge-fund capital of Europe, along with the €700bn (€820bn) of assets money managers control, may be determined by a market watchdog this month.

UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is bracing for a row with France and other European countries as he resists moves to make the ownership of trusts and foundations fully transparent, according to officials involved in Group of 20 talks in Washington.

Kyran Fitzgerald tracks the rise and rise of a trillion-dollar global industry designed to avoid taxes, protect the wealth, and much worse.

The Cayman Islands are an idyllic Caribbean hideaway situated south of Cuba and west of Jamaica. In recent years, it has become home to hundreds of Irish people who left home in search of work.

The High Court has confirmed examinership for troubled exploration company Petroceltic and two related companies.

Governments across the world have begun investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to exploration company Petroceltic and two related companies.

Worldview, a dissident shareholder in exploration firm Petroceltic, has brought a High Court petition aimed at securing court protection for Petroceltic and the appointment of an examiner.

What a challenge! A Corkman gets to sample all the food and drink being served on the world’s largest luxury cruise liner and he get’s paid for it.

A West Cork retreat offers women the chance to indulge in personal reflection and fine food, writes Colette Sheridan.

Double European medallist Mark English will look to etch his name into the rich history of The Cork City Sports at the CIT stadium in Bishopstown this evening.

The US has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials arrested in Zurich as part of a corruption probe that has rocked soccer’s world governing body.

Football appears to be at a crossroads today as Sepp Blatter remains defiant in the face of a threatened revolution from Uefa as the shockwaves from Fifa’s “seismic” corruption scandal continued to rock the global game.

Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner turned himself over to police in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, shortly after they issued an arrest warrant at the request of authorities in the US, where he was one of 14 people linked to international soccer indicted on corruption charges.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has said the election to choose a new president for international organisation Fifa should be postponed following the arrest of soccer officials in Zurich.

FIFA was plunged into crisis on Wednesday morning after Swiss authorities made early-morning arrests of six football officials and opened separate criminal proceedings over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Barefoot Apollo became the standard setter during an eventful second stage of the Irish Laurels on Saturday night at Curraheen Park.

A Swiss banker accused of revealing details of tax-dodging clients on WikiLeaks is a traitor who should be sentenced to three and a half years in prison, prosecutors said.

This week, a white- haired woman spoke and the world sat up and listened.

FIFA’s executive committee will be able to see some parts of the Garcia investigation into World Cup bidding, it has been announced.