The information has emerged on foot of a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin's Jonathan O’Brien who asked Health Minister Simon Harris for the revised cost of the PWC report.

Irish family-owned businesses are lagging their international counterparts in terms of strategy planning and digital readiness, according to research carried out by PwC.

Ireland is “well-placed” to become a gateway to the EU for American and Asian businesses after Brexit, PwC has claimed.

Professional services giant PwC is to hire 80 staff and expand its office space in Cork amid “exponential growth in demand” for cybersecurity protection services.

PwC should have flagged significant doubts over the future of BHS in an audit that was completed just days before the now collapsed British retailer was sold for a token £1 in 2015, according to UK regulators.

Assets under management in Ireland have the potential to grow from €4 trillion last year to €7tn by 2025, a new report has claimed, writes Pádraig Hoara

Britain’s accounting regulator has said it would investigate audits by PwC of BT Group after a scandal was uncovered this year at the Italian operations of the telecoms group.

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for a bus depot in Dublin’s docklands despite facing opposition from accounting giant PwC and developer Johnny Ronan.

Accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has estimated it will incur legal costs of more than €30.1m in defending a claim for €800m brought against it over its auditing of Quinn Insurance Ltd (QIL).

Escalating a 19-month regulatory assault against US companies’ shifting their tax addresses offshore, President Barack Obama’s administration last week also went after companies that have always been overseas.

Food and drink companies likely to grow with the help of bespoke mentoring are being sought for Ascent, a support programme hosted by Bord Bia and PwC.

Dublin hotels had the highest revenue growth and recorded one of the highest occupancy rates in Europe, while prices are heading back to 2017 levels as shortages persist, according to a major report.

Accountancy giant PwC plans to hire more than 500 new employees at its Irish operations during 2016.

The general consensus among exploration companies with Irish assets is that the Government’s new fiscal/tax terms need to be revised to take account of the new low oil price environment.

Overwhelming positivity over the future of the construction industry is being tempered by a severe lack of finance with almost two-thirds of industry leaders citing it as the biggest impediment to growth.

The boutique Dawson hotel in Dublin city centre is being put up for sale with a €15m guide price and is likely to attract considerable attention given its prominent location.

A majority of companies believe there are more threats to revenue growth now than three years ago, but a majority also believe there are more growth opportunities now than before, according to PwC’s 18th annual global CEO survey.

A report on the health of the Irish banking system — commissioned by the financial regulator in 2008 and relied upon by taoiseach Brian Cowen to justify the bank guarantee — drastically underestimated the extent of losses that would be made.

A confidential report from 2008 into Ireland's banks shows that just 22 men owed up to €25.5bn to the banks.

More than three quarters of Irish businesses expect to give pay rises this year, according to a new survey.