Insights

New Irish rules require gender balance on listed company boards by 2026, marking a major shift in corporate governance and diversity accountability.

2025 marks the 21st year of Grant Thornton’s work to monitor and measure the proportion of women occupying senior management roles in mid-market companies around the world.

Managing compliance across companies is time-consuming and often overlooked. Eliminating dormant companies reduces administrative and audit costs, freeing up finance directors.

Discover changes to company size criteria under new EU regulations. From July 2024, increased thresholds for 'micro,' 'small,' 'medium,' and 'large' companies take effect.

Ireland represents a strategic European base due to our pro-business approach, competitive corporate tax regime and skilled workforce. As a result, multinational, UK and European companies employ over 300,000 in Ireland.

Our Partner Martin Shanahan recently sat down for a fireside chat with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to discuss a number of topics ranging from the Governments plans for the upcoming Budget, Ireland’s relationship with Foreign Direct Investment, how the Government hopes to support Entrepreneurs going forward, and the growth of the Economy.

The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 contains a provision, which requires the directors of Irish companies to provide their Personal Public Service (PPS) numbers on certain documents submitted to the Companies Registration Office (CRO) in order to allow for verification of a director’s identify.

A company strike off is a process whereby a company is removed from the Register of Companies and ceases to exist. A company which has been struck off or dissolved can no longer trade, sell assets or make payments.

Company registers are official books kept by a company relating to legal and statutory matters. They are also referred to as statutory registers, combined registers or company books.

Irish Examiner article Grant Thornton: The fastest-growing firm in the fastest-growing region

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have announced changes from 1 July 2019 to the standard rates of subsistence allowances in Ireland that apply to the Civil Service.

A restricted share scheme grants an employee “restricted” shares in their employer company. The shares are issued with restrictions requiring the shares to be retained on trust for the participant for a fixed period before they can be sold. The employee has beneficial ownership during this period. The fixed retention period is commonly called the ‘clog’ period.